dharwad besides poring over their syllabus the students of mrityunjaya college are made to watch motivational movies as part of their personalitybuilding exercise whats more the new assignment also aims at helping them overcome addiction if any college principal dr k c pangi and librarian r c umrani have started screening movies documentaries on personalities like mahatma gandhi jawaharlal nehru subhas chandra bose aurobindo ghosh and inspiration movies like taare zameen par and 3 idiotswhile contacted dr pangi said that educational institutes have responsibilities other than providing quality education they should also make students imbibe good qualities screening movies on great personalities makes students know them better movies are any day better than speeches as they make a great impact on minds we screen movies on saturdays twice or thrice a month some 60 movies have been screened over the last one year he said adding of late there have been many an addiction and distraction for students we hope the movie sessions help at least some students if not all give up bad habits we are sure inspirational movies will motivate them to scale heightsbhuvaneshwari bhovi and pooja bajantri ba students said its a good concept we students get to know one or more good lessons from such movies these sessions also keep our minds refreshed inspirational movies are our favourites movies like 3 idiots and chak de india fill us with confidence they added another ba student veeresh g said movies are a great medium for students to know about history politics literature and culture watching movies on great personalities makes a better impact on mind than syllabusbased lessons he added