2. A thought-provoking, soul-stirring eye opener.
It's about human weakness and the ability to
triumph over it. Nash could just as easily be a
lawyer, a doctor or a construction worker and
the essence of the story would not change. A
Beautiful Mind is consistently engrossing as a
trip to the mysterious border-crossing between
brilliance and madness, and as an unusual
character study.

3. Director
RON HOWARD
Movie Collection
Gross: $170,708,996 (USA)
RUSSEL CROWE JOHN NASH
ED HARRIS PARCHER
JENNIFER CONNELLY ALICIA NASH
CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER Dr. ROSEN
PAUL BETTANY CHARLES
JOSH LUCAS HANSEN

4. SYNOPSIS
• John Forbes Nash, Jr in 1947 arrives at Princeton for graduate
study in mathematics on a scholarship.
• He has high desires of coming up with a truly original idea.
• He is a brilliant mathematical genius, He has a only friend and
roommate, Charles who aids him through those difficult years.
• Later he started code-breaking work for a government agent,
William Parcher (Ed Harris).
• John meets, falls in love with, and marries Alicia
• Later he started hallucinating about people who always keep
tracking him.
• He is diagnosed as having an advanced case of schizophrenia
• Nash struggled for years to keep his equilibrium despite his illness
and win over his illness.

5. ANALYSIS
•John Nash is an awkward man, not good in
social situations, but an amazingly talented
mathematician.
•The twist of the movie, which happens about halfway
through, is that Nash is suffering from a severe form
of schizophrenia, and half of the situations/places that
exist in his life, are only part of his “beautiful” mind

6. ANALYSIS
One imaginary character that he creates is his roommate,
Charles.
The other character that Nash creates is named Parcher, who is
working to solve a conspiracy case of an atomic bomb threat
towards the U.S.
He is given intense treatment in hospital for his hallucination.
He no longer can think right, feel right, or act right. He stops
taking the medication, and loses another battle with his
schizophrenia. Instead of going back to the hospital, he tries to
battle the hallucinations on his own. This is the turning point
of the movie, where Nash learns how to really live his life.

7. LEARNING
What Nash learns
From his experience John Nash learns that life is more than making a
discovery, or solving an equation. There is love and emotion involved; A
wife, taking care of your baby, and the everyday joys of life.
What it teaches us
Nightmares will continue, as long as we feed our attention to them.
A Beautiful Mind is a movie about the importance of enjoying every day
of life, and not getting caught up in ridiculous theories or fantasies of a
future that may never be. If we don’t focus on the present moment, it
may be the biggest regret in our life. Embrace life each day, don’t
embrace a fantasy world.

8. Oscar 2002
A
Jennifer Connelly best supporting actress C
Ron Howard Best Director, Best Picture
H
BAFTA 2002
Best actor : Russell Crowe E
Best Actress : Jennifer Connelly
I
V
MTV Music Award 2002
Best male performance
E
M
Golden Globes 2002
Best Motion Picture E
Best Actor
Best Actress N
Best Screen Play
T
S

9. Thank you
Dreams will gradually disappear, if we do not focus on them, and
take constant action towards them.
– John Nash (A Beautiful Mind)
Presentation by:
Hemant Agrawal
Jatin Agrawal
Samir Kumar
Surya Prakash
Nikhil Mundra