Inspiring Real Life Teachers Portrayed On Screen

Often, student teacher relationships are that of fear, distress and anxiety. But once in a while, you come across these truly inspiring educators who make learning a very enjoyable and rewarding experience.

One may not do it everyday, but sometimes it is important to note the inspirations around us. How our teachers, trainers work their magic on their students and how the student community is able to achieve great wealth of knowledge due to the efforts put in by these teachers is truly commendable. Here are some real life inspirations, teachers who have impacted the lives of thousands of students and how they also inspired stories that were aired on our television and movie screens.

Movie: Super 30

Teacher: Anand Kumar

Portrayed By: Hrithik Roshan

Super 30 is a true story of real-life hero Anand Kumar and his 30 students. Kumar himself had to give up his dream to study at the University of Cambridge due to financial constraints. The movie depicts how based on personal experience, Kumar makes up his mind to coach 30 bright students from underprivileged sections of the society for the coveted JEE Main and JEE Advanced exams. The highlight of this story is how Kumar offered coaching for India’s most competitive engineering entrance exam at negligible cost. Fees for entrance exams of prestigious exams like IITs are quite high, and Kumar’s decision was based on his belief that no capable student should have to give up their dream due to lack of funds. What is commendable is, out of his batch of 30 kids, 18 students made it to the IITs.

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Series: Kota Factory

Teacher: NV Sir

Portrayed By: Jeetendra Kumar

Based on the life of NV (Nitin Vijay)Sir, founder of one of the popular coaching centres across India, Kota Factory is inspired by true events. Like the reel life persona, NV Sir is a physics professor in reality. His dedication and commitment towards imparting quality education was seen when he utilised his vacation time to deliver classes to aspiring engineers in Kota. NV Sir makes classes interactive with funny dialogues. He even makes complex concepts simple with his innovative methods of teaching.

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Movie: Hichki

Teacher: Brad Cohen

Portrayed by: Rani Mukherjee

A teacher with a speech disorder? Sounds like a paradoxical statement doesn’t it? The movie ‘Hichki’, is exactly about that. Rani Mukherjee essays the role of a teacher suffering from Tourette syndrome (a speaking disorder). This character is inspired by the autobiography of Brad Cohen, who has severe Tourette syndrome. Cohen who aspired to become a teacher, was rejected 24 times by Mountain View Elementary School because of his speech disorder. His struggle didn't end there, when he finally got the job, he was ridiculed by students; parents demanded that he be removed. Despite the struggle, and rejection Cohen didn’t give up on his dreams and in 2013, he was appointed as the assistant vice principal at Addison Elementary School.

Series: Physics Wallah

Teacher: Alakh Pandey

Portrayed by: Shreedhar Dubey

Alakh Pandey who is today the CEO of Physics wallah, is an iconic personality among the student community. But this was not an easy journey for Pandey. He started his vision of providing quality education at affordable prices via his mobile camera. He recorded his lecture on a mobile phone and uploaded them on YouTube. Initially there was zero response from the audience, but Pandey did not lose hope or the vigour to teach, he kept making videos and today it’s a different story.

As his LinkedIn bio says “Building an affordable lifelong learning platform” Pandey strives to actually do that. He has come far, from teaching from the confines of closed doors of his room to having more than 100 offline centres. The self-belief, the positivity, and the philanthropy of Pandey are an inspiration to many.

Reel life stories of these teachers show if teachers can be a disciplinarian they can also be best friends in a student's life. Good teachers make life's lessons brighter and the future more promising.