Super 30
A determined mathematics teacher in Bihar builds an unconventional coaching program that gives thirty poor students a chance to enter India’s elite engineering institutes.
Overview
A determined educator fights against the odds to empower the underprivileged and change lives through education.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Slow
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Mild
- inspirational
- earnest
- melodramatic
- inspirational viewing
- study motivation
What critics said
Critics broadly found the real-life educational mission inspiring and praised the performances, while many felt the lengthy, melodramatic screenplay handled the material unevenly.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Anand Kumar creates Super 30 so economically disadvantaged students can compete for elite IIT places.
Anand personally trains thirty IIT aspirants from modest backgrounds despite institutional and political opposition.
The film challenges the belief that only privileged or royal-born people can achieve greatness and focuses on unequal educational access.
The inspirational classroom and examination story is presented through dramatic staging, crowd energy, and cinematic emphasis rather than documentary restraint.
Films like Super 30, and why
Taare Zameen Par
inspirational biographical drama centered on education, perseverance, and social inequality
Hichki
uplifting teacher-student drama about transforming disadvantaged young people through education
M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story
Hindi biographical drama portraying an ambitious mentor confronting institutional barriers
The Pursuit of Happyness
true-story inspirational drama about talent emerging from economic hardship
Movie Details
- Director
- Vikas Bahl
- Release Date
- 2019-07-12
- Runtime
- 153 min
- Rating
- 7.3 / 10 (140)
Cast
- Hrithik Roshan
- Mrunal Thakur
- Veerendra Saxena
- Nandish Singh
- Pankaj Tripathi
- Amit Sadh
- Aditya Srivastava
- Manav Gohil
- Rahul Raj
- Abhishek Khanna
Common questions
- What is Super 30 about?
- A determined mathematics teacher in Bihar builds an unconventional coaching program that gives thirty poor students a chance to enter India’s elite engineering institutes.
- What is Super 30 like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Super 30 as slow, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Super 30 violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Super 30 as mild.
- What did critics think of Super 30?
- Critics broadly found the real-life educational mission inspiring and praised the performances, while many felt the lengthy, melodramatic screenplay handled the material unevenly.
- Which films are like Super 30?
- Films with a similar feel include Taare Zameen Par, Hichki, M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story, and The Pursuit of Happyness.
- How long is Super 30?
- Super 30 runs 153 minutes.
