India, July 2 -- Anand Kumar recalls spending one of the many evenings with actor Hrithik Roshan, talking to him about his various life events. Apparently, the actor failed to realise that he was walking barefoot to the other end of the road when he went to see Anand off, so engrossed he was in their conversation. The result of that dialogue is Super 30, a film that traces the life of the mathematician and ex-IITian, who through an educational programme in Patna, named Super 30, that began in 2002, selected 30 meritorious students from the underprivileged sections of the society and trained them for free for IIT-JEE (Joint Entrance Exam).

He says, "He was full of questions and curiosity. He constantly used to ask me questions on how I we...