Taare zameen par...

Tagline: Every child is special.

"Taare zameen par"....Ever since i heard the title, i loved it. Such a sutle and soft title...After reading that this movie is directed by Amir Khan, i was a bit disappointed and was thinking what justice would Amir khan will do for such a good title. After watching the movie i felt like congratulating Amir Khan for creating such a beautiful movie. For me, this movieis as good as "Masoom" (Classic by Sekhar Kapur and Naseeruddin shah).

The movie is about a boy, who always fails in his academics, could not read or write properly. The movie is about a teacher who cares about his students, who cares about the free thoughts of the innocent children. Its about the every parent who is unwilling to know their own children.

Ishant Awasti is a 3rd standard boy who is poor at reading and writing. For him all the alphabets are so confusing and seems tobe like dancing in front of him. But he enjoys life. He has his own world. He loves aquarium. He dreams comics and dreams aboutconquering the 'Pluto'. He loves painting. But due to his inability of reading / writing properly, his acedemics are very poor.His teachers always have complaints against him and his parents are worried. Without trying to pay attention to his problem orunderstanding him, they admit him in a boarding school. Dut to this, Ishant becomes more worried. He always remains silent and due to the strict administration of the boarding school he always seems to be afraid of teachers. He stops talking to his parents.Most importantly, ho stops painting which he loves the most.

Ram Shanker Nikumbh is an arts teacher who joins this school. He cares about children a lot. He is already teaching at the 'Tulips'school which is for mentally challenged children. He does not stick to the conservative or traditional style of teaching. He asks his students to paint as per what their thoughts say, the way they feel. He encourages them to be creative. He finds that Ishant is very calm and has a problem. He enquires with Ishants friends, and verifies his notebooks. He understands Ishants problem to be 'Dyslexia'.This is the cause of his improper reading / writing skills. Rest is all about how he tries to make Ishant learn things and boosts his confidence making him a champ.

The movie is excellently directed by Amir Khan. The way he has portrayed the character of Ishant is amazing. The way Ishants dreams shown using cartoons is entertaining. The scenes which deserve to be mentioned are:
1) The scene in which Ishant dreams a cartoon in which he conquers the Pluto. The whole scene here is very funny. The way Ishant givesa justification to "3 * 9 = 3" is excellent.
2) The scene in which the alphabets appear to be dancing.
3) The scene in which Ishant misses the train, while his mother is already in the train. This is dream sequence to explain how afraidIshant is, from getting seperated from his mother.
4) Mr.Nikhunbj asking Mr.Awasti to read chinese and thereby trying to expian him the way Ishant is being misunderstood.
5) The scene in which Mr.Nikhumbh makes Mr.Awasti, what actually is 'caring' about. (khayal karna)
6) The scene in climax where Ishant verifies the painting of Mr.Nikhumbh in the Art mela.

Amir Khan gave an impressive performance as Mr.Nikhumbh. For such a brilliant actor, though, i feel this role might have been an icing on cake.

Darsheel Safary as Ishant Awasti is an excellent performance. The way he has expressed the feelings "happiness in his ownworld of imagination, unhappiness of not being cared about, his anger, sorrow when he is admitted into boarding school, his emotional feelingstowards Mr.Nikhumbh" is awesome. He has done full justice to this role.

Music by Shanker/Ehsaan/Loy is impressive as well. For such a subject, they have composed soft and meaning full songs. My best picks are"Dekho inhey" (Title song), "Maa" and a small bit song 'A little sweet' where Ishant expresses that "All he wants is to be free".

All in all, a very beautiful movie to watch. Let me know your views about the same.