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school's art teacher, has left the school and is being replaced by someone |
else. Ram Shankar Nikumbh, a cheerful and optimistic instructor at the Tulips |
School for young children with developmental disabilities , joins the boarding |
school's faculty the same day, replacing the authoritarian Mr. Holkar, the |
school's former art teacher. Ram's teaching style is markedly different from |
that of Holkar's, and he quickly notes Ishaan's unhappiness that day after he |
fails to draw anything during the class. He reviews Ishaan's work and |
concludes that his academic shortcomings are indicative of dyslexia . Ram then |
visits the Awasthi's house in Mumbai , where he is surprised to discover |
Ishaan's hidden interest in art. Flustered, he demonstrates to Maya and Yohan |
how Ishaan has extreme difficulty in understanding letters and words due to |
dyslexia, and his poverty in sports skills stems from his poor motor ability |
(which also applies to his difficulty in tying shoelaces). Nandkishore labels |
it as an intellectual disability (as well as excuse) and dismisses it as |
laziness much to Ram's frustration. Back at school, Ram brings up the topic of |
dyslexia in a class by offering a list of famous dyslexic people . He comforts |
Ishaan, telling him how he struggled as a child as well. Ram obtains the |
principal's permission to become Ishaan's tutor. With gradual care, he works |
to improve Ishaan's reading and writing by using remedial techniques developed |
by dyslexia specialists. Eventually, both Ishaan's demeanor and his grades |
improve. One day Nandkishore visits the school and tells Ram that he and Maya |
have read up on dyslexia and understand the condition. Ram mentions that what |
Ishaan needs more than understanding is that someone loves him. Outside |
Nandkishore sees Ishaan reading from a board. With teary eyes, he is unable to |
face his son and walks away. At the end of the school year, Ram organises an |
arts and crafts contest for the staff and students, judged by artist Lalita |
Lajmi . Ishaan's work makes him the winner and Ram, who paints Ishaan's |
portrait, is declared the runner-up. The principal announces that Ram has been |
hired as the school's permanent art teacher. When Ishaan's parents meet his |
teachers on the last day of school, they are left speechless by the |
transformation in him. Overcome with emotion, Nandkishore thanks Ram. Before |
leaving, Ishaan runs toward Ram, who lifts him high up in a hug. Cast [ edit ] |
Darsheel Safary 's initial screen test lacked dialogue. Aamir Khan said that |
when he saw Safary's expressive face, he instantly knew: "That's the child. He |
is Ishaan." [4] Tisca Chopra , lead actress, addressing a press conference at |
the 39th International Film Festival (IFFI-2008) in Panaji , Goa Darsheel |
Safary as Ishaan Nandkishore Awasthi (Inu): Maya & Nandkishore's son [5] Veer |
Mohan as Little Ishaan Aamir Khan as Ram Shankar Nikumbh: An art teacher at |
New Era High School and Inu's tutor, tuition teacher [6] Tisca Chopra as Maya |
Awasthi: Ishaan and Yohaan's mother [7] Vipin Sharma as Nandkishore Awasthi, |
Ishaan and Yohaan's father [8] Tanay Chheda as Rajan Damodran, Inu's best |
friend and classmate at boarding school Sachet Engineer as Yohaan Nandkishore |
Awasthi: Inu's brother Aniket Engineer as Junior Yohaan Ramit Gupta as Ranjeet |
Girija Oak as Jabeen Khan: Nikumbh's co-worker Bugs Bhargava and Shankar |
Sachdev as Sen Sir and Tiwari Sir, Two teachers at New Era High School [9] M. |
K. Raina as Principal - Boarding school: The head of New Era High School |
Pratima Kulkarni as Principal - St. Anthony's School Meghna Malik as Victoria |
Teacher: Class and math teacher of Ishaan's former school, St. Anthony's |
School Sonali Sachdev as Irene Teacher: An English teacher at Ishaan's former |
school, St. Anthony's School Lalita Lajmi as herself (cameo appearance) [10] |
Production [ edit ] Development [ edit ] The husband and wife team of Amole |
Gupte and Deepa Bhatia developed the story that eventually became Taare Zameen |
Par as a way of understanding why some children could not conform to a |
conventional educational system. Their work began as a short story that |
evolved into a screenplay over seven years. Bhatia said in an interview with |
The Hindu that her original inspiration was the childhood of Japanese |
filmmaker Akira Kurosawa , who did poorly in school. She cited a specific |
place in Kurosawa's biography where he began to excel after meeting an |
attentive art teacher, and said that it "became the inspiration for how a |
teacher could transform the life of a student". [5] While developing the |
character of a young boy based on Kurosawa, Bhatia and Gupte explored some |
possible reasons why he failed in school. Their research led them to the |
Maharashtra Dyslexia Association and Parents for a Better Curriculum for the |
Child (PACE). Dyslexia eventually became the central topic and theme of the |
film. The pair worked with dyslexic children to research and develop the |
screenplay, basing characters and situations on their observations. Bhatia and |
Gupte carefully concealed the children's identities in the final version of |
the script. [5] "While Amole has written what I think is a brilliant and |
moving script, his contribution towards the film is not limited to that of a |
writer. The entire pre-production was done by him including the most important |
task of creating the music ... he has been present on set throughout the |
shooting as the Creative Director, and has been a big support and strong |
guiding force in my debut as a director. I thank him for that, and more so for |
having the faith in me by entrusting to me something that is so close to him." |
— Aamir Khan [11] Khan and Gupte first met in college. Khan has said that he |
admired Gupte's abilities as an actor, writer, and painter. Three years before |
the film's release, Gupte brought Khan to the project as a producer and actor. |
Gupte himself was to direct, [11] but the first week's dailies were a great |
disappointment to Khan, who "lost faith in Amole and his capability of |
translating on screen what he had so beautifully written on paper". [12] Khan |
was on the verge of withdrawing his participation in the film because of these |
"creative differences", [12] [13] but Gupte kept him on board by stepping down |
as director. Contrary to Khan's claim, Gupte lashed out saying that after the |
wrap-up party, Khan announced that he was the director of the film, despite |
Gupte acting as director. [14] Had it been necessary to hire a third party, |
production would have been postponed for 6–8 months as the new director |
prepared for the film. Keen to keep Safary as Ishaan—the actor might have aged |
too much for the part had production been delayed—Khan took over the role of |
director. [12] Taare Zameen Par was Khan's first experience in the dual role |
of actor and director. He has admitted that the transition was challenging, |
stating that while he had always wanted to direct a film, it was unknown |
territory for him. [15] Gupte remained on set, "guiding [Khan] and, at times, |
even correcting [him]". [12] Title and translation [ edit ] Initially, the |
film was to retain the short story's title of "High Jump", which referenced |
Ishaan's inability to achieve the high jump in gym class. This subplot, which |
was filmed but later cut, would have tied into the original ending for the |
movie. In this planned ending, a "ghost image" separates from Ishaan after the |
art competition and runs to the sports field; the film would end on a freeze |
frame of Ishaan's "ghost image" successfully making the leap. Aamir Khan |
disliked this proposed ending and convinced Gupte to rewrite it. With the |
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