Jan 03, 2008 11:33 AM
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(Updated Jan 03, 2008 11:37 AM)
Whoa, what a flick. Ah, a movie which almost everyone can associate with, considering we have a movie based on a kid & his exploration in this mighty competitive world.
I would not make the mistake of comparing this movie with RDB or Chak De India, since all three movies belong to an entire different genre.
As for a short brief, the movie is based on a dyslexic child’s - Ishaan Avasthi (Darsheel Safary) journey from home to boarding school, the triggering events for this movement & finally, the successful outcome of the tremendous talent within him.
The tag line: “Every Child is Special” sums up this very nicely.
The script impressively emphasizes on the psychological parameters related to the inability of the student to cope up with the education. The movie further goes on to demonstrates the attitude of parents & the teachers towards the kid – parents are cooperative but still swimming in a typecast sea. Then enters the hero – a temporary art professor, Nikumbh, (Aamir Khan) in the boarding school where the kid is going through a rough stage.
Being a teacher (probably the founder) of a school for the differently able, the art professor takes keen interest in this kid. He dares to challenge the ordinary & goes on to convince the principal of the school about the talent potential in the kid. & finally, he emerges a winner in the efforts. He has been portrayed as a human with lots of kindness towards kids & more so for kids in despair.
On the whole, the movie is peppered well with characters which portray correctly the sorry state of primary school education in our country. As if the educational system is not enough, parental & peer pressure further thoroughly deteriorate the child’s approach towards life & challenges. The movie offers an advice to all parents / teachers to move away from stereotyped mode of thinking to a more refined one, when dealing with kids / students who are not able to cope with the educational sage.
The performance of each of the characters – prominently the kid, his parents & brother & the teacher is highly impressive. Emotionally soothing tune has been filled in at the right places to induce tears in eyes of the viewer. Yeah, the movie may not go well with heartless folks. The cinematography, the stills & the overall package looks very well presented & highly polished.
& the title goes well with the theme, to drive home the message that in fact, kids are the stars on the earth – they ought to be treated well.
Finally, Aamir Khan may hope to pull the movie to international film festivals, since the product overall has been presented very well. “Awesome” is just one word to describe it.
