Hindi Medium Review - Underprivileged children have the same rights to be educated like rich kids2/23/2019 Hindi Medium is a 2017 Hindi film that talks about parents Raj Batra (Portrayed by Irrfan Khan) and Mita Batra (Portrayed by Saba Qamar), want to send their daughter Pia Batra (Portrayed by Shayna Patel) to a top school in Delhi which uses English as the medium for communication between teachers and children, as they do not want to suffer the . Raj and Mita were introduced to a consultant named Shikha (Portrayed by Tillotama Shome), who grooms them for the interview to get Pia's application for her admission for various top schools. However, the schools have rejected their application as it was exposed that both Raj and Mita are not strong in English. So, they finally try for Delhi Grammar School. However, there is a condition. All applicants for the school will have to live within a three kilometers radius, so the Batra family moves to Vasant Vihar, a region in South Delhi. Soon enough, Raj and Mita learn from an employee that they have got admission for their child through the Right To Education (RTE) Quota, which is a scheme for poor people to send in applications for their kids to top schools of Delhi. Raj and Mita decided to apply for Pia's admission through that scheme and shift to a local area filled with poor people and start to act poor so as to get the admission for their daughter. During their stay, they form a friendship with Shyam (Portrayed by Deepak Dobriyal), Tulsi (Portrayed by Swati Das) and their son, Mohan (Portrayed by Angshuman Nandi). Shyam and Tulsi have also applied for their son to study in Delhi Grammar School through the RTE quota. At the lottery day, 10 lucky children from the RTE scheme gets the opportunity to study in Delhi Grammar School. Pia's application get accepted. However, Mohan's application did not get accepted. Feeling guilty, Raj and Mita make a humongous donation to the Bharat Nagar Government School, where Mohan studies, which in turn, enhances the condition of the school thoroughly, along with improving the condition of the classrooms and the books used to educate children. As Shyam and Tulsi saw their son reading in fluent English, they burst into tears and went to see the principal. The principal gave the address of the donor, which leads Shyam to Raj's house in Vasant Vihar, eventually finding out the truth about Raj pretending to be poor for Pia's admission. Before Shyam could meet the principal (Portrayed by Amrita Singh), Raj and Mita got to meet her. As Raj requests her to remove Pia's application and tells the truth, she rejects doing so. In turn, Raj gives a speech about education rights to the entire auditorium filled with rich parents and leaves the auditorium. Both Raj and Mita have sent Pia to study in Bharat Nagar Government School, where Mohan studies as well. Irrfan was wonderful in this film! He has played the role of a rich business tycoon in Delhi, who was educated in a Hindi Medium school throughout his life. He has perfectly shown that no matter how rich or poor you are, you can't just change into another person overnight. It takes time to change or maybe you will not change at all because you are comfortable with who you are as a person or who you have grown up into, if you get what I am saying. Saba did well for her first role. Though sometimes, I felt that she did not suit this role so much as she looks so rich herself that when she goes into a poor avatar, it is hard to believe that she is poor. But, when I saw her during that part of the film, I do think that she actually suited this role as compared to Huma Qureshi. But nevertheless, she did well. Initially, I thought Huma would be the lead female actress as Saba did remind me a bit of Huma before I watched the film, probably because of the facial features. People like Saba (In the film), experience the fear of being judged, the fear of their child being mocked at for not knowing proper english, the fear of not being able to survive in the world and many other things. But at the end of the day, all they want is the best for their children. Deepak Dobriyal, Amrita Singh and the entire supporting cast did amazingly well in whatever roles they were assigned to do. Deepak has perfectly shown how poor people in India live, what they have to do to get money, how they survive in small houses in poor slums and all of that. Amrita has perfectly shown what a school principal would do to keep up with the reputation of her school. She would just want to earn money and live a lavish life. Truth is, not all principals actually care for the well-being of financially poor kids. But rather, they only care about their own lives. Which is why, she was shown to reject Irrfan's proposal in removing his daughter's application. The music of this film was composed by Sachin-Jigar. Well, the only song I liked was Hoor, which was picturised on how Irrfan and Saba's character fell in love when they were young. This song was sung by Pakistani singer Atif Aslam. The first half did not entertain me so much as compared to the second half of the film. It was nice seeing rich people experiencing how poor people live and how they struggle to make a living. I believe that it is important for rich people to experience how poor people live so that they do not take things for granted and that rather, they should be thankful for whatever they have and work for more. Secondly, it also shows how rich people can actually stoop so low to live their own lives to the fullest. There are rich couples in India, who actually pretend to be poor in India, so that they can pay lesser for their child's education and get admission for their children, as you know, India is a competitive country for anything. Be it music, education, dance, jobs, sports or whatever. In a country of 1.3 billion people, not everyone can get a satisfying life. Not everyone is lucky to move out of the country for a better life. Not everyone is lucky to come out of poverty. This is the sad truth that we have to absorb. But you know why not everyone is lucky to get a better life? Other than fate, rich people constantly take away the rights of education for poor kids. I think this is unfair for poor kids who want to fight against poverty for a better life. This is also what plays a part in India's corrupt government and system for the selfish benefit of principals or politicians. From black money to bribary to lack of diligence to fake forms and passports, India just has a long way to go for corruption to be gone. Should I watch it?
You must. It is a serious issue that everyone needs to know about. Who is it suited for? It is suited for: - Irrfan Khan fans. - People who love films on realistic issues. - People who choose talent over nepotism.
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