A child with dyslexia, a smarter older brother who is not a bully but encourages his younger brother, a mother who loves her child immensely but sometimes is irritated by the trouble he gives her, the father who works long hours to earn bread for the family and wants to make winners out of his sons – the characters in this movie are so well written…. Read on… The father’s refusal to accept that his kid has some disability, the mother who gets emotional and the first thing that comes to her mind when the kid is being sent to boarding is that ‘he has never been away from me’, the elder brother who comes home saying ‘his drama practice got cancelled’ and the next day morning is shown leaving with a tennis racket – just to show the bright, all-rounder brother, the introduction of a fellow female teacher of Aamir who is the medium by which Aamir can reach his views to the audience – is some of the excellence in the script and direction of this movie.
A good story handled even better by debutant director Aamir Khan – we have heard so much about this ace actor and his indulgence in scripts and sometimes interference in direction while acting in a movie, it seems that all of it has paid off when he decided to direct. At first when I read that Aamir decided to side-track Amole Gupte (the writer and creative director of the movie – but essentially the brain child of the movie) to direct the movie, it sounded like a typical Aamir Khan who decided that since he was putting in the money, things had to go his way… but he surprised me with his excellent direction.
The movie has touched upon so many issues at once – every child is special, every parent trying to live their dream thru the child, the sad state of affairs of our education system, the need for parents to let their kids know that you are there (the basic display of emotion) make this movie a must see. Without taking away credit from the story, the treatment and the emotions packed in this movie, complete the movie and make it such a treat to watch. And of course the movie could not be what it is without the fabulous performances by Darsheel – he is simply outstanding, Tisca Chopra (though she speaks little, her eyes and face convey so much emotion), the father (I have not been able to google his real name), Yohan, the elder brother¸ Tanay Chheda, the handicapped bench friend of Ishaan. I think all the other actors have played their roles so well that Aamir’s performance does not seem worth a mention – he is a great actor and this wasn’t a biggest challenge for him.
One last mention to the well placed songs of the movie – good music by Shankar, Loy, Ehsaan and even better lyrics by Prasoon Joshi.
A good story handled even better by debutant director Aamir Khan – we have heard so much about this ace actor and his indulgence in scripts and sometimes interference in direction while acting in a movie, it seems that all of it has paid off when he decided to direct. At first when I read that Aamir decided to side-track Amole Gupte (the writer and creative director of the movie – but essentially the brain child of the movie) to direct the movie, it sounded like a typical Aamir Khan who decided that since he was putting in the money, things had to go his way… but he surprised me with his excellent direction.
The movie has touched upon so many issues at once – every child is special, every parent trying to live their dream thru the child, the sad state of affairs of our education system, the need for parents to let their kids know that you are there (the basic display of emotion) make this movie a must see. Without taking away credit from the story, the treatment and the emotions packed in this movie, complete the movie and make it such a treat to watch. And of course the movie could not be what it is without the fabulous performances by Darsheel – he is simply outstanding, Tisca Chopra (though she speaks little, her eyes and face convey so much emotion), the father (I have not been able to google his real name), Yohan, the elder brother¸ Tanay Chheda, the handicapped bench friend of Ishaan. I think all the other actors have played their roles so well that Aamir’s performance does not seem worth a mention – he is a great actor and this wasn’t a biggest challenge for him.
One last mention to the well placed songs of the movie – good music by Shankar, Loy, Ehsaan and even better lyrics by Prasoon Joshi.
1 comment:
Actually even I thought the casting was almost perfect - and everyone did a really nice job!! But the movie was slow - I dont think I would watch it a second time without fast forwarding a lot of stuff!
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