There was a little girl who used to draw orange trees, who watched the colors dance in a drop of grease on the road, who was busy chasing

tadpoles and little fishes when all the kids were enjoying the picnic…who was a loner sometimes and frequently staring at the trees and the life outside through the windows…who could spent hours in an empty room with pieces of colors and paper and books…who watched stormy waves while jumping in puddles…who was a little darling of her parents even though she could not hear properly in one ear, had a bad weak left feet…who grew up into a confident accomplished individual…

          

‘Taare Zameen Par’ highlights the fact that many a times we become what our parents make us inspite of our uniqueness. Ishaant Awasthi’s savior Ram (Amir Khan) enters his life at the right time…‘Woh Khatre mei hai’( He is in danger). Most of the times it is upto us to realize that we are in danger, that we need to find out who we really are. Thinking on those lines the story on a eight year old dyslexic boy becomes an allegory. We have to find Ram Nikubh, the ideal teacher and guide deep inside our soul because there might not be a physical manifestation of it.

          

On the other hand the theme of the movie concentrates on the fact that all children are special and we should let them grow up without burdening them with our lost desires. Acting is apt by all the characters though at times, Darsheel’s (Ishaant) character is over done. Tisca Arora is great as the passive mother who cries for her son but fails to understand him. Amir is at his best as the sensitive emotional teacher whose eyes are moist most of the times. We have encounterd such characters before in the form of Amitabh as Devraj in ‘Black’ and Sharukh in ‘Chak de’. If you have seen all the three movies you’ll know how different the renderings are and how great all the three actors have been.

          

Taare’ also has its comic moments when Ishaant tries to read something at class or him dancing in the corridor. And well it’s a treat wandering like Ishaant in the city of Mumbai, just try it sometimes. In the movie theatre I have seen men and women crying especially in the scenes when the little hero tries to control his pain of separation from family. Was not Ishaant lucky to have a gem of a friend in Damodaran? So many times we fail to recognize our friends.

          

The climactic moment of discovering what each has drawn in the competition…and the final run of the child into the arms of his savior. I pay my homage to my ex company which still works for Learning Disability and to the graphics artist of this movie who is an ex employee of this company.

          

To Amir, I want to say that his movies always satisfy in one way or another and his superb ability to gracefully change his image, hairstyle, dressing with each movie.

Plot Revealed In The Review:	Somewhat revealed
Best to watch with:	Alone
Movie Genre:	Drama
Best part in the movie:	Plot