SC-S31/W6-Movie Magic | Movies that stay with you | Taare Zameen Par

Movie Name:	Taare Zameen Par (Stars on Earth)
Genre:	Drama
Release Date:	December 21, 2007
Director:	Aamir Khan
Producer:	Aamir Khan Productions
Production Company:	Aamir Khan Productions, UTV Motion Pictures
Distributed by:	UTV Motion Pictures

When I first watched Taare Zameen Par I didn't just watch a movie instead I watched my own story unfold on the screen. Even now and years later the film continues to live in my mind. It's not just a beautiful story about a boy and his teacher. This movie is a clear mirror that shows truth about education compassion and the potential that exists in every child even when the world refuses to see it.

•	The Scenes That Still Play in My Mind

The opening scenes of Ishaan struggling are what hit me the hardest. Watching him sit in class unable to read the board clearly trying desperately to understand while his teachers label him lazy and troublemaker it broke something inside me. I saw myself in those moments. The confusion the shame the feeling of being less than everyone else around you. These scenes don't leave you rather they stay because they're real. They're the everyday tragedy of a child being misunderstood.

Another scene was the moment when his father gets angry at him. You could see the disappointment in his eyes the harsh words the feeling that he's failing his family that scene was almost unbearable to watch. But it is also the most important scene because it shows the pain that creates the struggle.

But what truly shifted everything for me was when the teacher Ram Shankar Nikumbh first connects with Ishaan. He doesn't see a problem he sees a potential. He looks at this broken child and recognizes something beautiful. When Ishaan begins to swim freely and create art without fear you realize that the boy was never the problem the system the expectations the inability to see him as he truly is, that was the problem.

The swimming and art scenes are pure magic. Watching Ishaan transform watching him come alive watching him realize that he's not broken these moments made me cry. And the final turnaround when Ishaan wins the art competition and his father finally sees his son for who he really is felt like a release I didn't know I needed.

•	What This Film Taught Me

This movie carried a message forward that changed how I see education and learning forever. I learned that every child learns differently. Ishaan isn't less intelligent but he is different when it comes to learning. He processes the world differently. His dyslexia doesn't make him less worthy.

The movie play with my emotional mind so deeply on how many children's potential goes unnoticed and overlooked. How many Ishaams are sitting in classrooms right now being labeled and judged when all they need is someone to see them? The power of compassion of one teacher who chose to truly see his student changed everything.

•	Would I Recommend This Movie? Absolutely

Everyone should watch it. Parents teachers student sand anyone who has ever felt misunderstood. But especially this film is for those of us who relate to Ishaan's struggle. It validates your experience. It tells you that you are not broken the world just hasn't learned to see you yet.

This film stays with you because it's honest. It doesn't offer false hope or easy answers. Otherwise it shows that change is possible when someone chooses to truly see you and believe in your potential.