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Mint
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Mint
Baaghi 4: Tiger Shroff, Sonam Bajwa's film receives ‘A rating' from CBFC; teaser release date OUT
Tiger Shroff is all set to return to the big screen with the new chapter of Baaghi franchise. This time he will be headlining the film alongside Punjabi actress Sonam Bajwa. The film is directed by A Harsha and will release on 5 September, on the occasion of Teacher's Day. According to new reports, Baaghi 4 has now received clearance from The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC). It has received an 'A' rating. Makers will be unveiling the first teaser of Baaghi 4 on 11 August. It will feature Tiger and Sonam's look in a video form for the first time. The teaser will be out at exactly 1:11 pm. Earlier, Tiger confirmed the same when he took to his Instagram handle and dropped a post, hinting at a big update about Baaghi 4. He shared a film poster with '4' mentioned in the background, alongside the text '11.1.11.' While he didn't reveal much, his caption simply read: 'Get Ready To 11th.' Fans could quickly guess, it was about Baaghi 4. The teaser of the film is said to be 1-minute-53-second long. The new installment of Baaghi franchise is arriving after a long gap of 5 years. It was announced last year. While Baaghi 3, starring Tiger and Shraddha Kapoor, released in 2020, Baaghi 2 came out in 2018, which featured Disha Patani alongside Tiger. The Baaghi franchise began in 2016 which was a Hindi remake of the 2004 Telugu film Varsham. It had Tiger Shroff and Shraddha Kapoor. Baaghi is the 2016 Hindi remake of the 2004 Telugu film Varsham This time, Baaghi 4 will star Sanjay Dutt as the prime antagonist. It will also have Harnaaz Sandhu in the key role. The film is said to push the franchise towards a more gritty, dark and global narrative. Previously, Baaghi 4's first look poster was released in November 2024. It featured Tiger Shroff returning as Ronnie. However, this time it gets even more intense as Ronnie is seen bloodied and worn-out, hinting at the franchise's darkest chapter yet. Baaghi 4 is produced by Sajid Nadiadwala under the banner of Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment.
The Hindu
30-04-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
The continuing relevance of Mahatma Phule's ideals of education
The Delhi Cabinet on Tuesday approved a draft Bill to regulate fees in private schools. This comes after the Delhi Public School, Dwarka, was in the news for locking students in the library and barring them from attending classes over unpaid fees. Several prominent schools had come under fire from parents for allegedly raising fees without proper approvals. The school fee-hike issue was brewing when the release of the Phule movie was delayed due to backlash. The movie based on the lives of Jyotirao Phule and Savitribai Phule, visionaries in the field of education, was delayed 'due to objections raised by the Brahmin community', according to the film's director, Anant Mahadevan. The film was released after some amendments suggested by the The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC). Like the Delhi school fee-hike issue, most news reports about the state of education in the country highlight that Phule's ideals such as compulsory education for all are far from being fulfilled. The picture is grim, even 135 years after his passing from a life dedicated to revolutionising and making education accessible to everyone. In 1882, Phule had submitted a representation to Sir William Hunter, Chairman of the Education Commission. In this representation, Phule vouched for compulsory primary education and the pressing need for women to get primary education. He said that education for the people in India should be given in a useful manner with need-based content. The representation also contained suggestions for the education of deprived children. Drop in enrollment numbers The latest UDISE+ 2023-24 data released by the Ministry of Education shows a dip in government school enrolment by 88 lakh in 2023-24 compared to the previous year. The Economic Survey 2024-25 points out that retention rates remain at 85.4 percent for primary (classes 1 to 5), 78 percent for elementary (classes 1 to 8), 63.8 percent for secondary (classes 1 to 10), and 45.6 percent for higher secondary (classes 1 to 12). When one reads Phule's words to the Hunter Commission, it is evident that the same struggle is still on. Phule wrote, 'Nearly nine-tenths of the villages in this Presidency, or nearly 10 lakhs of children, it is said, are without any provision, whatever, for primary instruction. A good deal of their poverty, their want of self-reliance, and their entire dependence upon the learned and intelligent classes is attributable to this deplorable state of education among the peasantry'. A scene in the film shows the inception of Phule's first girls' school. Hopeful on the first day, when Phule arrives at the school, he sees only a few students. When he asks in disappointment about the numbers, a trolley is brought in, covered with a sack. A girl hidden in the trolley reveals herself, signifying the potential for more to come. From then till now, a lot has changed, but factors like social conditions, social deterioration, and poverty that Phule spoke about still keep children out of school. In the film, Phule says, 'Ek baar aarambh kiya toh ant tak chalna hoga' ~ 'Once we begin this journey, we have to walk it to the end'. The journey still continues. Not on equal footing As per 2023 data, some 8,139 students from other backward classes (OBCs) and minority communities had dropped out of IITs in the preceding five years. In the years between 2018 and 2023, 35 died, as per data furnished in the Lok Sabha by the Union Minister of Education, Dharmendra Pradhan, in 2023. Phule had written a Marathi pamphlet that exposed how funds provided for higher education tended to educate Brahmins and the higher classes only, and left the masses wallowing in ignorance and poverty. Phule had reproduced a portion of it in the Hunter Commission. He said, 'They (Indian Universities) have educated many children of wealthy men and have been the means of advancing very materially the worldly prospects of some of their pupils. But what contribution have these made to the great work of regenerating their fellowmen?' He asked, 'How have they begun to act upon the masses? Have any of them formed classes at their own homes or elsewhere, for the instruction of their less fortunate or less wise countrymen? Or have they kept their knowledge to themselves, as a personal gift, not to be soiled by contact with the ignorant vulgar? Have they in any way shown themselves anxious to advance the general interests and repay the philanthropy with patriotism? Upon what grounds is it asserted that the best way to advance the moral and intellectual welfare of the people is to raise the standard of instruction among the higher classes? A glorious argument this for aristocracy, were it only tenable'. Indigenous schools? In other news, the only Gondi-medium school in a village of Maharashtra, started by the Gond tribe four years ago, is caught in a court battle. In 2022, the school, which aims to instill the Gond language and culture in its students, received a notice from Maharashtra's Education Department saying it was not registered with the zilla parishad. The fight for recognition is still on. Phule was a promoter of indigenous schools. A year after the institution of the female schools, in 1855, Phule also established an indigenous mixed school for the lower classes, especially the Mahars and Mangs. Two more schools for these classes were subsequently added. His vision Phule, at that point in time, spoke about the practical usage of education in life, which has only now become commonplace after NEP. He had also promoted the inclusion of Agriculture in the curriculum, taking into consideration its importance in the country. He suggested that the schools should impart education based on professional skills. He believed that such a curriculum would attract students, and this arrangement would help in preventing unemployment. For maintaining a high quality of education. He had emphasized that the teachers in primary schools should be trained. In order to impart social education to those in the lower strata of society, the teachers themselves should be from the lower strata of society. The teachers should have the knowledge of Agriculture and the minimal knowledge of health and hygiene . He also said that apart from their pay, teachers from villages should be given a special allowance, commensurate with the number of successful students, they had trained. At all levels, education should be under the control of Government.
