Mathematician Anand Kumar finds himself in the midst of a storm following accusations that he allegedly fudged data on the number of his Super 30 program students clearing the IIT-JEE (Advanced) examinations. A biopic on Kumar, starring Hrithik Roshan, is currently under-production. The film, titled Super 30, is slated to be released next year.
Veteran actor-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha has come out in support of the embattered mathematician. Sinha posted a series of tweets where he termed the attack on Kumar as another act of mob lynching.
“The lynching continues in one form or another – from physical to verbal to "rumoral"...This time the victim seems to be our own hero of “Super30-Anand Kumar” - the genius, mathematician, guru, role model, pride of Bihar, pride of the Nation with years of successful teaching,” Sinha wrote.
Last week, Abhayanand, who is said to have founded the Super 30 program spoke to Cinestaan.com and stated that Anand must prove 26 of his students cleared the IIT-JEE (Advanced) this year.