I thought as much. But being the perfectionist that he is, Aamir Khan(Rancho), the lead actor has ensured that nothing seems fake or too unreal, for example the scene where he carries out the delivery of a new-born with help from a surgeon over webcam is quite well shot. When he's told that a vacuum pump will be required to get the baby out safely, he uses a vacuum cleaner, controls it's pressure by mounting a pressure gauge in between and uses his photographer friend's equipment cleaning nozzle as the tip of the pump. I thought it was a brilliant hack. The lead character is as close to a hacker as it can get, and best of all he's not called a hacker even once in the film, it is not a poor stereotype you see in hollywood films. My guess is that the director just made the character to suit his film but by mere accident he's managed to get a very good portrayal of a hacker.

After I watched the movie, I could relate so much to Rancho, except for he always complained about the education system, but still stuck on and also topped his class whereas I chose to drop out. Engineering colleges in India are very much like a rat race. My neighbour took an year off after high school just to prepare for cracking the IIT entrance exam. He didn't manage, and is now on the verge of completing his engineering degree from an above average college. I just met him yesterday almost after 2 yrs. and he told me that while he's managed to get this far, he has no clue of what he wants to do with his life, he said he always did what all his peers were doing, what his seniors said he should be doing, without having interest in any of it. And now he's stuck. He doesn't whether to get a job or do an MBA. Now I see him preparing for entrance exams for B-schools just the way he did for IIT's 5 years back. He's finished one rat race and about to get into another one!

OTOH, I enrolled in distance learning program after I dropped out of engineering and spend most of my time self learning and experimenting. I know what I wanna do with my life and am not confused.

But there is a social stigma at play here, my parents never know what to tell friends and family about what their son is doing, whereas my friend is a "well-educated, hard-working engineer" in the eyes of everybody who has done his parents proud.