A Good Movie to Watch

Paathshala

Directed by Milind. K.

Shoira khan: Producer

The captions of the movie: “Every generation needs a hero… to answer all the questions.”

“Education begins with life” – Franklin (written on the walls of the great school named Saraswati Vidya Mandir)

The interesting and principal characters of the movie I liked were the principal (Aditya Sahay) and the English Teacher (Rahul Prakash Udyaavar.). However, I liked the situations of all the teachers, students and the non-teaching staff. The importance of each one is stunningly and clearly brought out.

When the news flashed that the principal resigned and when it came the time for Aditya to go away, the meeting between Rahul and Aditya is very captivating. The role of a principal of the school is rediscovered. Being a principal is not like being a business manager, the role is not like a hobby but it is a passion. The person of the principal brought me the memories of My principal in Don Bosco Technical Institute, Okhla, New Delhi. I was a close collaborator then.

The person of the principal consists in being a passionate believer in the fact that education begins with life and it is a noble profession; he is firm and convinced of change (not a short term change but a change not immediately seen rather it is a long term or a life long change.)

This movie somewhat answers the question: Do you really need to go with the space and speed of the world? Yes, ofcourse, education must enable us to adjust to the situations that confront us. But holding on to the values commitment, sincerity, justice and fighting for the truth is better than being drown in the waters of commercialization and modernization. It is the past that makes the present. The present cannot make itself in the absence of what went before.

If you want to understand the Principal-Staff relationship dynamics, please watch it. It is worth (Observe the teacher Boss: she gets nervous before the shadow of the principal, it is because the principal appears as very strict and punctual)

The last seen, where the students and the Principal meet is a very fascinating in the sense that the students come to know that the principal is also able to laugh and share the world of the students.