Taare Zameen Par - The Stars Are On The Earth
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This Hindi cinema gives us a brilliant look at the magical minds of children who really don’t know why adults are hellbent on mutilating everything that is beautiful, innocent, free, and fulsome - all because they see no profit in it.
The story revolves around the efforts of a dyslexic child to fit in, adjust and perform in a ‘normal’ world where competition is a norm and regimentation the principle. A world where it is natural and normal to rap eight-year-old-knuckles and discipline with verbal abuse and physical battering , if a child gets his spelling wrong, forgets to do his homework, or fails to give copybook answers.
The story is simple and connects instantly with every adult and child. The film in its very simplicity and sensitivity is a treat to watch.
‘Taare zameen par’ is so sensitive, so vast, so meaningful that it becomes the story of any and every child who is being robbed of his childhood by insensitive parents and teachers who believe their job is to create race winning rats for the rat race rather than intelligent, creative human beings.
