Chalk NDuster has its heart in the right place.Made with an intention of showcasting th worms in the current education system, where money often gets merit over capability, this film can be lauded to some degree.
However, it flounders in the first half due to its taacky approach.It takes the oft-taken path of following th underpriviledged on local train rides to the Mumbai chawl.Okay, so the point of a techer’s life being hard is made.There is Juhi who is slightly more priviledge than her didi Shabana.These two teachera also have hardworking colleagues, who became sisters in misery when kamini Gupta( Divya), a devil wearing designer saris, is appointed as the principal. Divya is more unreasonable than Cinderella’s stepmother and stepsisters put together.The shock of having to bear her nastiness gives Shabana a heart condition.So, they reach out to a media person, Richa Chadha, an IAS Officer, a minister, conscientious past students from the world.The execution for the most part is clumsy.It also gives us a proud India moments as we watch two teachers pass a Gk contest with flying colours.
Shabana and Juhi are irritatingly saccharine initially but get firmly in the saddle soon.They’re from the dependable lot of actresses after all.?