Paathshaala (2010)

I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

Too much of everything

The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

It is one of my favourite movies since 2010...has an awesome soundtrack with great background score...filled with emotions, & Will teach you a lot about life... will make you smile and cry... Above all you would just want to go back to school days in your head...and happily remember those days, when life wasn't so complicated,but filled with complete joy...

Teaching is supposed to be a noble profession and school is supposed to be a temple. It was so once upon a time. Has it remained so. This is what the movie tries to say.The movie is a satire and a blow to all those schools who want to make a business out of the school by modernizing them. This is a blow to all those parents those who want their child to be seen in television reality shows rather than top in studies.They have tried to show the pressure on the students, random fee hikes, punishing the students inhumanly. The movie tries to answer many such questions in this movie and they have successfully shown it. They have tried to show that education has taken a back seat while everything else is being highlighted.Shaheed Kapoor has Rahul Prakash Udyavar has done a wonderful role as the teacher and Ayesha Takia as the Nutrionalist is watchable. Overall, the movie is good.

Core idea of this movie is good; it deals with the transformation of Indian education system into a profit driven machine than puts money over education of the students. Slowly study pressure on students is being replaced by pressure to gain glamor and fame at young age. Every one wants their son or daughter to be in a reality TV show and win one. It is sad to look at these young kids going through these auditions and being made a mockery of by TV channels in front of the whole country. Parents of these kids have expectations for which many of these kids have no interest or basic training. It's only the attraction of quick fame that brings them to these auditions.That said direction and screen play are mediocre at best. No memorable songs in the movie. Good actors cannot makeup for bad direction and screen play. Overall movie is a wasted effort.

Paathshaala - This is one such movie which proves the fact that only a good intention does not serve the purpose for movie-making. You need a thorough plot, strong and appealing characters with lines that they really mean and of course a flow of the story that is digestible to the viewer. As far as the characters and acting is considered, Nana Patekar, Saurabh Shukla and Shahid Kapoor do justice to their roles. But even their prowess cannot help lift the weak plot to a level where the viewer can feel satisfied. Basically the movie deals with today's commercialisation of the entire education system and the extent to which the management can go to earn the attention and moolah.Shahid as the English teacher and part time music teacher convincingly handles the role, but he would have done far better if the story had allowed him the same. Even Nana's role is cut real short but he is good. Saurbh Shukla - Great as the mean puppet of the management, Sushant Singh as the sports teacher also gives in a decent performance. The rest of the characters are a complete waste including that of Ayesha Takia. The kids perform good upto their abilities, although what was with the love sparks between two students, the fight between the girl's brother and the boy??? And the attraction of the teen girl to her teacher(Shahid)??? What exactly the director had in mind.???The direction could have been far more better but again who to blame other than the script..!!!! After a initial push, where the movie goes, is not at all understood. They've tried to include all the flaws of the system without giving a thorough solution to any of them. Problems of the fee hike, managing the canteen and sports facilities in a profitable manner, bringing media persons on-board to highlight the talent of the school through Reality-Shows.....and what not!! And the hype of the students strike, someone please justify the same to me...!!!As far as the music is concerned only the song Aye Khuda strikes the right chord. Others act just as the fillers.The movie ends giving a very meek solution. Although one line by the principle which hit my mind and will appeal to many is 'Upgrading the facilities of the school may be necessary but not enough. Upgrading the thinking is more important'My rating 6/10..!!