SUPER 30: This movie is based on the true story of Anand Kumar, a Patna based mathematics whiz who coached 30 poor, under privileged kids for the IIT exam totally free of cost successfully. If you are expecting happy feet, handsome and stylish Hrithik you would be disappointed. Here Hrithik is brown-faced, dishevelled with a thick beard and looks more like a jail convict than a mad genius. His performance is earnest and honest, his fake Bihari accent almost perfect. The narrative is engaging and the screenplay is taut in the first half but in the second half melodrama sets in thereby dragging it down. The kids are mostly dark-skinned thereby suggesting that poor people are necessarily dark and ugly. The characters of the kids are not well-etched and remain in your memory as a mass of famished kids.Music is average and the Sholay song drags on forever. It is hard to believe that a few high school kids can overpower some hardcore gun-toting criminals. It is entertaining to see the way Anand uses mathemetics to solve everyday problems. Mrunal Thakur has a miniscule role as Hrithik’s love interest. The movie is an inspiring tale of how hard work, talent and perseverence can bring about success and glory and how a few people contribute to the society’s reform and upliftment of backward classes selflesssly without looking for material gains. This movie is a triumph of humanity. Watch this movie to see the brilliant performance of Hrithik, if nothing else.
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