Education has become a business, says Irrfan

Mumbai April 7 (IANS) Internationally acclaimed star Irrfan Khan who launched the trailer of his upcoming film Hindi Medium feels that education has become a business in the country.

Through our film you will realise education has become a business now. It is absolutely important to have education but at the same time it should flourish the capabilities of a person and it should evolve the personality of the human being Irrfan said at the trailer launch on Thursday.

The Piku star feels that education now has become more of a tool to fix a human being into a corporate system or a particular profession.

The film deals with the stereotype of sending the children to an English medium school as the language has become a class nowadays from just being a language.

Irrfan says the film gives a subtle message that language cannot be a unit to measure and judge an individual s worthiness.

It has become our mental state. My mother also did my admission in English school. This film gives a message that English is not the unit of measure to judge a person s worthiness...It s just a language to communicate. It is not that you can t become successful in life if you don t know how to speak English... he said.

The film is directed by Saket Chaudhary and has been described as a light-hearted romantic film about a young couple in Chandni Chowk Delhi who aspire to move into society s upper crust.

The film will release May 12. Hindi Medium is presented by T-Series and Maddock films. It has been produced by Dinesh Vijan and Bhushan Kumar.

-- IANS
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