LA launch for film on बिहार-Super 30 students’ sagas showcased on reel

Patna, April 29: Feats of Anand Kumar’s Ramanujan School of Mathematics, encapsulated in a 60-minute documentary, would now be shown on an international platform — Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles-2008 on April 23, 2008 — to be precise.

The film titled Super 30 was directed by Christopher Mitchell and produced by Veronica Hall.

Super 30 is based on the Ramanujam School of Mathematics (Bihar) and showcases the journey of students from economically weak parts of the society breaking into the IIT scene.

The international film festival is scheduled to start on April 22 and would conclude on April 27.

A jubilant Anand Kumar told The Telegraph: “I came to know of the film’s screening yesterday.” Anand Kumar admitted that the experience of filming has been “exhilarating” and “humbling” at the same time. “Who would have imagined that the my little-known Super 30 batch would be appreciated so much someday?”

Quoting from the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles’ website the film has been higly praised. “Mathematics teacher Anand Kumar and his dedicated colleagues choose the 30 most promising and at-need local students and for eight gruelling months train them rigorously for the all-important entrance exams for the Indian Institute of Technology.”

It adds: “With entrance to the IIT nearly guaranteeing a high-paying job and a financial secure future upon graduation, the stakes could not be higher for the young students and their families.”

Anand was told that tickets for the film have all been sold out. “I wish I could be among the packed audience to see the film,” the teacher rued.

Other films to be screened at the festival are Quamar-Working to Live, Silent Hues, Under the Ahmedabad Sky, Before the Rains, A Home in the Sky and Four Women.