Meet Anand Kumar, Real Hero of Super 30: Top Facts About Bihar's IIT Coach Played by Hrithik Roshan in Vikas Bahl's Biopic

Anand Kumar, the founder of Super 30 Academy, which made news across the country for training financially poor kids for country's prestigious Indian Institute of Technology Joint Entrance Examination, IIT-JEE and producing 100% result will soon have a movie titled Super 30 based on his life. Anand Kumar, who is also known as the 'Maths Wizard' is played by Hrithik Roshan in the movie directed by Vikas Bahl. The first look of the movie is out and is widely discussed on social media. The movie is slated for a release on November 23, 2018. So who really is Anand Kumar? These facts will help you to know the famous IIT coach and mentor from Bihar better.

1) Anand Kumar's father was a post office clerk in Bihar and Kumar was educated in a Hindi medium government school.

2) During Graduation, Anand Kumar submitted papers on numbers theory, which were published in some of UK's leading Mathematical journals.

3) Anand Kumar wanted to study Maths and do research in the field. He even got an opportunity to study at Cambridge but he had to let go of that dream because of the untimely death of his father.

4) After the death of his father, the family income became inadequate and Anand Kumar had to resort to selling papad made by his mother. He used to study in the day and sell papads in the evening from door to door.

5) One day, in the year 1995, seeing his passion and expertise in Maths, a well-wisher advised him to start teaching maths. He saw reason in the suggestion and rented a room to start teaching the subject to kids. After the first year, the number of students rose from two to 36. Today, the very same school that had such a humble beginning, is renowned worldwide as the Ramanujan School of Mathematics.

6) In the past interviews, the 45-year-old celebrated teacher has often explained how his simple approach of teaching maths through a slide and incorporating the concepts in a story helps him connect better with the students. According to Anand, this takes away the fear students have developed for Mathematics in school. Anand Kumar believes that the low pay of teachers is the major reason why people passionate about teaching do not become teachers. According to him, this should be changed.

7) He also says that initially, when Super 30 was gaining recognition, there were murder attempts on him by the rival coaching classes owners and that he had to move around with armed bodyguards those days.

8) The most remarkable aspect of Anand Kumar's Super 30 is that it provides free coaching, lodge and eating facility to the most talented students he chooses through an entrance exam, who cannot afford coaching. The man says he does that because there's junoon in those kids and a passion to excel, which can help a person to achieve anything in life.

9) Kaun Banega Crorepati, the famous television game show, hosted Anand Kumar where the show's anchor and Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan heaped praises on Kumar and called him a perfect example for the students to emulate.

The story of Anand Kumar will reach wider audiences once the movie on him releases. It's heartening to see that Bollywood is making movies on real life heroes like Kumar and bringing their story to the masses. This is certainly a welcome trend that will inspire new storytellers to take on bold and original topics and make relatable movies. A good omen, indeed.

(The above story first appeared on LatestLY on Feb 06, 2018 03:45 PM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website latestly.com).