An eight-year-old boy is thought to be a lazy trouble-maker, until the new art teacher has the patience and compassion to discover the real problem behind his struggles in school.An eight-year-old boy is thought to be a lazy trouble-maker, until the new art teacher has the patience and compassion to discover the real problem behind his struggles in school.An eight-year-old boy is thought to be a lazy trouble-maker, until the new art teacher has the patience and compassion to discover the real problem behind his struggles in school.
- Awards
- 28 wins & 18 nominations
- Jabeen Khan
- (as Girija)
- Mr. Holkar
- (as Ravi Khanwelkar)
- Maadhoo
- (as Sanjay Dadich)
- George Sir
- (as Raaj Gopal Iyer)
- Sen Sir
- (as Bugs Bhargava)
- Housemaster
- (as Gurkirtan Chauhan)
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- Writer
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAamir Khan received special permission from Amitabh Bachchan to use Abhishek Bachchan's experiences in the film. The reference is made in terms of Abhishek being one of the most successful stars and how he came to star in the blockbuster Dhoom (2004), overcoming the dyslexia that he had during childhood.
- GoofsWhen Rajan and Ishaan are talking in the corridors, Rajan says he lives in the staff quarters as opposed to in the normal student dorm. Later on, Ram asks Rajan where Ishaan is, and Rajan says he saw him leave the student dorm early. If Rajan lived in the staff quarters, he wouldn't know this.
- Quotes
Ram Shankar Nikumbh: On Solomon Islands when the natives want a part of the forest for cultivation they don't cut the trees. They simply gather around the tree and shout abuses to their heart's content. They curse it. In a matter of days the tree withers and shrivels. It dies on its own.
- Crazy creditsA thankful message is displayed at the end before closing credits, which reads, "Thanks to all those children, parents and teachers, who shared their lives with us and opened windows for us to see clearly".
- ConnectionsFeatured in 53rd Filmfare Awards (2008)
- SoundtracksTaare Zameen Par
Music by Shankar Mahadevan, Ehsaan Noorani and Loy Mendonsa
Lyrics by Prasoon Joshi
Performed by Shankar Mahadevan, Dominique Cerejo, Vivienne Pocha
Aamir Khan proves his mettle as a director. As an actor he is fabulous. The story captures a look at a middle class family who feel the younger kid (Darsheel Safary) is not a patch on the elder one who is a topper at class. The younger one is always struggling with his ABCs and spends more time out of his class rather than inside.
Its only when he is sent to boarding school with the hope that an iron fist will help him improve that he comes across art teacher (Aamir Khan) who correctly identities his problem of suffering from dyslexia and decides to unleash his creativity and make him an achiever.
To know more one should watch this movie since it has elements that everyone could relate towards while at school or boarding, and brings into focus the need for underprivileged and slow learning children to be given the chance to prove themselves with patience and love that would help them merge with mainstream education and become worthwhile contributors.
Brilliant job Aamir and your team for treating the subject with respect, honesty and flair. Darsheel Safary as the struggling kid has done total justice to his role and puts in a performance that will always be remembered.
The movie will make you cry, make you laugh, make you rejoice and come out feeling that there are some people out there who take Indian cinema several notches higher.
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- Country of origin
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- Also known as
- Taare Zameen Par
- Filming locations
- Panchgani, Maharashtra, India(New Era High School)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $1,223,869
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $352,568
- Dec 23, 2007
- Gross worldwide
- $21,897,373
- Runtime2 hours 42 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1