Hapreet Singh, a young Sikh, has just graduated from business school. But where his fellow classmates are getting high paying but soulless jobs, Hapreet just wants any kind of job, and ends up working as a sales intern at a small computer sales firm. But the business is very cutthroat and Hapreet is discouraged that the little guys--himself, the receptionist, the IT tech, and the office boy (actually he is a middle aged man) are constantly tread upon. He finally makes a sale--of two computers--but instead of billing it to the office, he surreptitiously creates a new firm, Rocket Sales Corporation, whose mantra is service over profit. With all the other "little guys," he promises 24 hour tech service, even on weekends and holidays, slashes prices, doesn't cheat his customers or gives bribes, and the new firm's buzz gets around his day job, stealing business from his old boss, a man who thinks money can buy anything.
Although Hapreet at first appears unambitious, the turn of events shows his true nature of valuing the people he works with and not playing the game of bribery and corruption that is rampant throughout Indian business. This strength of character is played throughout the film, even when Hapreet is found out and faces jail time and humiliation for his deception.
I liked that this was an uncommon Indian movie that is really relatable to western audiences, while still using real elements of Indian business culture. I think Indian movies should deal more with real life topics and not feel as if they need to frame everything unrealistically as a romantic musical (or at least the films that come here to America). There was also a clash of culture, such as Sikhs being made fun of that I didn't fully understand, but some of the comments were enough for me to assume that Hapreet had the additional battle of overcoming prejudice for being a Sikh.
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