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Roshan, who dramatises the hardships of celebrated Indian mathematician Anand Kumar, takes a leap of faith as he strips down his defences and creates a vulnerable portrait of a man on a mission to offer free coaching to poor students from Bihar who are appearing for the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology entrance exams.
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Roshan, who dramatises the hardships of celebrated Indian mathematician Anand Kumar, takes a leap of faith as he strips down his defences and creates a vulnerable portrait of a man on a mission to offer free coaching to poor students from Bihar who are appearing for the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology entrance exams.
#HrithikRoshan #Super30 #Review
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00:00It's a triumph of the underdog story where Hrithik Roshan is in a de-glam zone.
00:10Hi, this is Manjusha Radhakrishnan from Gulf News Tabloid and I've just been to watch Hrithik Roshan's Super 30.
00:17When I say de-glam, it means that the actor has no vanity at all in this movie.
00:22In fact, Hrithik Roshan is one of the most good looking actors in Bollywood.
00:26But it's really heartening to see the actor take on a role that does not require him to rely on his good looks.
00:34Instead, he plays a mathematician who's on a mission to help 30 students from the underprivileged class to crack the IIT exams.
00:44The IIT exams are very hard to pass. In fact, any student on top of his class will tell you that it requires at least a year of his life and pure dedication to crack those exams.
00:55And here you have a man on a mission, Hrithik Roshan, who plays Anand Kumar.
00:59His aim is to educate 30 poor students from Patna in Bihar and how he tries his best to feed them and offer them free coaching classes.
01:08Commercialization of education by greedy corporates and ministers and how there's a nexus between politicians and businessmen is a dry subject.
01:17But credit has to be given to director Vikas Bhel and Hrithik Roshan for bringing this story to life and not making it utterly boring.
01:25Be warned, you have to be ready to see some overacting. You can see the veins popping, you can see the distress and all of it is exaggerated to the nth degree.
01:34Sometimes it works and most times it doesn't. However, full marks has to be given to Hrithik Roshan for trying hard.
01:41He's supported by a spectrum of talents like Virendra Saxena who plays Hrithik Roshan's father and by Pankaj Tripathi who plays the education minister.
01:52It's so good to see Pankaj Tripathi be in his element. Like any classroom lecture, this movie has its highs and lows.
02:00The high, of course, is a mainstream actor like Hrithik Roshan taking a leap of faith here in a movie like Super 30.
02:07At 150 minutes running time, there are times when the movie feels overly inflated and stretched.
02:13In fact, if it had been edited by at least 15 minutes, then the movie would have been a lot crisper and a lot more enjoyable.
02:20Ever since the trailer of Super 30 launched and we saw Hrithik Roshan several shades darker than his actual skin tone,
02:27we have wondered whether he is perpetuating the stereotype that poorer people are darker in colour.
02:33When you watch the movie, it's jarring to see him in that foundation.
02:38It does not match with his light eyes and his physical appearance just does not add up.
02:43There are several portions in the movie that drill you with the point about the class divides in India,
02:48how the poorer sections of students do not get a chance to make it in life.
02:53While it's good for the first 5 minutes, it gets a bit boring when the filmmaker keeps reiterating the point.
02:59A movie like Article 15 had done a good job of driving home the point subtly.
03:04In Super 30, there's nothing called subtlety. Every emotion, every battle is heightened and exaggerated.
03:10However, you have to give Hrithik Roshan credit for going out on a limb here and trying something new.
03:15I've gone with 3 out of 5. For my full review, go to gulfnews.com slash tabloid.