Super 30 (movie)

2019 film directed by Vikas Bahl

Super 30 is an 2019 Indian Hindi-language biographical drama movie. It was co-produced and directed by Vikas Bahl. It is based on the life of mathematician Anand Kumar and his educational program Super 30.[1] The movie stars Hrithik Roshan as Kumar and Mrunal Thakur. The soundtrack was composed by Ajay-Atul. The movie was co-produced by Ahmed Khan.

Super 30
Directed byVikas Bahl
Produced byAnurag Kashyap
Vikramaditya Motwane
Madhu Mantena
Sajid Nadiadwala
Reliance Entertainment
StarringHrithik Roshan
Mrunal Thakur
Virendra Saxena
Pankaj Tripathi
CinematographyRavi Varman
Edited byA. Sreekar Prasad
Music byAjay-Atul
Production
companies
Distributed byReliance Entertainment
PVR Pictures (India)
Luv Films (Overseas)
Release date
  • 12 July 2019 (2019-07-12)
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Super 30
Soundtrack album by
Released16 January 2019
Recorded2018-2019
VenueIndia
GenreFeature film soundtrack
Length25:22
LabelT-Series
Zee Music
ProducerAjay−Atul
Ajay−Atul chronology
Zero
(2018)
Super 30
(2019)
Jhund
(2019)

Sajid Nadiadwala's production house Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment and Reliance Entertainment. The principal photography of the movie began in February 2018.[2][3][4] The movie was also shot for 10 days in Sambhar Lake Town which will be shown as Kota, Rajasthan.[5] Super 30 was released on 12 July 2019.[6] Super 30 is Phantom Films's last production.[7] It is based on the life of Anand Kumar, an Indian math teacher from the 1970s.

Cast change

  • Hrithik Roshan as Anand Kumar
  • Virendra Saxena as Rajendra Kumar (Anand Kumar's father)[8]
  • Mrunal Thakur as Rithu Rashmi[9]
  • Nandish Singh as Pranav Kumar[10]
  • Pankaj Tripathi[11]
  • Amit Sadh as narrator[12]

Controversy change

After Anand Kumar was accused of fraud, the makers of upcoming movie Super 30 decided to not call their movie a biopic anymore.[13]

Super 30 will be the last movie of Phantom Films. The production house has been dissolved because director Vikas Bahl was accused of sexual misconduct by actress Nayani Dixit and a Phantom employee. This will be the last project of Phantom Films.[14]

Soundtrack change

Ajay Atul was the music composer for the film and Amitabh Bhattacharya wrote the lyrics for the songs. Vipin Nair of The Hindu rated the soundtrack 3.5/5, calling it a "pretty engaging soundtrack ".[15][16] The Times of India based Debarati Sen, in her review, said the composers "do not fail to impress".[17]

Track listing
No. TitleSinger(s) Length
1. "Jugraafiya"  Udit Narayan, Shreya Ghoshal 4:34
2. "Paisa"  Vishal Dadlani 3:52
3. "Basanti No Dance"  Prem Areni, Janardan Dhatrak, Divya Kumar, Chaitally Parmar 5:04
4. "Question Mark"  Hrithik Roshan 2:49
5. "Niyam Ho"  Arohi Mhatre, Aditi Prabhudesai, Pragati Joshi, Maithili Panse, Sonal Naik, Rucha Soman, Deepti Rege, Deepanshi Nagar, Ann Fernandes, Dr. Pallavi Shyam Sundar, Shivika Rajesh, Riddhi Sampat, Kinjal Shah, Umesh Joshi, Vijay Dhuri, Mandar Pilvalkar, Vivek Naik, Rahul Chitnis, Saurabh Wakhare, Janardan Dhatrak, Gaurav Medatwal, Chaitanya Shinde, Abhishek Jhawar, Nimish Shah, Yash Kapoor, Mayukh Pareek 4:00
Total length:
20:19

References change

  1. "Super 30 first look: Anand Kumar says Hrithik Roshan's resemblance to him is 'uncanny'". Firstpost. 7 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  2. "Most talked about biopics you just cannot miss". The Times of India. 8 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  3. "Super 30: Kumkum Bhagya Star Mrunal Thakur To Play Hrithik Roshan's Love Interest In The Film?". CNN-News 18. 9 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  4. Shiksha, Shruti. "Hrithik Roshan's Super 30: Actress Mrunal Thakur Spotted On Set. See Pics". NDTV. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  5. Iyer, Sanyukta (19 March 2018). "From Meghna Gulzar to Vikas Bahl, filmmakers explore the untapped interiors of India". Mumbai Mirror. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  6. "Hrithik Roshan's Super 30 gets a new release date". The Indian Express. 21 March 2019. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  7. "Phantom Films Dissolved, Vikas Bahl's Super 30 will be Banner's Last Film". News18. Retrieved 2018-11-19.
  8. "On sets: Hrithik Roshan loses weight for his role in Super 30". mid-day. 2018-05-18. Retrieved 2018-08-09.
  9. "TV actress Mrunal Thakur to play a classical dancer in Hrithik Roshan's Super 30". dna. 2018-07-02. Retrieved 2018-08-09.
  10. "Meet Nandish Singh, who plays Hrithik Roshan's brother in 'Super 30'". dnaindia.com. 2 March 2018. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
  11. "Pankaj Tripathi to play Hrithik Roshan aka Anand Kumar's arch-rival in Super 30". dna. 2018-06-13. Retrieved 2018-08-09.
  12. "Amit Sadh is the narrator for Hrithik Roshan-starrer Super 30". Mumbai Mirror. Retrieved 2018-08-09.
  13. "Super 30' Makers Left Red-Faced As Anand Kumar Faces Charges Of Fraud". MoviesTalkies.com. 2018-08-04. Retrieved 2018-08-14.
  14. Staff, Scroll. "Phantom, founded by Anurag Kashyap, Vikas Bahl, Vikramaditya Motwane and Madhu Mantena, shuts shop". Scroll.in. Retrieved 2018-10-13.
  15. Nair, Vipin (2019-07-11). "'Super 30' music review: Breezy blast from the past". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2019-07-17.
  16. "Super 30 – Music Review (Bollywood Soundtrack)". Music Aloud. 2019-07-11. Retrieved 2019-07-17.
  17. "Music review: Super 30 - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2019-07-17.

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