Rishab Shetty Saves Government School By Adopting It; Sarkari Hi. Pra. Shaale Was Shot There!
Rishab Shetty saved a government school from shutting down by adopting it in 2018. He has revealed his plans for making the school better soon. Sarkari Hi. Pra. Shaale was shot there.
The
government
school
located
in
a
village
between
Mangaluru
and
Kasargod,
where
the
award-winning
film
Sarkari
Hi.
Pra.
Shaale
was
shot,
was
falling
apart
by
the
day
due
to
lack
of
management.
However,
in
the
past
year,
the
number
of
students
attending
the
school
has
gone
up
to
84
from
just
one.
All
hail
Kannada
actor
and
filmmaker
Rishab
Shetty
for
his
good
deeds.
He
saved
the
school
from
shutting
down
by
adopting
it
in
2018.
In
conversation
with
Times
of
India,
he
revealed
his
plans
for
making
the
school
better
soon.
When
asked
about
his
views
on
more
students
visiting
the
school
following
his
initiative,
he
said,
"We
couldn't
be
happier.
When
we
shot
our
film
Sarkari
Hi.
Pra.
Shaale...
in
this
school,
there
were
44
students.
But
sometime
after
we
wrapped
the
film,
my
team
got
to
know
that
the
school
was
on
the
verge
of
being
shut
down
owing
to
the
drastic
dropping
out
of
students
and
the
count
had
dropped
to
17."
"That's
when
I
decided
that
something
had
to
be
done
for
the
school
to
be
saved
from
closing
down,
and
Anil
Shetty,
the
pioneer
of
the
Kannada
Shaale
Ulisi
movement,
guided
us
on
the
finer
details
of
how
to
go
about
it," he
further
added.
He
also
expressed
as
to
how
watching
the
school
fall
apart
was
overwhelming.
"One
often
hears
of
art
imitating
life,
but
here
was
a
classic
case
of
life
imitating
art.
We
could
see
the
entire
proceedings
of
Sarkari
Hi.
Pra.
Shaale...
unfolding
before
our
eyes," he
added.
However,
his
efforts
turned
out
to
be
fruitful.
He
said
the
villagers
were
thrilled
about
watching
the
school
function
again,
which
reminded
him
of
his
film
Sarkari
Hi.
Pra.
Shaale..,
in
which
a
similar
scenario
occurs.
"There
can't
be
anything
more
for
a
director
than
to
see
the
happenings
of
his
film
playing
out
in
real
life,
too,"
Rishab
concluded.