Though it seems little late to upload best movies on teachers, but always waiting for a worth is good. I am listing down five movies which I think are best movies on teacher-student relationship. I hope you would like it.
- Jagriti (1954) - Jagriti is a masterpiece of Indian cinema. It is a must watch for every Indian as it re-live the world of different relationships accompanied with its own complications and solutions. It is a movie about teacher-student relationship, friendship, mother-son relationship and above all a relationship which exist between humans – undefinable but undeniable. It’s a movie based on moral values and beliefs of Indian education system unveiling its hypocritical and orthodox nature and ushering to a better and holistic development of a child. Abhi Bhatacharya is a teacher whose pedagogy is unconventional but it reaches the heart and soul of children. He exactly knows the psychology of children and how to get best out of them. He places moral values like honesty along with excellence above all other things - even above success. He becomes the IDOL teacher and all students started loving him. His methodology of teaching get recognize by central board and therefore he leaves school with below song and tears in eyes of students:
- Sir (1993)No doubt this is the best movie dedicated to a teacher – from starting to ending – it was Nasuridin Shah who played the role of Sir. Amar Verma (Naseeruddin Shah) was devasted when his only child was killed in midst of gang-war. Amar tries to placate his suffering by dedicating his life to students and especially Pooja (Pooja Bhutt) who has a stammering problem. Amar finds out that Pooja is the only daughter of one of the gangster (Paresh Rawal) and then he decides to cease the endless war between two rival gangsters but failing to do so. Naseeruddin was the best in the role of Prof. Amar Verma and he played it beautifully and impeccably. This film shows the true role of a teacher in a society. It is the duty of a teacher to not only teach his/her students but also other people who follows wrong path. This movie is real tribute to all teachers and this song says it all.
- Taare Zameen Par (2007)Nothing could go wrong when Aamir Khan is involved in making a movie and proved that with TZP. In a world of bollywood it is a sucidal endeavour, if you make a movie with kid as a protagonist, but Aamir Khan shows the gut and came up with his best movie ever. Though the entry of Aamir Khan was just before interval but it was his flawless performance which made the difference. As a art teacher, he tried to diagnose unfamiliar though quite common problem of dyslexia flourishing in ten-year old kid Eshaan (Darsheel Safary). After disappointed and unsuccessful argument with Eshaan’s parent, Aamir took it as a challenge and after some time he finally manages to drive the illness out of Eshaan’s mind. The success of a teacher lies in success of students and that was well stated by one of the teacher as “Now this is called Progress Card”
- HIP HIP HURREY (1984)Hip Hip Hurrey is another great story on teacher and student relationship. Sandeep (Ravi Kiran) joins a school as a temporary sports teacher as he waits for interview results. But it turns out to be a complex situation as he readily conflicts with a spoiled brat Raghu. He took it as a challenge and then the transformation begins. It is a simple story but told in a very beautiful way. It was first movie of Prakash Jha and for me he did not dissapoints.
- Rockford(1999)A movie by Nagesh Kuknoor who himself plays the role of a teacher. I choose this movie because it tells that not only student learns from a teacher but also teacher learns from a student. Johnny (Nagesh Kuknoor) helps Rajesh Naidu in arranging a meet with Malathi (girlfriend of Rajesh) but eventually runs into problems as this information get passed to headmaster in different manner. Johnny resigns from the school. Rajesh is neglected by his classmates and only when he fights against Raja (the conspirator) to reveal the truth behind the whole conspiracy. It is a very beautiful movie with two beautiful songs. One of them is here:
