| Name: Taare zameen par Genre: Children’s movie, for adults! Director: Aamir Khan Music: Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy Lyrics: Prasoon Joshi Cast: Darsheel Safary, Aamir Khan, Tisca Chopra, Vipin Sharma, Sachet Engineer My rating: 5/5 |
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WHAT
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The story is not just about one dyslectic child, who despite his best efforts, does not get the necessary help and support from his parents to come out of it, and is instead scolded, beaten, and branded lazy and stupid. He is just a face of those millions of young children, who are being robbed of their childhood, in the mad race, out in the big, bad and competitive world. Children, who are shouldering the burden of increasing expectations from their parents and teachers. Children, whose natural talents get lost amidst the mad frenzy to acquire the ‘important’ skills of reading, writing and math.
And yes, it is a splendid and poignant eye opener for all those adults around them, who have created this unforgiving and harsh environment around them.
At eight years, Ishaan Awasthi, a std III boy has a world of his own – filled with colorful and wonderful things like fishes, kites, spacecrafts and dogs, and is out of sorts in the adult’s world of homework, marks, discipline and competition. He finds it difficult to read and write, because every time he attempts to, the letter seem to be dancing, and out of his control, and this in turn results in his poor performance in class. Add to this, the fact that his older brother Youhan (Sachet Engineer) is a class topper and excels in tennis too. Bogged down by the trouble of dyslexia, sky-high expectations, and parents and teachers, who don’t understand his problem, Ishaan finds it impossible to come out of his problem. Fed up of him, his parents get him admitted into a boarding school. The separation from his family comes as an additional trauma to Ishaan, and things become worse for him. He goes into a shell – so much so, that he even loses his love for colors and painting, and his life becomes miserable.
One day, Ram Shankar Nikumbh (Aamir Khan) joins Ishaan’s boarding school as a temporary art teacher. He comes in as a fresh whiff of air, for all the students, who till then, were taught by teachers how to think and do things. Nikumbh encourages the children to set their imagination free and learn to think and create for themselves. He realizes that Ishaan is besot by some problem, and finds out about his dyslexia. Having had faced the same problem in his childhood, Nikumbh empathizes with him and also goes on to help him learn in novel ways and overcome the problem.
Everything about this movie is delightful! The story is conceived and superbly scripted by creative director Amol Gupte has wonderful music and lyrics, is edited beautifully, and is studded with brilliant performances by all the characters. The best of them all – the true hero of the movie – is the Darsheel, as Ishaan, whose acting tugs at your heart strings throughout the movie. And a great part of the credit goes to director Aamir Khan, for bringing out such a stellar acting performance from him, and also for also performing his role as the art teacher with great finesse. Vipin Sharma as Ishaan’s strict father portrays the character of a strict and demanding father so well, that even you can feel the sting that Ishaan feels, when terrorized by him. Tisca Chopra as Ishaan’s mother has also done well. Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy’s pleasant music and Prasoon Joshi’s lovely lyrics, blend extremely well with the main story and add to the effect of the story-telling. Everything, just so perfect!
Verdict: Don’t miss this movie for anything! It is a must watch for all children, parents and their schools.
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