Taare Zameen Par (2007)
Movie Overview
Release date: 2007
Runtime: N/A
Genre: Drama
Starring: Aamir Khan, Tanay Chheda, Darsheel Safary, Tisca Chopra, Sachet Engineer, Vipin Sharma, Lalitha Lajmi, Ravi Khanwilkar, Bugs Bhargava,
Director: Aamir Khan
Produced by: Aamir Khan
Critics (30)
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Characters:
Darsheel Safary as Ishaan Nandkishore Awasthi
Ishaan is 8 years old. He loves colours, fish, shiny things, dogs, golas, spaceships and kites. He loves to draw and paint and be a bindaas boy. He does not want to go to boarding school.
Vipin Sharma as Nandkishore Awasthi
Nandkishore Awasthi is Ishaan™s father. He gets very angry when Ishaan™s teachers from school complain. Nandkishore is of the view that only Boarding school can teach discipline to Ishaan.
Tisca Chopra as Maya Awasthi
Maya is Ishaan™s mother. She makes good food and looks after Ishaan when he gets hurt. She is very sad that Ishaan has to go to boarding school but she thinks it will be for the best.
Sachet Engineer as Yohaan Awasthi
Yohaan is Ishaan™s Dada. Dada is a very good student and also plays tennis and cricket. He also looks after Ishaan and loves him.
Aamir Khan as Ram Shankar Nikumbh
Nikumbh sir doesn't scold Ishaan like the other teachers. He sports a very nice smile and he likes colours and fish and dogs and painting too!
Tanay Chheda as Rajan Damodaran
Rajan is Ishaan™s best friend. He is very smart and intelligent and a good student and always knows the answers to all the questions. He always tries to be helpful to Ishaan.
Synopsis:
Ishaan 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.
Critics Reviews
Desicritics.org, India | 2008-08-09
Filled with vibrant colors and well-used CGI, Darsheel Safary has a potential to become a great actor.
The couple shared the roles of writer, creative director, researcher and editor.
Sachet Engineer as Dada is good too.
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As usual, Aamir Khan performs very well.
Darsheel Safary, as the protagonist, is undisputedly the best performer in the film.
Sachet Engineer as Ishaan's elder brother and Tanay Cheda as Ishaan's friend Rajan Damodaran are also very good.
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Taare Zameen Par Peformances Darsheel Safary, the kiddo, delivers a knockout performance.
The best lead performance of the year, deserves the best actor award.
Tisca Chopra is good.
Aamir Khan as usual is excellent in a supporting role.
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The director uses animation very well to showcase the childs imagination and creative thinking.
Ishaan's introduction song and Maa are two wonderful songs.
Music is nice and blends in well with the mood of the film.
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Given his deep understanding of what the audience likes, his experience as a director will only make Aamir a better filmmaker from here on and there is no reason to expect anything less than the best after Taare Zameen Par.
There was therefore considerable anticipation and trepidation preceding the release of Taare Zameen Par.
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User Reviews
Yet another quality movie from Bollywood...oh now this is taking me by surprise...
camouflage_s@imdb | 2007-12-21
Its a fine Friday morning in Kolkata...the winter vacation has just commenced...we have planned a day out...gonna watch Francis Lawrence's I Am Legend...but due to last minute change of plans under unavoidable circumstances we are reluctantly drawn into the first... Read more at imdb.com
Oxygen to Revive the Soul
danzs@imdb | 2007-12-22
A good film on children has always been much needed for Indian film-goers. And when in this moment of dearth one gets treated to a movie that simply touches the soul - needless to say - Taare Zameen Par -... Read more at imdb.com
Undoubtedly the best Hindi movie of 2007
Kaustubh Prasad@imdb | 2007-12-23
If you haven't seen Taare Zameen Par, you are missing out. The best Hindi movie of 2007 without doubt. Extremely sensitively handled, and flawlessly executed performances, especially by Darsheel Safary. This movie really hits you.In a way, everyone can relate... Read more at imdb.com
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'Taare Zameen Par' is the final choice because it has a universal appeal and it has all the elements that make a good film, in terms of its production value, script, concept and story," says filmmaker Sunil Darshan. ... Full Article
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