what do u do when u see your child is among the last few in this tough competition of contemporary life?..this was the question posed by the movie i watched yesterday..the movie which moved me to the extent that i couldn't rest in peace without writing about it..Taare Zameen Par is no ordinary movie..i don't know whether you'd consider it to be a hyperbole if i say that it was a masterpiece but at least i can tell u this much that it was a movie which made me cry, it was a movie which once again compelled me to think about life & the worthiness of all that I am doing..it all starts with the story of a little boy who suffers from dyslexia..his parents gave up on him & sent him to a boarding school..wherever he goes he is the subject of humiliation due to his 'failure' in the so called parameter which in these days is the sole criterion to judge a person..the parameter called success in studies or in the so called academic career..this is the reason why the movie transcends the problems of the eight year old Ishaan & tells the story of all those failures in this race of being @ the top..
Taare Zameen Par is a magical movie..it lets u revisit the wonderful world of childhood once again..something which we've all lost somewhere in this mad rush..it shows the beautiful relation between a teacher & a little boy who is all lost..shunned by teachers, by friends, he thinks himself to be really a good for nothing which the world constantly tells him that he is!...it shows the beautiful world of all those differently abled children & how a little bit of care & concern can nurture a child no matter what his "flaws" are & metamorphose him into a lovely human being..it shows how life is not all about winning races..there's much more to it...
the storyline is poignant to say the least but thats not all..the music is AWESOME- some thing to be heard to be believed..the cinematography is spectacular..what a beautiful play of colours & subjects..& last but not the least is the use of animation-there's a scene where all the words start getting jumbling up constantly in Ishaan's head & the depiction of that through animation 4 a moment takes u inside the head of the dyslectic kid & lets u feel the trauma & the confusion which he constantly experiences in the world of alphabets & numbers...some of the song sequences actually reminded me of the world famous video of Pink Floyd's Wall..
but above everything else is the display of emotions..the insecurity which an eight year old feels when he is sent away from his parents as a 'punishment' made me cry like him..the song sequence where the children of Tulips are seen to be performing..or the scene where Ishaan after seeing people appreciate him for the very first time runs to his teacher & hugging him starts crying..i can watch the movie over & over for that very one moment..what a performance by a kid called Darsheel Safary..if morning shows the day then i wonder what an actor he would be in his prime time!!!..every sequence is so full of life..so full of innocence..every sequence is so real that it would touch the very chords of your heart!!
Taare Zameen Par is the directorial debut of a certain Aamir Khan who I've idolized during my teenage days...maybe all things we like when we are young aren't so silly after all..!!
over all, a movie which i would highly recommend..rather i should say its one of my favorite movies of all times..
