Hrithik to act in biopic

Mumbai, June 07: In this age when biopics are guaranteeing both critical and commercial success, Greek God Hrithik Roshan has reportedly signed his first biopic. The actor, who was last seen in 'Kaabil', has signed to reprise genius mathematician, Anand Kumar in his biopic.

For those of you who don't know about Anand Kumar, he is a mathematician from Bihar, who started the renowned "Super 30" program in Patna back in 2002. A brilliant kid in Mathematics right from his childhood, Kumar started the program with an aim to train the economically backward and underprivileged students for the IIT-JEE entrance exam.

His institute, Ramanujan School of Mathematics every year conducts an exam and selects the top 30 students, who will be given coaching for IIT exam. His institute also provides the selected candidates decent accommodation for a year.

In the past, several filmmakers had approached Kumar for the rights of his biopic but he was reluctant. It seems that he finally got convinced. Tentatively titled Super 30, the film traces the life of Kumar and his rise to international fame after setting up the 'Super 30' program.

The biopic will be directed by Vikas Bahl, the director of the highly successful film, 'Queen' starring Kangana Ranaut.