Last week, I got the opportunity to see this marathi movie titled " Shikshanachya Aaicha Gho" which I had never heard even the name before. The English literal translation would be " To hell with Education". Just like the Hindi movie " 3 Idiots" , this movie targets the Indian education system and addresses issues as to where the system is going wrong. The motive behind this movie is to ask every individual as to why do we put our kids in a rat race without even bothering to understand if the education being imparted to them would be helpful in any ways.Just to bring pride to the family, they are driven towards the family goals.
Another important and a well made point by the makers of this movie is on the educations system. Especially the kids these days carry the weight of their school bags which is even more than their weight sometimes.Also, on the corruption front with regards to the school books, new note books and the frequent syllabus changes, they have raised a strong voice. Sometimes, these things are being done only to increase the sale of these publishing houses and printing Industries to earn extra business and has no basis or relevance if the student will have any use of such syllabus in his future.
the story goes as under;
Bharat Jadhav, the lead actor takes most of the on-screen time, the plot revolves around his son Shree (Saksham Kulkarni) who is just an average student in his school, but has a passion for playing cricket. Shree always shows his talent while playing cricket which is appreciate by few coaches around him. However, Bharat Jadhav is too involved working hard and forcing his son to study harder and to get good marks for the scholarship, but Shree's average intellect and interest in studies spoils the situation and Bharat Jadhav in a fit of rage goes beyond the limit of hitting his son so hard that he goes into coma. This is exactly when the story takes a turn and makes it more interesting."
Though, the movie is really short and the climax of the movie is not very convincing with the story line. The strong point of the movie are the dialogues which are really caustic and makes you think twice. Conversational scenes where a school kid with loaded school bag is compared to a railway porter are really thought-provoking.
One of the interesting question of the movie which the lead actors asks to many people and expects an abrupt answer is 17x7 equals how much?? He gets a blank face from many professionals that include a police inspector, a minister, and even a History teacher. Its a fact, these tables or multiplications are not expected to be answered in your professional lives and no body cares if one knows this because you have so many tools available. Why is it so necessary that the child has to by-heart tables up to 25?? A history teacher who couldnt answer this question claims she is not teaching Maths so it doesnt bothers her, then why should the kid be penalised on something which he might or may not require in future.
One of the scene was quite emotional, where the father needs to buy medicine in the shop for his son but is refused as he doesnt has sufficient money to buy them. I remembered, when i was a child, we had similar situation where we were barely able to pay the doctor fees. We had to skip the expensive ones sometimes or take only as much as we can afford in the available funds, which was most of the time a big issue.
Overall, its a good movie for a change!!
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