“Chamatkaar-avishkaar sach mein karne ki zaroorat hai (We need innovation and discoveries in real life),” says the educationist. Wangchuk isn’t dismissive about the idea of a well-researched film based on his life, but he feels that the movies shouldn’t distract people from the reality. While the school was founded in 1988, its founder became renowned across India when it was revealed that the quirky, brilliant character of Wangdu (played by Aamir Khan) in 3 Idiots was based on him. It also nurtures the cultural heritage of Leh Ladakh.
Wangchuk’s fame springs from his innovative school, the Students’ Educational and Cultural Movement of Ladakh (SECMOL), whose campus runs on solar energy and uses no fossil fuels for cooking, lighting, or heating. in films?’ I don’t want to reinforce that.” “ ‘why do we need to do anything, when our heroes are there to do everything. “ is not doing well in terms of inventions - na chamatkaar na avishkaar ho rahe hain, kyunki sab toh filmein kar leti hain (there are no innovations, no discoveries, because all that happens in the movies),” he adds with a laugh. Why’s that? “You don’t have to reinforce this obsession the nation already has,” Wangchuk says. Let it be just that - a story for entertainment,” says Wangchuk, who was in Delhi recently to attend a fund-raiser for his latest initiative, the Himalayan Institute of Alternatives (HIAL), Ladakh.Īfter all these years, Wangchuk still gets questions about the film, but he’s averse to using any of that for publicity or financial gains. “ was not a biopic that was based on me it was just ‘inspired’. Sonam Wangchuk, who is famously known as ‘the real-life Phunsukh Wangdu from 3 Idiots’, is “fed up” of answering questions about the character or the film.
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