Taare Zameen Par

Initially i was in dilemma whether this movie worth to see in fame, mumbai with my fokesh grp by paying Rs. 220/- each (huh.. such a huge amount for me) on christmas eve. but kudos to amir khan for proving me wrong by giving a brilliant dekko into the mysterious, magical mind of a child. Ostensibly, the film is about children with special needs and the story revolves around the efforts of a dyslexic child to fit in, adjust and perform in a 'normal' world where competition is the norm.

The story is unusual but not unknown. The message that the story tries to convey is already known to us, but most of us just remain ignorant to it. aamir, the director, has handled the delicate theme with sensitivity and precision. He has not just succeeded in making every child a hero but actually helped me see a child in myself. Just like no man is perfect, no matter what position he commands in the society, every child with both their ability and inabilities is special and talented in their own way. The movie isn’t just about a child suffering from dyslexia and his challenges, it’s also about how our parents get carried away by today’s competitive world and fail to understand their child’s dreams and nurture their inborn talents.

unlike any other enlightening entertainer which focuses more on the hero, i think aamir has given the child more footage by showing his name after the child. he has captured every emotion deftly. A number of sequences leaved me wet eyed and i felt deeply attached to the child. At the end of the movie i was left speechless and spellbound.

Darsheel safary, the kiddo, delivers a knockout performance. His expressions, body language, eyes, dialogue delivery – absolutely perfect. Aamir Khan as usual is excellent in a supporting role. i as aamir fan was disappointed to see him missing in the first half. tisca chopra (mother) is good. music by shanker – ehsaan - loy is great and lyrics by prasoon joshi are brilliant, they blend well with the movie. the documentary shown after the movie is too good.

However the movie is not without its share of flaws. i think the editing could have been tighter; it tends to drag a bit while being repetitive at times.

but the film never stopped tugging at my heartstrings.

Mothers and daughters - philosophical

...If any gal stay outside home for a long time...it accounts for her mom's thunderbolts and cloudbursts (on her head). After all, mothers have to worry about their daughters not working in the house and wasting their time roaming outside(may b with their bfs heee). all mothers think that daughters wastes the precious time they could spend (which the daughters invariably read as "waste") keeping their rooms clean, learning to cook (for their worse better halves) and of course, by studying (to find a better half for whom they eventually have to cook). I do not know which one is done to get the other. The education to get the better half, the better half to get the cooking (eventually), or the education for cooking?

Murphy is so right when he says, "Mothers only offer advice on two occasions: when you want it and when you don't..."

Never mind mothers and daughters... because in my opinion, mothers and daughters can and will do whatever they want, whenever they want and however they want. We guys (and men) will usually say- a mother has a beautiful, mysterious and strange aura around her, but then that comes only because of the fact that no matter how hard a son tries, he cannot understand his mother better than she understands him. And then an equal and opposite reason lies behind the thunderbolts and cloudbursts between the mother and the daughter. A mother can never understand a daughter better than the daughter understands her mother. Feels strange? But that is true. A daughter actually understands her mother better than anyone else. And the "anyone", oddly enough, also encompasses the grandmother!