Hichki
A film about Tourette syndrome , ‘Hickki’ seems to be just another feel good film which gives a superficial portrayal about the education system and draws a clichéd picture of the underprivileged students. First of all why Hichki (which means hiccups) was considered as a title for a film? I haven’t come across any content or information that Tourette syndrome is called hichki in hindi (at least not to my knowledge). I found the entire plot of the film to completely deviate from what the team may actually have longed to produce. What did they want to show? About the medical condition of a teacher who struggled as a kid and took 5 years to get a dream job in academics due to her condition or struggle of a teacher who was given 9F (a batch of 14 students who belonged to slum areas and who were ‘believed’ to be misfit in the school)?It seemed the core team was confused with the treatment of the plot or they didn’t know how to deal with such cases. The...