The
renowned
Choreographer
cum
Director
Ahmed
Khan,
has
now
turned
Producer
with
his
film
Paathshala.
The
film
will
be
co-produced
by
his
wife
Shaira
Khan
and
will
be
directed
by
Milind
Uke.
"Paathshala
revolves
around
kids
and
is
set
in
the
school
campus.
It
has
actors
like
Shahid
Kapoor,
Nana
Patekar,
Ayesha
Takia
in
essential
characters.
The
film
has
child
artists
like
Swini
Khare
(Cheeni
Kum),
Ali
Haji
(Partner)
and
Dwij
Yadav
(Nanhe
Jaisalmer)
in
pivotal
roles." informs
Ahmed
Khan.
There
was
a
buzz
that
Shahid
Kapoor
is
only
doing
a
cameo
in
the
film,
however,
Ahmed
clears
the
rumor.
"Shahid
is
not
doing
a
cameo,
it
is
a
character
role.
He
plays
a
teacher
who
teaches
English
and
Music.
Nana
Patekar
is
playing
the
role
of
the
Principal,
and
Ayesha
Takia
is
a
teacher
who
looks
into
the
extra
curricular
activities.
Besides
them,
there
is
Sushant
Singh
and
Saurabh
Shukla
in
the
film
as
well,"
says
Ahmed
Khan.
One
of
the
interesting
facts
about
the
film
is
that
it
will
mark
the
come
back
of
well-known
child
artist,
Sunny
Singh,
who
was
seen
in
the
famous
tv
serial,
Dekh
Bhai
Dekh,
as
Shekhar
Suman's
son.
"Yes,
amongst
all
the
kids,
Sunny
Singh
(who
had
earlier
played
the
child
artist
in
English
Babu
Desi
Mem)
who
would
be
doing
one
of
the
prominent
roles
in
the
film,
along
with
Shraddha.
The
story
also
has
the
plot
of
a
school
kid
played
by
Mehnaaz,
who
falls
in
love
with
her
teacher
(Shahid)",
adds
Ahmed.
The
shooting
of
the
film
is
wrapped
up.
"We
are
now
in
the
post
production
stages
and
the
dubbing
is
to
be
done."
Talking
about
the
music,
Ahmed
says,
"Hanif,
who
had
earlier
composed
the
music
for
the
song
'Shakirave
Shakira' in
my
directorial
film,
Fool
N
Final,
has
composed
the
music
for
Paathshala.
Since
all
the
songs
are
very
script-driven,
there
is
no
special
choreography
done
for
it,
I
have
done
that
only
partially.
The
four
songs
in
the
film
only
help
to
take
the
story
further."
"Paathshala
is
an
entertaining
film
with
a
big
social
message," signs
off
Ahmed.