Teacher of the Year, a reboot of the 2014 film, follows a professor and the students whose lives he reshapes, framed around a campus contest to crown the best teacher. Around that contest the film hangs a set of student struggles and relationships. It builds to a warm argument about the debt students owe a good teacher.
Teacher of the Year is a 2019 Gujarati drama that revisits an idea its makers first tried in 2014, rebooting the story of a professor and the students whose lives he reshapes. Co-directed by Dr. Vikram Panchal and lead actor Shounak Vyas, the film uses a campus contest to crown the best teacher as its spine, then hangs a set of student struggles and relationships off that frame.
Vyas plays Parth, with Alisha Prajapati as Reva and a deep bench of Gujarati character actors around them, including Mehul Buch as Professor Shastri, Ragi Jani, Nisarg Trivedi and Archan Trivedi. The film was shot in Ahmedabad and carries a score by Prathmesh Bhatt, with playback from the folk star Kirtidan Gadhvi and lyrics by the poet Anil Chavda, which gives the songs more literary weight than the average small release. The result sits firmly in the feel-good, message-driven tradition of Gujarati campus dramas.
This is earnest, sentimental filmmaking that puts its theme, the debt students owe a good teacher, ahead of subtlety, and viewers allergic to on-the-nose emotion may find it heavy. But it clearly connected with the audience that sought it out, landing a high IMDb score and a home on ShemarooMe, where it now streams. Read the rating as enthusiasm from a committed niche rather than a broad critical consensus, since mainstream reviews were scarce. Watch it if you want a warm, values-first Gujarati drama about mentorship, and you do not mind a film that wears its heart openly.
Verdict
A heartfelt, values-first Gujarati campus drama about the teacher-student bond. Sentimental but sincere, now on ShemarooMe.
What works
- Warm mentorship theme
- Deep Gujarati character-actor bench
- Kirtidan Gadhvi vocals, Anil Chavda lyrics
- Strong audience response
What holds it back
- Sentimental and on-the-nose
- Familiar campus-drama beats
- Scarce mainstream critical coverage
- Reboot adds little new
Cast & crew
Writers: Shounak Vyas
Music: Prathmesh Bhatt
Cast: Shounak Vyas (Parth), Alisha Prajapati (Reva), Mehul Buch (Professor Shastri), Ragi Jani (Iqbal Shaikh), Nisarg Trivedi (Gaurishankar), Archan Trivedi (Mehul Bhai)
Producers: Jayantibhai R Tank, Parth Tank
Watch the trailer
Play the official trailer on YouTubeMore Comedy Gujarati films
Frequently asked
Is Teacher of the Year worth watching?
A heartfelt, values-first Gujarati campus drama about the teacher-student bond. Sentimental but sincere, now on ShemarooMe. Kevu Che rates it 3.5 out of 5.
What is Teacher of the Year about?
Teacher of the Year, a reboot of the 2014 film, follows a professor and the students whose lives he reshapes, framed around a campus contest to crown the best teacher. Around that contest the film hangs a set of student struggles and relationships. It builds to a warm argument about the debt students owe a good teacher.
What is the IMDb rating of Teacher of the Year?
Teacher of the Year (2019) holds an IMDb rating of 8.7 out of 10.