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One of the best movies that I have seen in recent times is a Bollywood (Indian) movie called “Taare Zameen Par” or “Stars on Earth.”
It is a beautiful, heart wrenching story about a young schoolboy Ishaan who suffers from dyslexia. Since there is little awareness of this problem in many countries, the boy has a horrible time in school and at home.
His teachers think he is lazy or retarded. His mother is baffled and depressed due to his failure to study properly and his perfectionist, domineering father thinks he needs to be taught a lesson.
Ishaan meanwhile lives in a different world and is artistic and very creative. His father thinks his love for colours, childish and sissy, which will be of no use to him when he goes out in the real world for a good job. He sends him to a boarding school where Ishaan is afraid and lonely until he meets an art teacher (Amir Khan) who understands his problems and helps him to conquer his disability and his fears.
I have seen many child actors in some amazing movies but none as amazing as the young boy who stars as Ishaan in “Taare Zameen Par”. His fear of his strict teachers, his anger and aggression towards his bullies, his longing for his parents to understand his problem, and his tears, terror and even the unsaid words will leave you with tears in your eyes.
I think it should be obligatory for parents and teachers to watch this movie at least once. The focus in many mainstream schools nowadays is on grades and not understanding the child or his personality. This movie especially teaches the adults that every child has a right to enjoy his childhood and his worth should not be based on A+ grades.
A unique beautiful movie, that has to be watched with a box of tissue-papers in hand. You will definitely need them.
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That movie sounds beautiful. Your review makes me feel like I've already seen it. I got wrapped up with the boy as soon as you began to tell his story and was so happy when you said he met a teacher! Also, I'm a fan of Aamir Khan. :)
Thanks @cmoneyspinner Amir Khan is a great actor and his movies are usually a bit different from the usual Bollywood movies. I am glad you enjoyed my review. Do watch teh movie. I am sure it is available with English subtitles.
I checked and it's not in the Netflix online video streaming, so I have to see if I can find it elsewhere on the Internet.
Indeed it is a great movie as it conveys a great message.
Yes, it is a good movie that I have seen once in my life. What I learn from the movie I describe in simple words for my readers sake so that they could read its summery.
shaan Awasthi is an eight-year-old whose world is filled with wonders that no one else seems to appreciate; colours, fish, dogs and kites are just not important in the world of adults, who are much more interested in things like homework, marks and neatness. And Ishaan just cannot seem to get anything right in class.
When he gets into far more trouble than his parents can handle, he is packed off to a boarding school to 'be disciplined'. Things are no different at his new school, and Ishaan has to contend with the added trauma of separation from his family. One day a new art teacher bursts onto the scene, Ram Shankar Nikumbh, who infects the students with joy and optimism.
He breaks all the rules of 'how things are done' by asking them to think, dream and imagine, and all the children respond with enthusiasm, all except Ishaan. Nikumbh soon realizes that Ishaan is very unhappy, and he sets out to discover why. With time, patience and care, he ultimately helps Ishaan find himself.