''Rough Book'' is a

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directed by Ananth Narayan Mahadevan for Aerika Cineworks. It features Tannishtha Chatterjee and Amaan Khan in lead roles with

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, Jayati Bhatia, Deepika Amin and Vinay Jain in supporting roles. Television actor

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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.

Synopsis

''Rough Book'' is a hard look at the education system in

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. Though one of the finest systems in the

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, the lacunae in the system have created issues that are threatening to clog the channels of learning in contemporary

. The story revolves around the division among students on the basis of their grade. It avoids melodrama. A teacher and her students rebel against the system. ''Rough Book'' is based on actual experiences of parents, teachers and students told through the eyes of a teacher, Santoshi Kumari, who rallies through a divorce with a corrupt senior

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officer to become a teacher of Physics. Her pupils are in the D division — "D" sarcastically refers to Duffers in the school by students and teachers. How Santoshi tackles a system to set her own terms for her students forms the bulk of a simply told, thought-provoking and urgent film. The rebellion of the teacher and her students are internalised to make a relevant and contemporary movie.

Release

The movie was all set to release on 24 June 2016

Cast

* Tannishtha Chatterjee *Amaan F Khan * Kaizaad Kotwal *

* Jayati Bhatia * Vinay Jain *Farid Currim * Deepika Amin

Festivals and awards

Official selections

* New York Indian Film Festival 2015

Awards

* Best Feature Film (Indian Film Festival of Houston 2015) * Special Director's Award (San Francisco Global Movie Fest) * Best Story (Washington DC SAFF) *Best Director Rajasthan International Film Festival 2016

References

External links

* * Indian docudrama films 2010s Hindi-language films Films directed by Anant Mahadevan {{2010s-Hindi-film-stub