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Dec222007
Taare Zameen Par made my eyes moist
Admitting to having cried in a multiplex isn’t the most macho thing you can do on a blog, but I’d be lying if I said that I wasn’t blinking back tears when I sat through TZP. First, a quick intro to me before we proceed further - Bollywood, for me, is another world in itself, a world in which I nearly live in, a world I constantly jump into and jump out of. I don’t discard what happens on-screen as “it’s just a film, yaar” - no - I like to understand it, and if it makes sense, believe in it. When college students murdered a defense minister on-screen - and Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra made it look so believable - I wanted to believe it, even if it seems far-fetched.
And yes, for those three hours at the cinemas, I forget everything else that’s going on around my life. I’ve nearly rolled on the floor laughing through Loins of Punjab, I’ve cried silly when Munna slaps Circuit in Lage Raho and the hair on the arms has stood up with a sense of patriotic pride when coach Kabir Khan slumps back after they win the hockey championship in Chak De India.
So, before we digress too much, where were we? Ah, crying.
The last time I cried silly during a movie was during Aap Kaa Suroor: The Real Moviee - I mean, the flick really moved me. To the point of extreme anguish and frustration that I could not hold the agony back, and it really pains me to include the likes of such flicks when I’m writing about TZP.
Which isn’t a masterpiece itself, but is absolute class. There are certain scenes between Aamir’s Nikumbh and Darsheel’s Ishaan that leave you searching for tissues, before you manage with an “aunty’s” dupatta adjacent to you, which is already salty wet anyway. Imagery and music combine as the lacrimal glands work overtime.
I don’t want to spoil it for the readers, so I’ll keep mum on the movie for now, because I thoroughly insist that TZP must be watched by one and all. For those of you who think I am shamelessly promoting this film, you are absolutely spot on. Simply put, if you have ever been, are, or will be a student, parent or teacher, go watch. There are no two ways about it, because this is 2007’s all-round finest movie in theaters, with a special (forgive me) message, one that I will simply quote and translate a line from the title song to suggest.
kho na jaaye yeh taare zameen par …
… yes folks, let’s not lose these stars on the earth. Love them instead, for before long you’d realize that you need them more than they need you.
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FrozenLimbs
001
8:35 pm
You hit the nail on the head. What do you mean by absolute class without being a masterpiece though?
2S
002
8:59 pm
@FrozenLimbs - its not a movie I’d feature in my all time top 10 list as a masterpiece, no, but certainly the best one in 2007, yes.
sanjukta
003
1:33 am
Never before have I come out of a movie theater with a heart filled with so much of love, joy, colors…and tears. Am still searching for words to penn down my thoughts on the movie, but if I had to say it in one line.. the movie made me wish for motherhood, for the first time in my life. Go watch Taare Zameen Par and make a difference to your life forever.
sohail
004
3:37 pm
i think the film deserves to be rated 5 star
Abhinav Bhatt
005
10:52 pm
Very well said.. this movie is must for all and this post is must for those who do not want to see that movie
Hemant
006
9:45 am
@2S even i cried during the movie.. and it was for first time i did that and i called up my mom right after the movie and told her about it. The movie is a absolute class but the scene that made me cried was when Ishan’s parents were leaving him at the hostel..i could relate to that scene when my parents left me at the hostel for the first time.. though i was 18 then and Ishan was 8 and i was not being forced to go to the hostel it was my own decision but the feeling was not very different from what Ishan was feeling at that time i too somehow didn’t wanted my parents to leave that evening and the Shankar Mahadevan’s voice in the background acted like a catalyst in the emotional reaction going inside me and i let it out and i am glad that i did it
Sanjukta
007
11:54 am
I cried everytime they flipped the flip book…That kid moving out of the family unit was just killing..
And the critics say aamir rubbed it too much…that it was repetative…huh
Sajjad
008
11:27 pm
I watched TZP. Its wonderful and strong in content. The message is crisp and has touched the audience. Kudos Aamir Khan. He is really talking up responsibility as a mature citizen of the nation.
Divya
009
10:52 am
“3 Tickets?Taare Zameen par,
2S
010
10:59 am
@Divya - abought eight-seven or so, not sure. By the way, I loved TZP myself, but if you want to pick on a few comments I made, go ahead, knock yourself out.
Divya
011
2:07 pm
Hi 2S,
C’mon for once have a heart not to analyse something that has touched you so deeply.You’ll spoil the joy.Forget abt improving something which is par excellence.Let us try to improve ourselves first.We are no God.
Take Care !
Divya
012
2:08 pm
And sometimes….let the heart rule my friend..
nayan
013
2:52 pm
please i want taare zameen par to be watched for free