‘Indian Institute of Zombies’ review: Backbenchers to the rescue in inspired but uneven comedy
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At an Indian Institute of Technology-type college, the evil scientist Darwendra (Mohan Kapur) conducts an experiment that turns obedient engineering students into actual zombies. The flesh-craving undead are mostly the college’s toppers and scholars – this lot really does like to be the first in everything – leaving the stragglers and stoners in charge.
The rescuers include a pair of best friends (Sachin Kavetham and Tanishq Chaudhary), a lovey-dovey couple (Jessy Lever and Rose Sardana) and a future Nobel Prize winner (Ranjan Raj) who has miraculously already invented a serum to combat the zombies. They are led on their mission by their satin nightie-wearing teacher Braganza (Anupriya Goenka).
The reluctant warriors lack a coherent plan but never resourcefulness or daring. Their weapons of mass distraction include a porn video, a surprise test and an impromptu dance that is set to a cool remix of Maar Daala from Devdas (2002).
The zombified students also help in their own way by behaving inconsistently. They are senselessly staggering about one minute and are surprisingly receptive to instruction the other. On the outside, inspector Reddy (Shantanu Anam) reaffirms the police’s reputation for bringing up the rear.
Indian Institute of Zombies, directed by Alok Kumar Dwivedi and Gaganjeet Singh, is too acutely aware of its intended audience...