Top 7 movies to watch on Teachers' Day 2022

The 2007 film 'Freedom Writers', starring Hilary Swank, Imelda Staunton and Patrick Dempsey, is about a young teacher who inspires her students to learn tolerance and pursue education beyond high school.

This Hrithik Roshan-starrer is based on the life of Indian Mathematician Anand Kumar and his generous program named `Super 30`, under which he coached 30 underprivileged students on the subject for their JEE Advanced Examination.

Based on the life of the Mathematician of the same name, this film stars `Parineeta` actress Vidya Balan as the Math stalwart who was popularly known as "The Human Computer" owing to her ability to execute long calculations in a matter of seconds.
 

'The Kindergarten Teacher', which was released in 2018, is about a New York teacher who becomes obsessed with one of her students whom she feels is a child prodigy. The film stars Maggie Gyllenhaal, and Gael García Bernal.

The 2007 film is based on the true story of Melvin B. Tolson, a professor who taught at Wiley College Texas in the 90s. In the year 1935, he inspired his students to form a debate team, which eventually challenged Harvard in the national championship and gave a tough competition to all the participants. The movie stars Denzel Washington and Forest Whitaker. 

In 2011, 'Monsieur Lazhar' was released across theatres. The film revolves around an Algerian immigrant who was hired to replace a teacher at a Montréal public grade school, who had committed suicide in the classroom. How the new teacher helps the students deal with their grief is what forms the base of the story.

Starring Aamir Khan and Darsheel Safary in lead roles, 'Taare Zameen Par' shows the journey of a child suffering from Dyslexia and how his art teacher helps him overcome the struggles the illness brings. It shows unconventional methods that helped improve the child's reading and writing skills. 

This list couldn`t be completed without including a movie based on Srinivasa Ramanujan. On his 135th birth anniversary today, this British biographical film starring `Slumdog Millionaire` actor Dev Patel is a must-watch. It portrays the short but supremely impactful life of the Tamil mathematician who pioneered a number of essential theories we use to date.