Tare Zameen Par - To Each His Own
20th June 2008 | posted in External Reviews, Hindi Movies, meetu | | 196 viewsLooks like youre new here. You may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!
Meetu’s Review: Classy and charming. Composed and elegant. Aamir Khan delivers his first baby with ?lan. The hard labor shows in a compassionate portrayal of a sensitive issue.
Rating: Must see - on the big screen
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Here is what 38 other reviewers/viewers think. Average rating 4.7 / 5.0: 34 thumbs up, 3 so-so, 2 thumbs down.
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| Subhash K Jha, All Bollywood …”Taare Zameen Par” would make for a good film for teachers and parents as well as kids… See full review |
Amodini, Amodini’s Movie Reviews …But taken just by himself, and without the sympathetic support from Darsheel?s character I?m not sure I felt as much for Nikumbh ? he was too surely seated on his moral high horse… See full review |
| Naresh Kumar Deoshi, Apun Ka Choice …Darsheel Safary is the real hero of the film. No two thoughts about it. Aamir Khan is the second fiddle…. See full review |
Baradwaj Rangan, Blogical Conclusion, The New Sunday Express …But Aamir Khan, The Performer, becomes a bit of a problem for Aamir Khan, The Director… See full review |
| Razeen Shameem, Bolly Spice …Amole Gupte may not have ended up directing the movie, but he deserves all the credit in the world for penning such a fantastic script…. See full review |
Bollyvista.com …Also, Prasoon Joshi writes wonderful lyrics, especially in “Maa”… See full review |
| Fatema H Kagalwala, Business of Cinema …TZP has been born out of this precise need to share, reach out and engage… See full review |
Abhishek Mande, Buzz18 …with its sensitively written story and screenplay, Taare? brings back to mind some of the bittersweet experiences from our own childhood… See full review |
| Bikas Mishra, DearCinema …From fake sounding dialogues, to cheeky logical flaws of the screenplay, complete absence of characterization… See full review |
Shubham Shukla, Deccan Herald …Every element of the film speaks to you, communicates the emotion that the movie is trying to showcase… See full review |
| Deep, Deep’s Home …it was more like kid telling Aamir ?Hey, you!! you better direct the movie, i will handle the things on the acting front?… See full review |
Express India …The film runs for slightly more than two and a half hours but the beautifully crafted script would not allow a sense of discomfort to seep in… See full review |
| Shubhra Gupta, Express India …The ?specialness? of Ishaan doesn’t become a label: it just underlines the film’s message, ?every child is special?… See full review |
Martin D’Souza, Glamsham.com …Darsheel Safary, for an eight-year-old gives off an excellent performance worthy of a standing ovation… See full review |
| Khalid Mohamed, Hindustan Times …Khan rekindles those uncomfortable moments of our childhood… See full review |
Rajeev Masand, IBN Live …the real hero of this film is its remarkable, rooted, rock-solid script… See full review |
| Taran Adarsh, IndiaFM …compelling you to draw parallels with your life… See full review |
Indiaglitz …Incredibly, the script even brings out dry facts in an interesting fashion through visuals and dialogues… See full review |
| Praveen Lance Fernandes, indiatimes … Aamir?s entry just before the interval is quite filmy in a so far realistic film and lacks the punch that the viewer expects… See full review |
Renuka Vyavahare, indiatimes … This film which boasts a brilliant concept and excellent performances disappoints you, the only reason being its ?length? and ?preachy? execution…. See full review |
| Indicine …Aamir has given the child more footage and captured every emotion deftly thereby focusing on its root cause… See full review |
Abhijit Mhamunkar, indya.com …Shankar Ehsaan Loy at their vintage best, are perfectly aided by Prasoon Joshi’s soul-stirring lyrics… See full review |
| Evita Saldanha, M TV …Aamir Khan has done his homework rather well… See full review |
Asheesh Kumar Shukla, merinews …Shanker Ahsaan Loy made their mark by giving their signature of a slow-cum-thumping music… See full review |
| Movie Talkies …Inclusion, empathy and emotional bonding with caring is what this film beautifully propagates… See full review |
Abhavya Sharan, MovieWalah …Aamir Khan the filmmaker and story teller is as brilliant as Aamir Khan the choosy actor… See full review |
| Mayank Shekhar, Mumbai Mirror …It is possible to confuse, or willingly favour, a great intention over a good film sometimes. Without doubt, this one is both… See full review |
Anupama Chopra, NDTV …The film is likely to alter your view of children because it paints their joys and horrors so accurately…. See full review |
| Anurag Kashyap, Passion for Cinema …what i love the most is the way the camera lingers on to the moments and the boy and is not in a hurry to move away….. See full review |
Hanumant Bhansali, Radio Sargam …The film is quite realistic, atleast most of the times… See full review |
| Raja Sen, Rediff …Taare flounders fatally at the end…. See full review |
SearchIndia.com …Taare Zameen Par is light years ahead of your average Bollywood flick… See full review |
| Satyajit, SmasHits.com …It’s indeed sheer delight that there has been optimum usage of graphics and animation… See full review |
Naomi Datta, Times Now …the problem is that you start feeling every minute of those three hours… See full review |
| Saakshi Juneja, To Each Its Own …Good use of animation, which in turn interprets a young mind?s imagination… See full review |
Upper Stall …It is a confident and assured start to what could be a fascinating filmography as a filmmaker for Aamir… See full review |
| Urge to Fly …Taare Zameen Par is as much about dyslexia as No Smoking was about smoking… See full review |
Neha Viswanathan, Within / Without …The camera treats him with a certain gentleness. It lingers on him. It?s patient with him, which is not what one can say about the adults in his life… See full review |