Set in the late 1990s, the film revolves around a 17-year-old boy named Vivek Singh (played by Bodhisattva Sharma). Vivek is sent by his middle-class parents to an intense residential IIT-JEE prep coaching center in Kota. The movie beautifully balances the brutal anxieties of India's highly competitive education system with the nostalgic, innocent slice of adolescent life.
All India Rank (2024) is a critically acclaimed Hindi-language coming-of-age drama film. It marks the feature directorial debut of Varun Grover, a well-known Indian comedian, lyricist, and writer. Set in the late 1990s, the movie captures the intense academic pressure, emotional struggles, and societal expectations faced by Indian teenagers preparing for the highly competitive Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) entrance exams.