The story begins with a new English Teacher Rahul Prakash Udyavar (Shahid Kapoor) joining Swaraswati Vidya Mandir school, situated in the outskirts of Mumbai Suburbs. Though he strikes instant rapport with students and teachers alike, he realizes that there is something amiss in the school.

Slowly his doubts prove true as the School Manager - Sharma (Saurabh Shukla) makes many monetary obligations compulsory on the parents in the name of extracurricular activities. He goes to the extent of punishing the students inhumanly when the new unjustified demands of the school are not fulfilled by the parents.

When Rahul Udyawar unifies the teachers (Ayesha Takia, Sushant Singh, Kurush Deboo) against the atrocities of school management, the Principal Aditya Sahay (Nana Patekar) defends the management decision. This comes as a shocker to the teachers.

The situation becomes graver as school management becomes overambitious with its growth and involves media planners in the extracurricular activities. This demands the involvement of students in TV reality shows and many other media PR activities. The pressure on young minds increases incredibly leading to unexpected and grim consequences.

Caught in the web of commercialization and internal rebellion, the school's situation becomes so explosive that it finally becomes a national issue.

‘Paathshaala’ tries to answer many questions related to the sanctity of today’s education system. It claims to be an urgent and desperate eye-opening mission for our education system today.

The movie is co-produced by Shahid’s good friend Ahmed Khan. It has music and lyrics by Hanif Sheikh. The movie is set to release on April 16,2010.

 Cast
Ayesha Takia        
Nana Patekar        
Sunil Shetty        
Swini Khera        
Dwij Yadav        
Shahid Kapur        
Kurush Deboo       
Cyrus Hansotia
Ali Haji        

Crew
Director        Milind Ukey        
Producer       Ahmed Khan