Taare Zameen Par – Movie Review
The Hindi phrase “Taare Zameen Par” translates to “Stars walking on the earth” in English. The film is a great representation of each one of us, in our world.
I can explain the movie to you in one line: “Ishan is a boy who suffers from dyslexia but is afraid to confront his problems even with his parents due to pressure from his peers, society and parents!”
The direction of the film is so impressive that I feel like standing up and applauding the director. The details, every emotion, even a drop of dew has been so beautifully noted and most importantly captured, it’s amazing, you rarely see such masterpieces!
I saw myself in that little boy. It is not that I suffer from such a disease, but because we have become entangled in the chains of social mores, especially in India, that we have stopped living for ourselves. I was always brilliant academically, but there was a phase in my life where I wanted to pursue my dreams, which would have led me to a very different world. I wanted to do journalism, become a writer, go to a war front and cover, and so much more. I wanted people to know me by name, look forward to my column, and do a lot more. I don’t blame my parents for who I am now, because I’m still living a dream. But due to social pressures, I couldn’t even bring myself to ask my parents about my wish. I couldn’t stand the sight, even in my dreams, of my parents being faced with comments like “your daughter is a ‘newsreader'”! Yes, in our society journalism is still referred to as ‘news reader’, designers as ‘tailors’, hairdressers as ‘barbers’ and so on. Basically the bottom line is that if you’re not an engineer or a doctor, be prepared to be looked down on, and I don’t understand why!
The movie made me live a dream for three hours. I saw my weaknesses in that 9-year-old boy, and also my talents in his. I always wanted to paint, because I believe that he brings you closer to God. The ability to imagine and create! I loved the director’s idea of magnifying the minutiae of events in our daily lives that many tend to overlook. First drop of rain, the innocence with which we look at anything for the first time, the monotony that contains so many hidden emotions and actions that we get lost.
Each person is special in their own way, it just depends on how we look at it. Like the famous saying “beauty is in the eyes of the beholder!”
That reminds me that there was a beautiful line in the movie (I don’t remember whose) “We don’t want cynics who know the price of everything and the value of nothing” So true! It’s all pun!
And yes, the movie is so Bollywood-ish. The extra effort for a happy ending, an angel of God at the right time and in the right place, etc. But that didn’t tone down the film, rather it enhanced its beauty and virtue.
‘Special kids’, yes we are all special, we just need to realize our own worth. We are so used to living for others that we hardly reward ourselves for a good deed/achievement/achievement. There is a star in each of us, only we all cannot notice it.
Great movie!!