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Overview

User Rating:
8.0/10   8,861 votes
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Director:
Aamir Khan
Writer:
Amole Gupte (screenplay)
Contact:
View company contact information for Stars on Earth on IMDbPro.
Release Date:
21 December 2007 (Canada) more
Genre:
Drama more
Tagline:
Every child is special
Plot:
Ishaan Awasthi is an eight-year-old whose world is filled with wonders that no one else seems to appreciate; colours... more | full synopsis
Awards:
11 wins & 12 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(70 articles)
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User Comments:
A great inspiring movie for all, Every child is special more

Cast

  (Credited cast)
Darsheel Safary ... Ishaan Awasthi

Aamir Khan ... Ram Shankar Nikumbh
Tanay Chheda ... Rajan Damodaran
Sachet Engineer ... Yohan Awasthi

Tisca Chopra ... Maya Awasthi

Vipin Sharma ... Nandkishore Awasthi
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ayaan ... Ishaan Awasthi - 10 months
Megha Bengali ... Mrs. Karnik
Bugs Bhargava ... Sen Sir
Alorika Chatterjee ... Science Teacher
Gurkirtan Chauhan ... Housemaster
Sanjay Dadich ... Maadhoo
Madhav Datt ... Loo Bully
Aniket Engineer ... Young Yohan Awasthi
Krishn Gopinath ... Satyajit Bhatkar
Munireh Guhilot ... Dorm Parent
Ramit Gupta ... Ranjeet
Raaj Gopal Iyer ... George Sir
Jadav ... Musician at Mela
Gurdeepak Kaur ... Housemaster's Wife
Ravi Khanvilkar ... Mr. Holkar (as Ravi Khanwelkar)
Pratima Kulkarni ... Principal - St. Anthony's School
Lalitha Lajmi ... Herself - Art Mela's Chief Guest
Brihan Lamba ... Arun Poddar
Meghna Malik ... Victoria Teacher
Girish Kumar Menon ... Rajan's Father
Veer Mohan ... Ishaan Awasthi - 2 yrs.
Girija Oak ... Jabeen - Amir's Co-worker
Prashant ... Musician at Mela
M.K. Raina ... Principal - Boarding School
Ricky ... Munoo Patel
Shankar Sachdev ... Tiwari Sir
Sonali Sachdev ... Irene Teacher
Arnav Valcha ... Kabir Johar
Vitthal ... Musician at Mela
Vivekanandan ... Telephone Operator
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Like Stars on Earth (USA) (DVD title)
Stars on Earth (International: English title)
T.Z.P. (India: English title) (informal short title)
Taare Zameen Par: Every Child Is Special (India: Hindi title) (long title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG for thematic material, brief violence and language.
Runtime:
165 min
Country:
India
Language:
Hindi | English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Certification:
Ireland:PG | UK:PG | India:U | USA:PG

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
India's 2009 Academy Awards official submission to Foreign-Language Film category. more
Goofs:
Continuity: During the scene when Ram is going to visit Ishaan's parents, he is stopped at a bus station and sees the kid serving tea, a man with a black shirt walks behind him, the shot cuts to Ram and then back to the kid serving tea doing something different but that same black shirted man is walking behind him. more
Quotes:
Ram Shankar Nikumbh: lf you fancy racing, breed racehorses, dammit, not children. more
Movie Connections:
References Dhoom (2004) more
Soundtrack:
Bum Bum Bhole more

FAQ

Is this a children film only?
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40 out of 52 people found the following comment useful:-
A great inspiring movie for all, Every child is special, 27 December 2007
10/10
Author: mukesh kumar from India

Although Bollywood releases 100s of movies every year but few of them has really left a mark on the audience for a long time. I am pretty much sure that this movie has done an excellent job for all those people who are creative but not good in academics. Many people think things differently but in India like country where competition begins at the age of 4 they are just a dumb in the society.

Amir khan has done a very good job on both sides on the screen and off the screen besides he doesn't appear too often on the screen but Darsheel Safary steals the whole movie show.What a nice performance by a 8-9 year old child you are really gonna love this child. The movie brings our sweet childhood memories back.Its a mix of emotion, laugh and cry. We can imagine how we exploit children because they are not like us or they are not able to do what their parents want them to do.

At the start, movie shows that how a little child(Darsheel Safary) is forced to do what he can't understand. He gets lowest marks in the class and he has failed once in class three.Sometimes he bunk the class and most of the time he has been out of the class because he don't understand how to turn a page number of the book or while reading letters dance so he can't read. After fear of being thrown him out of the school his parents put him in a boarding school.They think he is lazy and notorious.But in boarding school situation gets worse until a drawing teacher(Amir khan) gets an appointment as a temporary teacher. After that Amir teaches him in different way and ultimately he gets the success.

In this movie director has taken two child one who always gets first and who is punctual for his work and other one is Darsheel Safary who is not good in academics because he can't understand letters and can't memorize too much things at a time. This movie is a motivation for all kind of child and their parents. Everyone should must watch this movie at least once. If you are too emotional then u may cry with Amir khan.

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