The much-awaited Mexican movie Lucca's World was released on January 31, 2025, on Netflix and ever since then, it has been buzzing on the American streaming giant. Lucca's World has been among the top 10 most-watched movies of the week in India on Netflix. Directed by Mariana Chenillo, Lucca's World revolves around a woman named Barbara Anderson and her struggle to find treatment for her first son Lucca who is suffering from cerebral palsy. Since you have landed on this page, True Scoop News assumes that you have already watched the movie on Netflix and wondering about Lucca's World Real Story or Lucca's World True Story. Moreover, you are wondering about real-life Dr. Kumar in Lucca's World. Continue reading below to learn about Lucca's World Real Story, Lucca's World True Story, and Lucca's World Real Dr. Kumar-
Is Lucca's World based on a true story?
Lucca's World is based on a novel titled The Two Hemispheres of Luca written by none other than Barbara Anderson. The Two Hemispheres of Luca chronicle the true story of Barbara who is ready to go to any height to find treatment for her son who is suffering from Cerebral Palsy. Lucca was born with cerebral palsy because Barbara went into respiratory arrest when she was delivering him making her surgery too dangerous and complex.
While most of the doctors in Mexico and other countries advised Barbara to start living with Lucca the way he is, she did not stop her quest to find a treatment for her son's cerebral palsy. Barbara's struggle to find treatment for her son Lucca ended in India. She came to know about Dr. Kumar and his invention cytotron which has given positive results to patients similar to Lucca.
As shown in the movie, a person named Anderson informs Barbara that Bruno Bernardi, the former Economic secretary suffered a serious cardiovascular problem that left him unable to speak or walk. However, he underwent treatment with a Medical Doctor who works in India and he’s recovered now. The name of the Doctor who treated Bruno is none other than Dr. Kumar.
Who is the real-life Dr. Kumar shown in Lucca's World on Netflix?
Dr. Kumar is one of the prominent characters in the movie. It was Dr. Kumar who treated Lucca with his machine cytotron. Lucca's World Real-life Dr. Kumar is reportedly Dr. Rajah Vijay Kumar's Linkedin profile has described him in detail.
His LinkedIn bio reads, "Rajah Vijay Kumar. Kt., OMS., D.Sc, 59, is a Bachelor of Science majoring in Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics, a post graduate in Microelectronics and a Doctor of Science in Medical Engineering (magna cum laude), and also holds a Master of Business Administration in Corporate Crisis Management. A pioneering researcher and an opinion leader in the field of Biophysics, Radiobiology, Nanotechnology, Sustainable Energy, Modern Telecommunications, and Water resources management and Recovery.
"Specialised in Electronics, Applied Chemistry, and Medical Engineering, he has worked for 35 years on regenerative tissue engineering and high-speed biological data acquisition, modeling, and simulation of the human cardiovascular system, artificial intelligence, and neural networks in medical diagnosis and engineering."
"He is the Inventor of the Haemoseis 256, the CYTOTRON, the FORN, the SPARSE, the FIT, the TMDR, the AQUARIA, the AQUATRON, the Private System for mobile communication etc., to name a few. He is an Inventor with more than 32 original Inventions to his credit. He has many publications in medical and engineering journals of repute. He is also the Author of the book 'Cytonics' - a mystery of the living cell."
Where is Dr. Kumar now?
Dr. Kumar is based in Bengaluru, India. "He is the member of the United Inventors Association (UIAUS), the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and its Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS), the Fellow of United Writer’s Association (UWA), the Member of the American Chemical Society (ACS) and Genetic Society of America (GSA) and the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM)," reads Dr. Kumar's Linkedin bio.
"He is the Group Chairman of Organization de Scalene, which includes the Centre for Advanced Research and Development (CARD), Scalene Energy Research Institute (SERI), Scalene Cybernetics Limited, and also serves as the Chairman of the board of Directors for many global organizations."
Talking about Dr. Kumar's educational qualification, he did his Bachelor's degree in physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics (all majors) from Bangalore University.
Dr. Kumar lives in Bangalore. He is married to an Engineer and they have three daughters.