After a gap of three years, Rani Mukerji is back on the big screen with Siddharth P Malhotra’s Hichki. The film is based on Brad Cohen’s book, Front of the Class : how Tourette Syndrome Made Me the Teacher I Never Had. Films based on student-teacher relationships are hardly made in Bollywood. The last notable film was, of course, Aamir Khan’s Taare Zameen Par. In Hichki, Rani Mukerji aka Naina Mathur is a young woman who aspires to become a teacher as it was a professor who helped her build her confidence as a child suffering from Tourette’s Syndrome. The film also throws light on the drawbacks of the conventional educational system and how learning is not limited to the classrooms.


Verdict
Hichki might be a tad predictable and not as emotional as a Taare Zameen Par but it is a very well-meaning film that has its heart in the right place. It is an insight into how a good teacher can make a difference for a lifetime.