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RoughBook (2016)

RoughBook poster
Original title
Rough Book
Directed by
Anant Mahadevan
Genre
drama film
Country
India
Runtime
1h 40m
Rated
A
Rating
6.6 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

The film follows a teacher who challenges the flaws in India's education system. It shows how the system limits students' potential and how teachers often treat education like a business transaction.

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What happens

Rough Book is a feature film directed by Ananth Narayan Mahadevan for Aerika Cineworks. It features Tannishtha Chatterjee and Amaan Khan in lead roles with Joy Sengupta, Jayati Bhatia, Deepika Amin and Vinay Jain in supporting roles. Television actor Ram Kapoor makes an appearance. The narrative was written by Sanjay Chouhan and Ananth Mahadevan. The filmmakers describe what they assert to be the problems of the Indian educational system, impeding opportunities for growth, and what they believe to be teachers' typical demand and supply mentality towards education. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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