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Starring: Shahid Kapoor,
Ayesha Takia, Saurabh Shukla, Swini Khara, Avika Gor,
Ali Haji, Dwij Narendra Yadav, Rishabh Jain, Sushant
Singh, Nana Patekar, Anjjan Shrivastav, Nasser Abdullah
Director: Milind Ukey
Teaching is a noble profession.
But is it really true in these days of commercialization
and consumerism? Everyday, we read in the newspaper
about students being bogged down under study pressures,
parents burdened with fees hikes, teachers punishing
students inhumanly, some students even dying in such
cases or some committing suicides... what state of
affairs we have brought our education system to?
The story starts with joining of a new English Teacher
Rahul Prakash Udyawar (Shahid Kapoor) in Saraswati Vidya
Mandir School, situated in the outskirts of Mumbai
Suburbs. Though he creates instant rapport with students
and teachers alike, he realizes that there is something
amiss in this school. Slowly his doubts come true as the
manager of school, Sharma (Saurabh Shukla) makes
monetary obligation compulsory on the parents in the
name of extra curricular activities.
Sharma goes to the extent of punishing the students
inhumanly when the new unjustified demands of the school
are not fulfilled by the parents. Day by day, the stress
level among the students increases many folds leading to
the unexpected and grim consequences.
Teacher Anjali Mathur (Ayesha Takia) is an enthusiastic
young, bubbly teacher who loves her job so much that she
doesn't mind taking multiple responsibilities of being
an ECA teacher, hostel matron and the music teacher.
When the oppressive discipline and other irregularities
in school burden the students, she stands by Rahul
Prakash Udyavar in his fight against school management.
She even sacrifices her career abroad for the sake of
her fight for justice.
Lallan Sharma (Saurabh Sukhla) is a typical ill mannered
and oppressive manager of the school who misuses the
powers of the system to burden students with hikes in
fees and additional charges. He is rude to students,
staff, teaches and takes deep pleasure in troubling
everyone in around the school.
Vijendra Chauhan (Shushant Singh) the sports teacher is
a man of discipline and honour. He too disapproves the
new schemes aimed to burden the student and is a great
support to Rahul Prakash Udyavar in his fight against
the atrocities on the students.
Credits & Crew:
Presenter: Eros International
Production: Paperdoll Entertainment
Producer: Shaira Khan
Director: Milind Ukey
Music, Lyrics & Background Score: Hanif Shaikh
Story / Screenplay: Ahmed Khan
Dialogues: Hanif Shaikh
Director of Photography: Badshah Lal Sayed
Editor: Ashfaque Makrani
Choreographer: Ahmed Khan
Art Director: Kishan Gupta, Prabhat Thakur
Costumes: Shabina Khan, Komal Sahani, Zainub Shaikh
Audiographer: Pradeep Suri
Associate Director: Abhishek Dogra
Chief Assistant Directors: Asif Sayed Ali, Atif Khan
Assistant Directors: Shivangi Bohra, Sweta Pradhan,
Anshu Gautam, Sudha Pujari, Adnan A Shaikh
Music on T- Series
Publicity Designer: Marching Ants
PR: Parag Desai (Universal Communications) |
A situation becomes so
explosive that finally it becomes a national issue.
Paathshala tries to answer
many questions related to the sanctity of today's
education system. The high morals and basic ethics of
the teachings have taken back seat. Profit and more
profit have become a new mantra of educational
institutions.
This honest film is not afraid
of telling the truth of wrong doings of the greedy
educational institutes on the face; neither has it spared
them from exposing the use of unethical media activities
for the children who are yet not ready for it.
It is an urgent desperate eye-opening mission for our
education system today.
Principal Aditya Sahay (Nana
Patekar), a man of upright principles is responsible for
the growth and reputation of Saraswati Vidya Mandir for
the last 3 decades. He loves his students and everything
about education and the future of his students is a
mission for him, even if it means to sacrifice his
personal interests.
Rahul Prakash Udyavar is modern and liberal in his views
about education. He goes out of the way to help students.
He is the one who stands against any injustice done to
students. His mission is to create an educational system
based on true spirit, natural inclinations and an overall
growth. Naturally he becomes any eye of a storm for the
old timers in education system.
It is an average film which explores the state of the
Indian education system and its changing face with good
old fashioned education values now being replaced with
schools getting more plush and raking in money collected
from the pupil’s parentss.
Brilliant performances by Nana Patekar and Shahid Kapoor.
Ayesha Takia doesn’t get much to do here, while Shushant
Singh is fittingly cast as the sports teacher.
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Aniz Filmvala
Cast:
Nana Patekar - Principal Aditya Sahay
Shahid Kapoor - Rahul Prakash Udyavar
Ayesha Takia - Anjali Mathur
Saurabh Shukla - Lallan Sharma
Sushant Singh - Vijendra Chauhan
Anjjan Shrivastav
Nasser Abdullah
Sunny Singh
Shradhha Arya
Kainaz Motiwala
Swini Khara
Avika Gor
Ali Haji
Dwij Narendra Yadav
Vicky Ahuja
Rishabh Jain
Sanatan Modi
Preeti Kopikar
Canny Singh
Sagar Kale |
