Paathshaala
U; Drama
Dir: Milind Ukey
Cast: Shahid Kapur, Ayesha Takia, Nana Patekar, Sushmita Mukherjee, Sushant Singh, Anjaan Srivastav, Swini Kharau00a0
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What's it about: Shahid Kapur singing a song with a bunch of chirpy kids overdosed on sugar in the backdrop, Nana Patekar's two-and-a-half expression (the raised eyebrow in the climax!), and Ayesha Takia asu00a0 the chubby dietician who serves chips and sodas make up for some interesting moments in Paathshaala.

A hapless story of the modern-day education system trying to commercialise the medium by introducing reality shows to make stars out of students falls flat right from the first frame.



Using the concept of child labour prevalent in television, the film highlights the sorry situation of a school whose students seem to have no mind of their own!u00a0 Dated and morose in style, the film just goes around in circles, instead of making a point.

What's hot: Saurabh Shukla as the conniving school manager Mr Sharma, who loves taking jabs at students and sniggers at every opportunity of passing a rude remarks is colourful.