Taare Zameen Par

Taare Zameen Par (Like Stars on Earth) is a 2007 Indian Hindi langauge psychological drama film directed and produced by Aamir Khan, the film is the first to be distributed by PVR Pictures, which is a subsidiary of a Indian local theater chain PVR Cinemas, and the first Indian film to be distributed by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment internationally, the film follows a 8 year old named Ishaan, who is dyslexic and goes to a boarding school, and while there, meets a teacher who starts helping him to overcome his difficulty.

Plot
Ishaan, a student who has dyslexia, cannot seem to get anything right at his boarding school. Soon, a new unconventional art teacher, Ram Shankar Nikumbh, helps him discover his hidden potential.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) The basic idea of a child with dyslexia that goes to a boarding school and meets an art teacher, that just happens to have a similar mind to him is an amazing yet original idea.
 * 2) Great acting from all of the performers, especially from Darsheel Safary, who does an impressive job as a dyslexic child who gets misunderstood by everyone.
 * 3) Nice visual effects (except for the spiders) such as the opening scene where all the animals prance around with the opening credits, which fits Ishaan's imagination perfectly and the letters floating and moving in the intro of the Bheja Kum scene.
 * 4) The animation sequence where Ishaan imaginates himself as a space ranger solving a math question is nicely animated since it actually feels like it was from a show produced in the westm and what's more is that Vaibhav Kumaresh, the creator of Lamput, animated the sequence.
 * 5) The scene where involving the students that participate in the art competition is nicely shot and one of the most heartwarming scenes in the film, especially when Ishaan finds out that Ram made a painting based off him.
 * 6) Amazing soundtrack which fits every single scene, alongside some good songs that were composed by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, such as "Bheja Kum", "Jame Raho", "Bum Bum Bole", "Maa", "Mera Johan", "Ishaan's Theme" and the film's theme of the same name.
 * 7) Nice editing by Deepa Bhatia, who was the wife of movie's writer Amole Gupte, as the editing looks creative for a psychological film.
 * 8) Unlike Sia's mh:awfulmovies:Music (2021), this movie actually does a good job at giving a more realistic depiction of a person's disorder while having great songs.
 * 9) It is not afraid to be as disturbing as possible, such scenes include the Bheja Kum scene, Ishaan getting scolded by Nandkishore, the nightmare scene with Ishaan and his mother and the scene where Ram goes through Ishaan's books.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) The film's disturbing content is not for the faint of the easily disturbed.
 * 2) Nandkishore Awasthi is an extremely unlikeable character, as unlike his wife, who does know that her son has health issues, he is extremely oblivious to that and even sends him to the boarding school as a result.
 * 3) While the CGI is really nice, the effects for the spiders in the "Bheja Kum" scene looks really bad, as the spiders look more like expired apples or soggy cereal.
 * 4) Some of the teachers in the boarding school, depending on your view, are quite hammy for a psychological film, especially the english teacher in the boarding school.

Reception
Taare Zameen Par received universal acclaim from critics and audiences with praise for it's realistic depiction of dyslexia, Aamir Khan's direction, songs, acting and tone, the film has a certified rating of 92% with an average rating of 4.6/5 on Rotten Tomatoes. The film has a rating of 8.4/10 on IMDB.

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Trivia

 * This is the only Indian film to be distributed by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment worldwide.
 * In response to Khan's support for the Narmada Bachao Andolan and his criticism of Chief Minister Narendra Modi, approximately 50 activists of the Sardar Patel Group conducted protests outside of PVR and INOX theatres in Vadodara, Gujarat. The group also issued statements to all the multiplexes of Gujarat, suggesting that the film not be screened unless Khan apologised for his comments. The INOX cinema eventually boycotted the film; INOX Operations Manager Pushpendra Singh Rathod stated that "INOX is with Gujarat, and not isolated from it".
 * The film is based off Japanese filmmaker Akita Kurosawa's childhood, who also performed horribly in school.