Taare Zameen Par hum bole Chak De

Finally, I saw “Taare Zameen Par” after a long wait. I am off colour of words to explain the feelings that are lurking in me as a result of watching TZP. I can just say that the film is much needed for the development of Indian Cinema. It’s again Chak de India, thanks to Ramkumar Nikumbh aka Amir Khan. Yes, “Taare Zameen Par” is the best movie happened after “Chak de”, which was done by another badhshah Shahrukh Khan. Thanks for these two Khan ‘Dons’.

The story of the film is simple. It’s about an eight year old boy Ishanth Awasthi facing problem of dyslexia. The boy though rich in talent remains poor in studies, and hence gets tormented by almost everybody. The father of the boy is fed up with the complaints he received against his son by neighbours, school teachers etc. As a result, Father decides to send the boy to a boarding school. There, whatever the little hope the boy had dwindles down to a danger level. An arts teacher observes this and makes a timely intervention. He finds the problem and provides the solution making the boy a pride for everybody.

The film is a morale boosting for the children having the disability of slow learning. The film is a moral lesson for the parents who tortures and pressurises their children to score marks in exams. It is a lesson also to the teachers who are insensitive towards the needs of their students. The film is an example for movie creators who are immersed with the old formulas for their films. The film is an example for the movie buffs like us to select a good taste film from the lot.

“Taare Zameen Par” has many surprises. The lead actor Darsheel Safary is the biggest surprising element in the movie as he makes the character of eight year old boy look too natural. The selection of story is another surprise. Amol Gupte’s story was taken at a risk, considering that it was not sure to be commercially viable one. The script work is amazing. Every scene is done with utmost care. Everything that comes into the sight of camera is made to gel with the story of the movie. The credit should go to Amir Khan, the so called perfectionist. We cannot believe that TZP is his first movie as a director. Beware…the film is about children. Making children to act naturally is as tough as breaking the pea nuts with bare hands.

As I told in the beginning, Taare Zameen Par is the best movie after Shahrukh Khan’s Chakde. Comparison can be made between the two films, but choosing a best movie among them is very difficult. The two movies are best on their own category. In Chak de, women hockey players came from nowhere to achieve the pinnacle of sports. In TZK, the disabled and dejected boy outshines everyone, even his encouraging teacher, to earn a place of pride in everybody. While watching Chak De, viewers clapped their hands and screamed from their heart along with success of the girls in the movie. In Taare Zameen Par, viewers cried with emotions of Ishanth awasthi as if they are watching from inside of that character. Both are truly magic.

Aila… kya films hai yaar… Truly fascinating… hum khush hua.