Love is all that they need.... Review on Taare Zameen Par

This movie reminded rather sent me closer to two of the most important persons in my life – One is my Mother and the second is my Nephew who is so damn far away from me that we hardly speak once in 6 months types now.

First things first: I still have no clue how our mothers know almost all the time what we are thinking. This happened with me umpteen times while walking back home from school – it was a long walk home almost about a KM long, as I was yet to learn how to ride a bicycle in class 5th. I was thinking rather wishing that mom should have made gajar ka halwa – I was praying to God “Please god I want to have it today at any cost as that bloody deepak didn’t offered me a single spoon from his lunch” and guess what? The moment I will step in the home – It was sure that something was cooking and there you see a big cooker on the gas stow making that thurrrppp thurrrppp noise and in next half hour I had that bowl full of Gajar Ka Halwa - my all time favorite till date. Mom never told me how she always knew what I wanted but now I know the secret as a dad I always knows what my kiddo wants to have.

I almost never cared for her till I reached class 10th. That was the first time when I realized that how important mom was for me and how much I loved her but my happiness was short lived that my dad announced right in the summer vacations of 10th that I am going to Bhopal to complete my plus 2 and graduation. To this day I have not stayed with my mom for more than a week at one stretch in the last 18 years under one roof.

Second: My nephew – due to a big bad battle between my cousin and his wife – we were left with no option but to send him to a hostel as they were fighting a divorce as well as a child custody case. That was the toughest time in his and my life as we’d been together for almost like 3 years in the same room and suddenly it was announced that next day morning we will have to drop him to Dehradoon and he is going to stay there for another couple of years till the situation is under control back home. I still remember that me and the little guy were teary eyed throughout the journey to Dehradoon from Delhi and he(who was hardly 6 at that time) was trying to tell me that “He is not crying and will never cry in the hostel too” but “Something has got struck up in his eyes”. How smart he was. As per the hostel rules we were supposed to pick him up once every alternate Sunday in the morning and drop him back by 7 PM. We never missed that alternate Sunday unless my cousin was going to meet him and those were the only days I didn’t go to see him.

About the movie: I was in no mood to watch this one as I knew that it is going to make me way too emotional and sentimental at times and I feel embarrassed to really wipe my face with my hanky in a public place where there is no value for emotions these days. Fortunately I ended up seeing it due to the forced requests from my wife and my little babe and guess what? Saw it thrice already.

I really loved the way Aamir had given time to that little guy to spend with his own things, like that fish catching scene and those collection of antique things which hold no value in anybody else’s life.

He again reminded me of my hard time in school where I was quite a shy guy and I was the one who never turned up in the music class at least as I cud face death rather than signing a song in the class of 40 students. My music teacher almost threatened me to fail with a D grade in class 10th and than my class teacher(Read Aamir of our times) came to my rescue and let me sing the national anthem as the final song for class 10th and I finished it up in 56 seconds and got a grade B.

I wish all the kids today get teachers or shall I say parents like him, who do take time and pain in understanding one odd kid in a million average ones and let them do what they really wish to do than forcing them to become Pilots, Doctors, Engineers or IAS officers. As my wife said after watching the movie that “not every kid comes first so why do we expect them to do great all the time when we ourselves can’t do it in our respective duties?”

Fantastic is so less a word to describe the way they handled the subject and the kid who is although apple of the eyes of his mom and elder brother too, even his dad loved him but is unable to understand what’s wrong with the dude, finally they take his inability to read and write as arrogance and he gets dumped in a hostel. Aamir comes as sea of change in his life and changes it for good. I remember that introduction song where he comes in the class for the first time and sings that awesome song, whenever that comes on TV my babe runs around and dances so damn fast with so little steps that she topples on the floor again and again by the time he finishes those jumbled up words – it’s so hilarious. That indeed is the way we should treat our kids and let them grow.

The way he teaches him with that extra care, time and effort and the way that guys picks up with time and comes out a winner in true flying colors is indeed awesome to watch. Some of the best shot scenes which touched me deep inside were the change of music and song “Jame Raho”. When dad tells Ishaan that he is leaving for good and he cries back to stop him, see the sudden change of expression when he is told that dad was kidding.

Kids fight scene and his going to the roof top to control, break the flower pots on the way back home and get dragged by dad – awesome take. It does happen all the time around us isn’t it? I still remember my dad used to hammer us with his so called “Kolhapuri Chappal” but that was like once in so many years and the crime shud have been of a high magnitude one too.

The best one was when Ishaan’s dad comes out of Aamir room in school with full emotions on and realizes that Ishaan indeed was trying hard to read from the board – watch out his eyes at this moment as you can see the pain, realization, regret and what not? Kudos to the team of TZP to capture such great emotions on screen.

The one scene which really made me drop a tear was the climax – I don’t have words to explain as one can surely see what Ishaan wanted to see in the painting made by his favorite teacher cum  savior AND that final run towards him before going back home as a winner. Look at the way music picks up and shatters everything.

The perfect cast: Aamir I guess did took some time off to choose for the final cast as there is really nobody in the movie which you can criticize for their role and all. Plus the way mom and dad have enacted their roles so beautifully. I am sure it would really be tough on the part of judges to decide to whom they shud give the Best Support Actor for this movie.

To top it all the music is outstanding – it goes so damn well with the movie and remains with you for quite a long time. Almost all the songs are good for easy listening and the best one again as per me goes to that “Maa” song and what a time to run it in the background.

I wish I could pakao you more with something about the movie or the life but times up.

Ratings and Comments are more than welcome.