Why Cheat India

Satyendra "Sattu" Dubey lives in a rented house in Kota, and is undergoing coaching for an engineering entrance exam. Afterwards, he returns to his house in Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh where he lives with his parents, elder sister Nupur Dubey, and his grandmother. Sattu does well in the examination, achieving a rank of 287th. To celebrate, Sattu and his friends visit a movie theater, where they are told to leave their seats by a few politicians, who want the theater to themselves. Rakesh Singh, also in the audience, refuses to vacate and gets into a fight, leading to him getting arrested alongside Sattu, who gets unintentionally involved. Rakesh makes bail and visits Sattu's house, asking Sattu to call him about a business proposition. The next day, Sattu calls him while at a restaurant and Rakesh asks him to ghostwrite application essays for college applicants, in exchange for ₹50,000 (approximately $640) per paper, to which Sattu agrees. This scheme earns him a lot of money. However, he begins to start spending it extravagantly; he starts taking drugs and engaging in casual sex.

Sattu continues this work as he enters college. He is expelled and arrested due to his drug use. Rakesh bails Sattu out, weans him off of drugs, and gives him a forged college degree alongside a charge to find work in Qatar, which he does. Years later, Rakesh meets Sattu's sister Nupur and they develop a cordial relationship. One day, Nupur tells Rakesh that she wants to do an MBA in order to get promoted at work. Rakesh, still in the essay business, tasks a student working for him with writing a thesis paper for Nupur. Rakesh calls Nupur, asking her to meet in her office's parking lot, which she does. Rakesh tells Nupur about his intention to forge her thesis paper, and a police inspector arrests him for forgery in what was revealed to be a sting operation. It is then revealed that Sattu committed suicide after being fired from his job after his degree was revealed to be fake, thus, Rakesh realizes Nupur was working with the police.

• Emraan Hashmi as Rakesh Kumar Singh (Rocky)
• Shreya Dhanwanthary as Nupur Dubey
• Shivani Bedi as Rakesh wife
• Snigdhadeep Chatterjee as Satyendra Dubey "Sattu"
• Manuj Sharma as Bablu (Rakesh's Friend)
• Nawal Shukla as Yogesh Dubey (Nupur & Sattu's Father)
• Anita Sahgal as Nupur's & Sattu's Mother
• Mahesh Chandra Deva as Vaidhya politician
• Rajesh Jais as Public Prosecutor
• Varun Tamta as Police Officer Qureshi
• Tanmay Lahiri as Salim Qureshi (Police Officer Qureshi's Son)
• Vishesh Srivastava as Chandra Mohan Badani
• Shubham Somu Srivastava as Assistant Director & MBA student
• Harsh Vardhan Singh as Manager of Rakesh Kumar Singh
• Ratnakar Upadhayay as Ramesh Kumar Singh (Sattu's Neighbor's Son)[8]
• Guru Randhawa as a special appearance in the song "Daaru Wargi"

In January 2019, the film's title was altered due to a last-minute objection from the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC). Initially titled Cheat India, it was released as Why Cheat India.[9] However, in Pakistan, it was released as Cheat with a runtime of 128 minutes and in India with a runtime of 121 minutes.[10][11][12][13]

The music of the film is composed by Rochak Kohli, Guru Randhawa, Krsna Solo, Kunaal-Rangon, Agnee and Soumik Sen while the lyrics are penned by Manoj Muntashir, Kumaar, Kunaal Verma, Guru Randhawa and Juhi Saklani. 'Dil Main Ho Tum' first two lines are inspired from the song "Dil Main Ho Tum" from the 1987 film Satyamev Jayte (1987), originally composed by Bappi Lahiri, then recreated by Rochak Kohli.

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