Shabana Azmi and Juhi Chawla star in this light school drama which aims to address the challenges and difficulties of school teachers, who never get their due, who are underpaid and underappreciated. Indeed, the premise is very interesting, and the idea of a film set in a school. But sadly, despite a good foundation, the execution is very poor, and the direction is not very good. Some of the characters are just caricatures. Chawla and Azmi are very good in their roles. Azmi is particularly good as the devoted teacher, but then both are let down by the script. Similarly, Divya Dutta, who is a good actress, gets a role which is so stereotypical that she ends up looking stiff and unintentionally hilarious as the cruel principal. There film does have its moments and it's not a complete waste of time, but I wish these talented actresses were given better material to work with.
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