Apart from sex, the D.Y. Patil Medical College saga has all the ingredients necessary for a drama-cum-action movie. A family film with a good mix of friendship, loyalty, family ties, comedy, drama and action, it really is a thrilling and nail-biting mass entertainer which I recommend to all of you who have become familiar with this genre. You will love the relationship and dynamics between two families who have nothing in common except the noble aim of educating the children of this nation.

The plot begins with two friends who meet in the incredible sub-continent and start chatting together. One of them is involved in a medical school and the other is a retired guy who spends his time enjoying the simple pleasures of life like fishing and hunting. Until their paths cross that is. Then a great idea starts germinating in their minds: why not open a medical college in the middle of the rolling sugarcane fields and whispery music of a beautiful island? The retired guy knew nothing about medicine, let alone education, but what the heck! What is it that a well-intentioned friend cannot do for the sake of friendship? And, for those of you who think that the absence of sex in the movie might be a drawback, you needn’t worry. Not about that anyway as it is largely compensated for by nepotism since the medical college chooses as its premises the fine building of the National Pension Fund which falls directly under the responsibility of the retired nice guy’s wife, who happens to be a minister. Who decided on the amount of rent to be paid? Don’t you dare ask!

The movie reaches its climax when two students report the medical college for allowing them to practise in our hospitals before being registered with the Medical Council! And the beauty about this movie is that it has only heroes – no villains. So, naturally, it is nobody’s fault: the students did what they had to do and the Ministry of Health cannot be held responsible for the qualifications of those entrusted with our lives. In other words, it is the responsibility of the patients themselves to ascertain the qualifications of every doctor – or so-called doctor – who consults them inside our hospitals. Highly commendable as the open-door-policy is a good principle of management.

The plot is made that much more complex with a private radio station releasing the recording of the retired nice guy promising the students that all will be OK and that his minister wife – no run-of-the-mill amateur magician – would use her magic wand to right all the wrongs! The whole movie is enhanced with beautiful footage of a video recording going viral of the same guy doing exactly what he denies having done. And the film ends with the protagonists refusing to make any comment while several institutions start different investigations into all sorts of allegations, thus clouding the whole issue.

The yet-to-be-distributed movie is a bone-chiller which, I must tell you, does not end well but, though the plot has been done so many times, it feels fresh because the characters seem so real. They pretend to know what they’re doing but they’re really making it up as they go along. In the meantime, make sure you never fall sick as you never know what surprises may be awaiting you in our hospitals.