Shiksha Mandal

So Authentic, Real, intriguing, Well acted, tight screenplay, edge of the seat narrative, brutal scenes, intelligent writing and splendid camerawork. What more can you ask for from a web series. Great work SYED AHMED AFZAL I know we have seen a content like this before but trust me shiksha mandal is beyond everything what we have seen , about education scams .

Great work from the team - all departments are working in sync with the overall vision of delivering a creative, entertaining web series that keeps the viewer engaged.

ACTORS - The actors are well-chosen and it's great to see GAUHAR with this new look, GULSHAN as always shocked everyone with his performance and what to say about PAVAN MALHOTRA he did a fabulous job as 'dhansu yadav also the supporting actors with dhansu that transgender was exceptionally well NAVDEEP SINGH as 'akhtari' gave the impactful and brilliant performance with such limited screentime. Also actors like KUMAR SAURABH as 'nanhe' did a decent job , the one with the speech deficiency , was also quite good as well..

Shiksha mandal Adopts a different Approach. It makes the Audience identify with reality and makes familiar with the characters that 'are' around him.

The series has penetrating dialogues, harsh naked truth characters and language well done syed ahmed afzal The best mesmerizing moment in the film was when gauhar khan as 'anuradha' chase pavan malhotra 'dhansu yadav' in the forest and the conflict in which navdeep singh as 'akhtari ' has to sacrifice herself for dhansu vision of opening a university... That scene was commendable gauhar was shooting like a pro cop and 'akhtari' character was damm intense , purely justifies the emotion akhtari and dhansu shares together... Great work done by the team and excellent work by the director.

With such a level of competition let me put it very clear, the story line is very good, but the way it was planned and presented its disappointing.

No good dialogues, Not well planned, Not well presented and neither actor or director put efforts to improvise at any instance.

If it would have well directed then it would have given goose bumps to viewers. The actors are presenting as if they have to read out few lies without any expression. Total spoilers in this case.

Lot more was expected with such names in the series, unnecessary the script was dragged without any thriller or suspense. Kindly do not make any part 2 for this one.

Shiksha Mandal is a well-intentioned thriller that deals with a sensitive issue but fails to make an impact as the execution is not up to the mark. The series revolves around Aditya Rai (Gulshan Devaiah), who runs a training/coaching institute for medical aspirants. He shares a strong bond with his students and strives to highlight that education is not a business. Aditya's world is turned upside down when his sister 'disappears' shortly before he learns a dark secret about her. This leads to a series of events that expose a sinister scam.

Shiksha Mandal begins with a scene in which a young student gears up to write an examination. The staging of this sequence is quite good. It hits the right notes with its organic intensity. The focus soon shifts to Gulshan Devaiah's character. This, unfortunately, is where the problems begin. The writers try to project Aditya as a layered individual who has a lot going on in his life. They, sadly, fail to explore these aspects properly. Take his bond with his 'maa', for instance. This subplot had the potential to be Shiksha Mandal's emotional fulcrum but it ends up, making a limited impact. Things would have been different had the makers added a few more scenes between these characters.

Most of the other characters too haven't been fleshed out properly. There are twists here and there, but most of them fail to pack a punch as they are predictable to the extent of being obvious. To make matters worse, the silences don't really speak in most of the scenes, which further waters down their impact.

That said, Shiksha Mandal is not a wasted effort by any stretch of the imagination. Gulshan Devaiah tries to salvage the show by giving it his all. The actor does a decent job of bringing out his character's vulnerabilities, especially in the emotional scenes. Shiksha Mandal could have been a real game-changer for him had the script done justice to his abilities.

Gauahar Khan is sincere in a character that had tremendous potential, She gets the body language right and tries to rise above the mediocre writing. Pavan Malhotra, unsurprisingly, proves to be the show-stealer. The actor, who received praise for his work in Tabbar and Grahan, delivers a great performance to cover up the shallow screenplay. His silence and menacing eyes do all the talking. Pavan Malhotra is particularly good in a scene in which he bashes up an unsuspecting victim.

The supporting cast serves its purpose. The editing could have been tighter as some of the scenes dragged. The background score doesn't elevate the reel action's impact. The other technical aspects are up to the mark.

Shiksha Mandal is a lost opportunity given the potential it displayed.

This web series is an extended version of a Crime Patrol episode of the same education scam. Unlike Crime Patrol, the acting of some of the main and supporting characters did not rise to the occasion. Gulshan Devaiah and Gauhar Khan underwhelmed. Gulshan came across as robotic during most of the scenes. His dialogue delivery, body language and expressions were awkward at best.

Pawan Malhotra is one of the very few who did justice to his role. My expectations from senior director Prakash Jha was also a lot so it felt a bit of a let down with the end result. The subject was there to exploit, but due to poor execution of the plot, by episode 5 starts to flatline. It felt like the director was just going to the motions with nothing unique to offer. I wouldn't call this web series a must watch, just a last resort entertainment option.