Christopher Balan, an engineering graduate from Bengaluru, has amused recruiters at the Indian Space Research Organisation, by mentioning “Understood Interstellar” as a part of his curriculum vitae, under the “achievements and skills” section.
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“Hell yes, I have! Why shouldn’t I? Things that people usually list under the skills and achievements section – like winning some competition or some best paper award or topping in school – these are things that are banal at best. Whereas understanding Nolan’s Interstellar is like calling Arnab Goswami a liar on his face – not everyone does it!” Balan told The UnReal Times.
“So it is definitely something to be proud of and I see no reason why it shouldn’t be highlighted as a great achievement of mine. I know all the fundas behind this movie. In fact, even if Nolan himself has some doubt, he can ask me and I’ll be glad to explain it to him,” he added.
An amused ISRO chairman K Radhakrishnan acknowledged that they had indeed received Balan’s resume. “Yes, the resume is with us. I was busy tracking what Mangalyaan is doing when our recruiters called me up to mention this news. I asked them to forward his resume to me and well, it’s quite interesting,” Radhakrishnan said.
“I think we will shortlist him for an interview, considering that Interstellar is a movie which many of us ourselves didn’t really understand. This’ll also be a good session for us to get all our doubts clarified, whether or not we’re going to hire him,” he added.
Catching up with the news, Headlines Today consulting editor Rajdeep Sardesai too, claimed that he understood Interstellar properly and that people could ask him anything about the movie. When asked a pertinent question, Rajdeep immediately replied, “Read my book!”