India, Aug. 8 -- We have had films that motivate you to study harder, work harder, or simply be a better person. And then there are films like Aryabhatt Ka Zero, which are as aimless as their lead character. On my personal list of 'Films That Have No Reason To Exist', this one surely ranks somewhere.

Directed by Kamal Chandra, the film revolves around Baggu (Himansh Kohli), a good-for-nothing guy who has been bad at studies. His girlfriend, Rinku (Sonnalli Seygall), is married off to an SDM (Gopal Dutt). Baggu, in a fit of rage, decides to take the UPSC exam to become a DM. At this point, as a viewer, you are probably thinking the rest of the film is about how he pulls it off. No.

What begins as a film about fulfilling one's duty toward...