Taare Zameen Par (2007) (9/10)

Taare Zameen Par (2007) (9/10)

A disclaimer: the movie does have its flaws. The 9 it gets are for the good things, the excellent attempt, an important subject, and for the unnecessary things typically seen in movies that it leaves out.

Its about each of us literally having ones own world, and some having to take it to the extreme. When you call something red, and I agree, we may not be seeing the same thing. Thats certainly truer when it comes to more complex things like the solution to a college-level calculus problem. But when you have to go to the other extreme and see that what you call b may in fact be d for me, and that too only sometimes, and then you realize that many people do not realize this, and hence do not realize that it can be a big problem when it comes to fitting in, you are just realizing what could be happening to a few unfortunate children. Unfortunate not because it is an uncurable thing, but because proper care can easily overcome it and bring out the best in them. Te theme has been well handled from both aspects: (1) how they can be ill-treated, and (2) how they can blossom. A must watch!

It does become a bit melodramatic in an attempt to make it a comedy. Just a revival would have sufficed. Showing all other teachers to be a stereotype is also a bit extreme. His brother not noticing the symptoms seemed a bit odd.

My greatest hope is that some people on the border line turn to teaching and some teachers, parents, students see it all in a different light.