Better latet han never...here it is...
Emotional people like me always cherish movies that make us cry. But it was not the drama in the film but the innocent expressions on the pure hearted faces that really touched my heart this time.

Taare zameen par is a wonderful experience. I knew what the topic of the movie was and I expected a glamorized version of the story of many little kids that suffer from dyslexia, kind of how Black dealt with the story of the deaf and dumb. But this movie manages to stay away from the melodrama and dark grandeur that would have tempted many a director. It dwells more on the innocent minds and amazingly imaginative day dreams of little kids than anything else. One fine point to prove this…. The “Star” in the cast, Mr. Aamir Khan makes an appearance only after the intermission. The true star of course is  Darsheel Safary, as Ishaan Avasthi. That boy’s face can say so many things, he doesn’t need to speak.

I don’t think the plot needs to be explained. Basically Taare Zameen Par is about a dyslexic boy who is misunderstood and pressurized by everyone including his parents. He cannot help it, but he is unable to do what others can do and he is forced again and again to do precisely what he just cannot do. The pressure mounts and the anger builds, but all of it can vanish away at the sight of something as plain and simple as a broken kite, or the sight of bright colours like red and yellow blending, or the sight of the tiny fish in the gutter that nobody else seems to notice or care for. But the world fails to understand the boy and he is driven into a boarding school as ‘punishment’ for his behaviour. The little one breaks down completely and is on the verge of losing the spirit of living when the new art professor Ram Nikumbh (Aamir Khan) notices him. The teacher, who can identify with the child’s problem perhaps a little too perfectly, struggles to turn the child’s world the right way up. He succeeds and the climax is, as expected, very touching. The movie does raise some not-so-subtle questions about the education system and how every parent wants toppers in the family. Perhaps I should reserve the topic for another post, but for now I will say this. I agree to the movie’s point of view partially, but there are so many of us who do not suffer from any disability or on the other hand do not have any extraordinary talent. And most of us, then, have to participate in what has been called the ‘race’ of life however much we might try to convince ourselves otherwise.

The music is wonderful, Shankar Ehsaan n Loy manage to grab the innocence of it all and yet make ‘hit’ music. Prasoon Joshi’s lyrics are amazing and convincing. I loved all the songs, especially “Maa” and “Jame Raho“. The only thing that was not really convincing in the movie was the fact that the mother of an 8 year old fails to realize that her son cannot understand most alphabets. A little hard to believe, isn’t it? Anyways, in all the directors have done a great job, and so have the little kids. Hats off to the movie and thumbs up to anyone who wants to watch it.