Engineer ka beta Engineer, Doctor ka beta Doctor, Bai ki Beti Bai

Happen to see 'Nil Battey Sannata' which equates to 0/0 literally meaning "Good for nothing" Hindi movie on Doordarshan. I watched this movie with my daughter who found it little difficult to follow the typical 'UP wali hindi' but enjoyed the movie. 

‘Engineer ka beta Engineer, Doctor ka beta Doctor, Bai ki Beti Bai’ & ‘Garib ka koi sapna nahi hota’ these were some of the dialogues which stayed on with me at the end of the movie. Nil Battey sannata is more like Children’s movie or Women empowerment themed movie, which tells a simple story of a working class single mother ‘Chanda’ and her 15 yr old daughter ‘Apeksha’ who is suppose to be getting ready for her crucial 10^th class board examination. Btw ‘Apeksha’ means ‘expectation’ Chanda who could not clear her 10^th exams, wants/expects her daughter to get through 10^th with good marks, but realises that ‘Apeksha’ has no such wish and is very weak in mathematics. To challenge Apeksha – Chanda through her employer Dr. Diwan’s recommendation joins her daughter’s school and class and thus begins the challenge for Apeksha to outdo her mother in maths.

The movie is brilliantly taken and actors are amazing. There is not even a single character in the movie you would miss observing and each character leaves a long lasting impression in your mind. A must watch for children and parents – beautifully shows and brings out the wish of every parent that their child should do better than them and at the same time how to make your child realise the potential and bring out the best from them. The movie also advocates ‘Adult literacy’ inspiring adults who had left their studies in between to pick up education from where they had left – ‘jab jago tab savera’