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Super 30
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Written bySanjeev Dutta
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyAnay Goswamy
Edited byA. Sreekar Prasad
Music byAjay−Atul
Production
companies
Distributed byReliance Entertainment
PVR Pictures
Release date
  • 12 July 2019 (2019-07-12)
Running time
155 minutes[1]
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹60 crore[2]
Box office₹208.93 crore[3][4]

Super 30 is a 2019 Indian Hindi-language biographical drama film directed by Vikas Bahl and co-produced by Sajid Nadiadwala on a budget of ₹60 crore (US$7.2 million), based on the life of mathematician Anand Kumar and his educational program of the same name.[5] The film stars Hrithik Roshan as Anand along with Mrunal Thakur, Virendra Saxena, Pankaj Tripathi and Aditya Shrivastava in supporting roles.[6] Super 30 was Phantom Film's last production.[7][8] Principal photography began in February 2018 and the film was extensively shot in Ramnagar Fort and Sambhar Lake Town which was shown as Kota, Rajasthan.[9] Super 30 was theatrically released in India on 12 July 2019 and received mixed reviews from critics with critical praise directed towards the storyline and Roshan's performance.[10][4] With a worldwide gross of ₹208.93 crore (US$25 million), the film emerged as one of the highest-grossing Indian films. Based on domestic nett collection, the film is among top 30 in the list of Hindi films with highest nett collection domestically with a lifetime nett gross of ₹146.95 crore (US$18 million) in India.

Plot

Anand Kumar is a lower-class student who has a passion in studies and is good at it. The local minister, proud of him, promises for help whenever needed. Anand Kumar also has a friend, Ritu Rashmi,with whom he spends time. Anand, every weekend, goes to Banaras Hindu University's library to solve a foreign Math journal. One day, the manager finally catches him, and says that he has no right to read there. One staff member suggests him to get featured in an article on the newspaper, so that he becomes famous and will get free subscription of the journal. Anand goes to the post-office, where his father works as the head, and posts a letter regarding the solution to a difficult Math problem that no one had been able to solve. He then gets featured in the newspaper for solving some tough Math problems. He gets a letter from Professor Richard of Cambridge University to come there. But, Anand needs money to travel. He and his father go the local minister but he denies any promise. They both further try to have money but remain helpless, and get depressed. And one day, Anand's father dies of a heart attack. Anand refuses to go to Cambridge due to his father's death and financial condition.

He then sells papads in the city. One day, he meets Lallan Singh, an assistant of the local minister. Lallan takes Anand as a teacher in his coaching centre, Excellence Coaching Centre. There, Anand sees the plight of a boy who had to leave due to poverty. He thinks that these poor kids also have a right to study. Hence, he leaves Excellence and starts a separate tuition for poor kids, in which he enrolls 30 kids at a time. He teaches them to learn everything practically and have the concepts clear in an easy and fun way. This all enrages Lallan, whose centre is facing criticism for not retaining Anand. In course of the tuition, Anand gets immense help from his brother Pranav and mother. Lallan and the local minister plan to have Anand killed so that his kids won't be entering IIT. Anand is hurt brutally, and is hospitalised, on verge of death. Anand tells his students to then use their knowledge to defeat the goons sent by the minister, while he is being treated. The students, in unity, use their knowledge and defeat the goons and Anand is treated successfully. The students give the IIT exam and all 30 students pass successfully.

Cast

Production

Mrunal Thakur was cast opposite Hrithik Roshan in the film. The film was shot at Ramnagar Fort; part of the fort was converted to look like the Super 30 institute.[17][8] The film was also shot for ten days in Sambhar Lake Town which was shown as Kota, Rajasthan and Jaipur.[9][18] A set was erected in Mumbai at the cost of ₹10 crore to recreate Patna city of Bihar to facilitate shooting.[19] In second schedule of Varanasi shooting, the film was shot at Banaras Hindu University in the end of June 2018. This was the first Hindi film that the university allowed to be shot at its campus.[20] Filming was completed in September 2018.[21]

Soundtrack

Super 30
Soundtrack album by
Ajay−Atul
Released9 July 2019[22]
Recorded2018-2019
GenreFeature film soundtrack
Length20:19
LanguageHindi
LabelZee Music Company
ProducerAjay−Atul
Ajay−Atul chronology
Zero
(2018) 		Super 30
(2019) 		Jhund
(2019)
External audio
audio icon Official Audio Jukebox on YouTube

Ajay Atul composed the music for the film and lyrics are written by Amitabh Bhattacharya. Vipin Nair of The Hindu gave the soundtrack 3.5/5, calling it a "pretty engaging soundtrack ".[23][24] The Times of India based Debarati Sen, in her review, said the composers "do not fail to impress".[25]

Track listing
No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Jugraafiya"Udit Narayan, Shreya Ghoshal4:34
2."Paisa"Vishal Dadlani3:52
3."Basanti No Dance"Prem Areni, Janardan Dhatrak, Divya Kumar, Chaitally Parmar, Mika Singh, Bhoomi Trivedi5:04
4."Question Mark"Hrithik Roshan2:49
5."Niyam Ho"Dev Negi, Ajay-Atul, Sonu Nigam, Roop Kumar Rathod, Arijit Singh4:00
Total length:20:19

Marketing and release

The first look posters of Hrithik Roshan from Super 30 were unveiled on 5 September 2018 to coincide with the Teacher's Day in India.[26] Second poster with new release date was revealed on 12 January 2019.[27] Another look of Hrithik Roshan from the film unveiled in new poster on 2 June.[28][29] The next day another poster with Roshan soaking in the rain of success with motto "Misaal Bano, Haqdaar Bano" (Be an example, be qualified) was released.[30] one day later on 4 June official trailer of the film was released by Reliance Entertainment. It garnered 45 million views since its release on YouTube.[31]

The film's producer reported that Hrithik Roshan will be accompanied by Anand Kumar for the promotion of Super 30.[32]

The film was theatrically released in India on 12 July 2019, as the release date was advanced by fourteen days.[33]

The film has been certified with a runtime of 155 mins by British Board of Film Classification and was released on 12 July 2019.[1]

Reception

Critical response

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a rating of 33% based on 12 reviews with an average rating of 5.5/10.[34] The film received mixed reviews from critics.[10]

Sreeparna Sengupta of The Times of India gave the film three and a half stars out of five, and praised Hrithik Roshan, Pankaj Tripathi, Aditya Srivastava and cinematography of Anay Goswami. She felt that Super 30 conveyed the message that though education is the privilege of people with good economic background, but, if given the level field others too can shine equally. Concluding, she wrote "While the narrative does have its flaws, Super 30 is a human drama and the story of a teacher who triumphs over the many challenges that life throws at him, to set an example for the world to see. Just for that it’s worth a watch."[35] Writing for the NDTV Saibal Chatterjee, rated it with two stars out of five and felt that erratic screenplay of Super 30 had 'skimmed the surface of a massive mound of tangled issues', and that Hrithik Roshan was miscast as Anand Kumar. He opined that the major problem with the film was telling a true story, which was not convincing. He concluded the review as, "The idea to bronze up Hrithik Roshan so that he can impersonate Anand Kumar is anything but super: it is a formula that equals zero." [36] Samrudhi Ghosh of India Today rated it with two and a half stars out of five, but praised the performances of Pankaj Tripathi and Aditya Srivastava. Ghosh felt the film was lengthy and had aroused the dramatics without need, saying "Under the guidance of math wizard Anand Kumar, his Super 30 turned out to be miracles. Under the guidance of Vikas Bahl, Hrithik Roshan's Super 30 is far from one."[37]

Priyanka Sinha Jha of CNN-News18, disagreeing with Ghosh praises Roshan and ensemble of Pankaj Tripathi, Virendra Saxena, Nandish Sandhu and Aditya Srivastav for their performances. She feels that Roshan has given an admirable performance. Agreeing with Sengupta she opines that education is a means to a better life, but is a privilege in itself, and that is what the film questions and challenges. She rates the film with three stars out of five, and concludes, "After all, as the famous saying goes—“Not all superheroes wear capes.” Super 30 is the story of one such.."[38] Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express gave two stars out of five and termed the film 'way less than super', she opined that if handled in right way, it would have been a 'rousing, goosebumps-inducing, cheer-athon.' She summarised by stating, "Yes, the real-life story is inspiring. But the telling of it is a drag. The film has its moments, which belong mostly to its young people: the kids are all right."[39]

Box office

Super 30 collected ₹11.83 crore from India, and ₹6.18 crore from overseas on the opening day.[40] Next day (Saturday) showing upward trend the film colllected ₹18.19 crore from India, and ₹5.46 crore from overseas.[41] The film grossed ₹75.08 crore in the opening weekend, and ₹112.65 crore in the opening week worldwide.

As of 14 August 2019, with gross of ₹172.84 crore from India and ₹36.09 crore from overseas, the film has grossed ₹208.93 crore worldwide.[3]

The film entered the 100 crore club on 21 July 2019. It also features in the list of ten highest grossing Bollywood films of 2019.[4]

Home media

The film became available as VOD on Hotstar on 10 September 2019.[42]

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