HICHKI (2018) "HOW CAN A TEACHER MAKE A FUTURE?"

Hichki is an Indian Hindi comedy-drama film, directed by Sidharth Malhotra under the banner Yash Raj Films. This film was an adaption of an autobiography How Tourette Syndrome Made Me the Teacher I Never Had.

Naina Mathur (Rani Mukerji) suffers from Tourette syndrome. Her condition causes her to make uncontrollable sounds like hiccups. Yet, Naina receives an offer to teach at the school namely “prestigious St. Notker's School”. Naina's intense and enduring confidence impresses the current school committee and they assign her to 9F, a new class section. Later in the movie, 9F turned to be most difficult class to deal with. It was revealed that the school was furious to hire her as all other teachers had failed to get the class to cooperate. Naina notices that the students are unruly misbehaved and are visibly at odds. Shyamlal, a school worker (Asif Basra), discloses to Naina that the 9F students belong to families from a nearby slum and that they were given admission to fill the government-prescribed quota for the underprivileged. Naina got surprised with this information, she decided to draft a complaint but she got to know that every member of the committee was also involved. Then she tried to make a new strategy to deal with the students of 9F. A student from 9F secretly sabotages 9A's project in his revenge. This is discovered by the Principal and he decides to expel 9F. Naina prevents this by promising that the class will pass their final exams, but she was unable to avoid their suspension from attending school till the exams as it was an offence. Exam results shows Naina's promise as the 9F students pass examination. Mr.Wadia, the VP, encouraged Naina's transformative teaching and asks her to pin the perfect badge to her students who ranked first. The film shows Naina's last day at school where she had served for more then 25 years. She incorporated innovative teaching styles, provided trainings to staff and taken school learning to a great new level where students enjoy coming to school. At the last day students arranged a farewell party for her. The last to happily bid her farewell were the students of 9F who were now successful adults.

The film shows that how some schools neglect individuals just because they don’t fit in their standards. The film also justifies that every single person of society has an equal right to gain an education. The movie also portrays that every single teacher has such a huge effect on the pupil’s life. Everyone can make a difference but a teacher can make a whole future. The film is a must-see for all the people of any age. Everything in the film was just brilliant.