Anand Kumar – A name you don’t need to google to find about the movie, someone who always used to trigger a thought as to when a movie will be made about him and finally it’s here.
He is a gentleman who till date hasn’t got enough recognition so far besides awards and I pray he gets it unlike APJ Kalam post death, since the Bollywood fraternity has a wise thought.
Hrithik a sincere actor, if given the script, has done a role that would make him proud. Although I have been brought up amongst Biharis whose intelligence I can vouch for,Hrithik still puts on a Bihari accent and the commercial draw for the movie , I didn’t get the authentic feel knowing Bihar regions.
The movie is about Anand who is from a poor family, has nothing to lose and has a lot of talent which shines throughout the movie. But as the system is, talent alone doesn’t survive, so he meets through a lot of pitfalls to do what he wants which is not fame or money but to educate the needy but genius minds in poorest of families.
The scenes are very inspiring as they show how innovative minds can do anything even if they have no money, resources, food ,etc. One has to watch each scene to understand how the kids use science to solve problems which have been created by coaching mafia and ministers who usurps all wealth in name of education.
When kids don’t have enough books, how they build their own projector…how kids use angle of incidence and reflection to thwart the attacks of goons.
It looks fictitious and filmy but the truth is that Anand has been attacked quite a few times and it’s ironically a fact that despite having a free education system by Anand, the government and the system still runs on coaching and money, no one could take a leaf out of this guy’s self inspired system of giving and building the future of India who never might have seen a TV at home but can build one as they are brilliant minds.