has not many good Indian films in the first half of this year, so many fans are pinning their hopes on the second half of the blockbuster release. "The Slum No. 1 Class" starring Hrithik Roshan is one of the most anticipated works. There are two reasons for
's expectation. As soon as
came, Roshan was a heavyweight Indian star. He once starred in the "Indian Superman" series. In the first half of this year, one of his films-"Anything" was released here in China. We have reason to believe that, The work by Roshan is worth looking forward to.
Second, the film is adapted from a real story. It tells the story of an Indian teacher named Anand who provided free education to 30 poor students and successfully helped them get admitted to the famous Indian Institute of Technology. Indian movies have always been good at realistic themes, so everyone is confident that this work can also perform better. The
film was released in India on July 12 this year, with a net box office of 1.4 billion rupees (the data may be inaccurate, but one thing is certain, the box office is a big seller), IMDb also scored a high score of 8.2, you can say yes Applauded again.
But after I watched it, I felt that the film was very general, and it could even be said to be rather disappointing. The protagonist of
, Anand, is very talented in mathematics, but because of his poverty, he lost the opportunity to study abroad. This made him sympathize with the poor students who dropped out, and deeply felt the unfair distribution of educational resources under the commercialization of education. So he gave up his high-paying position in the cram school, recruited 30 poor students and provided them with free education. The story of
obviously contains realistic topics that can be used to discuss class and education in depth, but this piece of content, only to shout a few slogans, is passed by like a glimpse of light, and it is very shallow. The most pity of
is that when poor students and rich students were defeated due to innate inferiority when they were in PK, their mental journeys were not well displayed-the differences in class have been carved into the bones, rich People rely on aura to defeat the poor. Just like in the Korean movie "Burning", Lee Jong-soo is always humble in front of the rich second generation. Even the creative inspiration needs the latter to inspire him. How desperate is this? Therefore, the poor students must have such an unforgettable and invigorating process to cross this hurdle, but in the film, they actually sing and dance to easily surpass the shadow cast by the class in their hearts through a performance. This is really chicken soup.
Afterwards, the poor students studied hard, and it was as if they were admitted to the Indian Institute of Technology in casual learning, resulting in not only lack of depth in the story, but also lost the most basic inspirational spirit.
As for the end, the poor students use the knowledge Anand usually teaches to fight against the local bureaucratic bullies with guns and bullets, which is close to magic.
Someone might say that this is based on real events, and that is the case! What I want to say is that facts are also multifaceted. When adapting, shouldn't we choose the best angle to interpret it? Behind the story of Teacher Anand is a profound social reality problem, which should not be presented in this way, it is a bit of a play. After abandoning the heaviness of reality, the theme of "Slum No. 1 Class" is actually Anand's personal heroism, and the overall weight is relatively light. But even this one did not do well. The relationship between him and his girlfriend was so scribbled that I even felt that it seemed to be no pity that Anand gave up this relationship for poor students. The film focused more on boasting about Anand’s personal ability, such as when he went to a restaurant. , Using mathematical calculations to tell the boss that he is about to go bankrupt. All these have greatly weakened Anand's sense of nobility. The film seems to forget that the reason why Anand teacher is praised is because of his selfless dedication, not because he is very good at opening.
At the same time, the script of the film is also very poor. Every time I don’t know how to express it, I use a music MV to blur it, especially when the key part of the classroom is also MV, which is too rough. So, after watching this movie, you will find that the story fails to show even the basic teacher-student relationship very vivid. The whole story of
is like a hodgepodge, everything is a little bit hollow, this is probably the Indian movie that disappointed me the most this year. If "Teacher Hiccup" is 100 points, "Slum No. 1 Class" can only get 60 points, of which 59 points are for Roshan. His performance has been exhausted, but the book is too bad.
