Shala (2011)
10/10
Reality of First Love At Tender Age
24 March 2014
This is the first Marathi movie I have watched till date & many more are in the line to be seen in coming days & I must confess how divine & nostalgic was the feeling to relive the days of romance during school days. Said that, I would also emphasize that it would be highly unfair for an individual to accept that he/she hasn't been through this "Journey of Love" during his/her schooling life.

Watching the movie makes an adult to realize how immature it was to hop into the journey of love during school days without even considering the responsibilities there next. Probably that is why there's a saying "Love is blind" & can happen anytime. Mind me, I am not referring to "Infatuation" & only talking about true meaning of LOVE which is very pure, divine, beautiful & very blissful, also very difficult express through words.

This is a very beautiful movie of love between two school goers Joshi & Shirodkar falling in love who are classmates in the same school in a suburban of Maharastra. Joshi expresses his feeling to his love which in itself is very blissful to watch. His love understands his feeling for her, however she is little reluctant in accepting probably because she realizes the level of Immaturity of getting into love at this age. No wonder that women have very high level of maturity compared to men, however it is also very true if a woman feels deep for someone special, she will go beyond the boundaries to be with her love.

Well coming back to the story post Intermission, everything seems fine between the two until Mathare (a close friend of Joshi) tries to propose his Love Kevda who is on the way to her home from School, however his proposal is turned down by the girl & she complains this incident to the Principal of the school. On learning about this, he summons Mathare & Joshi (an accomplish in this incident) in the school & are punished & Also decides to rusticate both from the school. Before taking a final decision, the Principal calls upon the parents of Mathare & Joshi to a meeting, for them to take the necessary step for the best interest of their children. Post this incident, Shirodkar's father girl gets posting somewhere else & hence the family moves out of the village. This turn of events become known to Joshi immediately after learning his outstanding performance in the exams which is declared during his last visit to the school for that year for the results. Absence of his love in the class & disclosure of the fact that girl's family has moved out of the village by one of her classmate leaves the boy devastated & this is when he realizes "Probably he would never ever meet his first love".
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