Cast: Aamir Khan, Darsheel Safary, Tisca Chopra, Vipin Sharma, Sachet Engineer, Tanay Chheda.
Director and Producer: Aamir Khan
Writer: Amole Gupte
Genre: drama for audience of all ages.
Rating: ****
Official Website: http://taarezameenpar.com/
The aim and intention of my reviews is to critique and recommend while not revealing the whole story to enjoy the movie when seen. Minor details may have been divulged for proper review!
Thank goodness, we Indians are finally learning lessons in understanding the need for expressing love and appreciation to our kids; Listening to our kids and understanding that each kid is special, and enriching his or her skills; and encouraging and nurturing the best in each child. Indian/Asian parents have known to be disciplinarian, conformist, expecting over achievers, and judgmental about the creative, laid back, uncompetitive child, or even unacceptable and shameful about a kid with special needs. I am glad that things are changing and hopefully many an Indian/Asian mindset will get open with movies like these.
It’s a beautiful movie which touches hearts. The child actor in this movie, Darsheel emotes so well, that you forget you are watching a movie acted out. He plays the dyslexic kid, Ishaan who is highly creative and imaginative but fails to do well in the rat race of over achievers, insensitive teachers and parents with high expectations. Hence he goes through a lot of trauma and punishments, which robs his passion for displaying his imagination in color.
The second half of the movie brings Aamir Khan, as Ram Shankar Nikumbh, an intelligent and creative art teacher with ‘out of the box thinking’. This teacher knows there is potential in each child and believes there is a winner in everybody. He helps nourish Ishaan Awasti ( Darsheel Safary), and makes him aware of his self, while helping him improve his shortcomings and encouraging his passions.
Amole Gupte , the Script writer should be applauded for writing such a sensitive story, Aamir Khan is one intelligent actor and now an accomplished Director who has made Taare Zameen Par, such a compassionate and exceptional movie. And Of course the brilliant performance of Darsheel Safary is amazing and touching.
The Songs and their beautiful lyrics are uplifting and poetic. Check out the songs and lyrics and the English version too on http://taarezameenpar.com/.
This movie may help many an individual in realizing self worth and every parent in bringing up the stars of their lives. I strongly recommend viewing of this movie for its beauty and it content.
4 comments:
did the "shaq" watch it? :)
Not the whole thing, but what I saw, I was very impressed. But then that is what we expect from Mr. Aamir Khan.
You could be a trend setter with your ways/ideologies as well on the same issue :). Might have to call u for advice in a few years myself.
It's a good thing we have movies with the main action on playing fields ( Chak De ) and boarding-schools ( Panchgani, Maharashtra where most of TZP is set). There was a time when most films were set on harbour docks ( smuggling) or millionaire villas ( for villainy and waste! ).
Though the film got a little too explanatory on dyslexia, in the sense that it (the topic of dyslexia) could have been presented more naturally in the course of the plot - otherwise the feel of the movie was good. The songs were terrifically picturised.
Topicality - heaps, though some of the coaching-classes mushrooming even more, could complain :-)
The idea that brains can do more than cram came through very well. The school scenes were very brightly shown. The "assisted learning" bit ( important to present to the lay audience for improving its understanding of disability ) was put across well too.
The film achieves what "Koshish" ( starring Sanjeev Kumar) did over two decades ago - raising awareness/sensitivity about impairment.
Double whammy for Aamir Khan - his directorial decisions are as good as his acting !!
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