Like Stars on Earth (2007)
Taare Zameen Par (original title)Reference View | Change View
- PG
- 2h 42min
- Drama, Family
- 21 Dec 2007 (United Arab Emirates)
- Movie
An eight-year-old boy is thought to be a lazy trouble-maker, until the new art teacher has the patience and compassion to discover the real problem behind his struggles in school.
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Awards:
- 27 wins & 18 nominations.
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Ishaan Nandkishore Awasthi
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| Aamir Khan | ... |
Ram Shankar Nikumbh
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| Tisca Chopra | ... |
Maya Awasthi
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| Vipin Sharma | ... |
Nandkishore Awasthi
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| Tanay Chheda | ... |
Rajan Damodran
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Sachet Engineer | ... |
Yohan Nandkishore Awasthi
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| Girija Oak | ... |
Jabeen Khan
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Lalitha Lajmi | ... |
Art Mela's Chief Guest
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Ravi Khanvilkar | ... |
Mr. Holkar
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Pratima Kulkarni | ... |
Principal - St. Anthony's School
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| Meghna Malik | ... |
Victoria Teacher
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| Sonali Sachdev | ... |
Irene Teacher
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Sanjay Dadhich | ... |
Maadhoo
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| Rajgopal Iyer | ... |
George Sir
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Bugs Bhargava Krishna | ... |
Sen Sir
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Shankar Sachdev | ... |
Tiwari Sir
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| M.K. Raina | ... |
Headmaster
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Gurkirtan | ... |
Housemaster
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Gurdeepak Kaur | ... |
Housemaster's Wife
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Alorika Chatterjee | ... |
Science Teacher
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Megha Bengali | ... |
Mrs. Karnik
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Munireh Guhilot | ... |
Dorm Parent
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Girish Kumar Menon | ... |
Rajan's Father
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Vivekanandan | ... |
Telephone Operator
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Madhav Datt | ... |
Loo Bully
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Prashant | ... |
Musician at Mela
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Vitthal | ... |
Musician at Mela
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Jadav | ... |
Musician at Mela
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Ramit Gupta | ... |
Ranjeet
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Arnav Valcha | ... |
Kabir Johar
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Brihan Lamba | ... |
Arun Poddar
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Ricky | ... |
Munoo Patel
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Krishn Gopinath | ... |
Satyajit Bhatkar
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Ayaan | ... |
Ishaan (10 Months)
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Veer Mohan | ... |
Ishaan (2 Yrs.)
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Aniket Engineer | ... |
Young Yohan
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Sachin Birhade | ... |
Abnormal School Boy (uncredited)
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Directed by
| Aamir Khan | ||
| Amole Gupte | ... | (uncredited) |
Written by
| Amole Gupte | ... | (writer) |
Produced by
| Ajay Bijli | ... | co-producer |
| Sanjeev K. Bijli | ... | co-producer |
| Aamir Khan | ... | producer (produced by) |
| Sunitha Ram | ... | line producer |
| B. Shrinivas Rao | ... | executive producer |
| Kiran Rao | ... | associate producer |
| Manoj Shroff | ... | line producer: "Bheja Kum" shooting unit |
Music by
| Shankar Mahadevan | ... | (as Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy) |
| Loy Mendonsa | ... | (as Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy) |
| Ehsaan Noorani | ... | (as Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy) |
Cinematography by
| Satyajit Pande | ... | (as Setu) |
Editing by
| Deepa Bhatia | ||
Editorial Department
| Dutta Anirban | ... | assistant editor |
| Rohan Desai | ... | digital intermediate supervisor |
| Ashirwad Hadkar | ... | colorist |
| Pallavi Singhal | ... | associate editor: AVID |
| Joginder Singh Varna | ... | promo on-line editor |
Production Design by
| Shruti Gupte | ||
Art Direction by
| Sachin Bhoir | ... | (art direction) |
Costume Design by
| Priyanjali Lahiri | ||
Makeup Department
| Avan Contractor | ... | Hair Designer |
| Joginder G. Gupta | ... | make up (as Joginder Gupta) |
| Joyce Luize | ... | hair dresser |
| Kamlesh U. Shinde | ... | assistant makeup artist (as Kamlesh) / makeup artist |
Production Management
| Gopal Bhasin | ... | assistant production manager |
| Advait Chandan | ... | assistant production manager |
| Sunil Dolamani Panda | ... | production manager |
| Rama Rao | ... | unit production manager |
| Mahesh Tawde | ... | production manager: "Bheja Kum" shooting unit |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Suvahhdan Angre | ... | production assistant |
| Nazneen Bhatia | ... | third assistant director |
| Ram Madhvani | ... | director: song "Bheja Kum" |
| Tanmay Mohan | ... | second assistant director |
| Sunil Pandey | ... | first assistant director |
| Shikha Rahi | ... | third assistant director |
| Akshay Roy | ... | first assistant director: "Bheja Kum" unit |
Art Department
| Aindri Chakraborty | ... | caricature artist |
| Sunil Gujar | ... | graphic designer |
| Ramakant Kanojia | ... | graphic designer |
| Munira Khokhawala | ... | assistant art director |
| Veer Nanavati | ... | assistant art director |
| Mihir Shah | ... | graphic designer |
| Dhananjay Thorat | ... | graphic designer |
| Sumit Vashisth | ... | graphic designer |
Sound Department
| Ayush Ahuja | ... | sound effects editor |
| Tarun Bhandari | ... | sound recordist |
| Sanjay Chaturvedi | ... | second boom operator (as Sanjay Kumar Chaturvedi) / sound editor |
| Royston D'Lima | ... | sound editor |
| Subir Kumar Das | ... | associate rerecording mixer: Anand Recording Studios / sound effects engineer: pre-mix, Anand Recording Studios |
| Anup Dev | ... | final mixing engineer: Anand Recording Studio / re-recording mixer |
| Jayant Haldar | ... | assistant mix engineer |
| Nakul Kamte | ... | sound designer |
| Ashraf Khan | ... | boom operator |
| Krishnanunni N.R. | ... | adr mixer |
| Shamim Sharfuddin Shaikh | ... | nagra operator: sound |
Visual Effects by
| Paresh Acharya | ... | senior digital intermediate producer: Prime Focus |
| Vishal Anand | ... | technical director / technical supervisor: Tata Elxsi VCL |
| Jayant Attarde | ... | system support: Tata Elxsi VCL |
| Abhilash Baby | ... | visual effects artist |
| Husseini Barodawalla | ... | computer graphics lead: Tata Elxsi VCL (as Huseini Barodawala) |
| Vijay Bharadwaj | ... | computer graphics artist: Tata Elxsi VCL |
| Sherry Bharda | ... | visual effects: Tata Elxsi VCL |
| Anisha Bhatia | ... | line producer: Prime Focus |
| Sean Bhiladvala | ... | computer graphics artist: Tata Elxsi VCL |
| Rajib Biswas | ... | digital intermediate line producer: Prime Focus |
| Parminder Singh Chadda | ... | digital intermediate supervisor: Prime Focus |
| Arup Chakravarty | ... | recording technician: Prime Focus |
| Arunkumar Chandrasekaran | ... | digital compositor |
| Piyush Chaudhary | ... | assistant fire artist: Prime Focus (as Piyush Chowdhery) |
| Prince Chaurasia | ... | assistant line producer: Prime Focus |
| Kushnum Chinoy | ... | compositor: Tata Elxsi VCL (as Khushnum Chinoy) |
| Vinay Singh Chuphal | ... | flame compositor: Tata Elxsi VCL (as Vinay Chuphal) |
| Tuhin Kumar Das | ... | computer graphics artist: Tata Elxsi VCL |
| Deepal Dass | ... | compositing lead: Tata Elxsi VCL |
| Brownil Dcunah | ... | senior fire artist: Prime Focus (as Brownil D'cunha) |
| Debo | ... | visual effects producer: Tata Elxsi VCL |
| Rohan Desai | ... | digital intermediate supervisor: Prime Focus |
| Shaiju Ep | ... | digital compositor |
| Nirmal Gala | ... | project manager: Prime Focus |
| Rohan Gala | ... | digital intermediate line producer |
| Rahul Galwankar | ... | lead rotoscope artist |
| Ranjit Gosavi | ... | digital compositor |
| Bhaskar Joyoti Goswami | ... | compositor: Tata Elxsi VCL |
| Kaushik Goswami | ... | generalist |
| Ranganath Gowda | ... | data management: Prime Focus |
| Neha Gupta | ... | assistant visual effects producer: Tata Elxsi VCL |
| Vijay Gupta | ... | computer graphics artist: Tata Elxsi VCL |
| Ashirwad Hadkar | ... | digital intermediate colorist (as Aashirwad Hadkar) |
| Aanand Jadhav | ... | visual effects artist |
| Xavier Joseph | ... | senior fire artist: Prime Focus |
| Rohini Joshi | ... | flame compositor: Tata Elxsi VCL (as Rohini Ajit Joshi) |
| Rahul Juneja | ... | assistant fire artist: Prime Focus |
| T. Kannan | ... | flame compositor: Tata Elxsi VCL / visual effects |
| Sridhar Karthik | ... | compositor: Tata Elxsi VCL |
| John Kennedy | ... | system support: Tata Elxsi VCL |
| Sachin Keny | ... | computer graphics artist: Tata Elxsi VCL |
| Suhel Khan | ... | digital compositor |
| Swapnil Khandagle | ... | computer graphics artist: Tata Elxsi VCL / senior texture artist (as Swapnil Khandagale) |
| Pankaj Khandpur | ... | visual effects: Tata Elxsi VCL |
| N. Balamurali Krishna | ... | visual effects |
| Ashish Kumar | ... | avid editor: Tata Elxsi VCL |
| Das Chinmay Kumar | ... | senior compositor (as Das Chinmay) |
| Pranab Lahkar | ... | compositor: Tata Elxsi VCL |
| Somasundaram Lakshmanan | ... | roto artist (as Somasundram L.) |
| Manjunath M.S. | ... | computer graphics artist: Tata Elxsi VCL |
| Somak Mukherjee | ... | (segment "vfx") visual effects |
| Murali P.R. | ... | computer graphics artist: Tata Elxsi VCL |
| Taare Zameen Par | ... | visual effects artist |
| Parag Patel | ... | visual effects artist |
| Bharat Patil | ... | compositor: Tata Elxsi VCL (as Bharath Patil) |
| Nitin Patil | ... | computer graphics artist: Tata Elxsi VCL |
| Paresh Patil | ... | digital artist: digital matte painter |
| Nirmal Pawar | ... | computer graphics artist: Tata Elxsi VCL |
| Prashant Pawar | ... | character texture painter |
| Ranjeet Pawar | ... | scanning technician: Prime Focus (as Ranjit Pawar) |
| Lennard Pinto | ... | computer graphics lead: Tata Elxsi VCL |
| Jagdish Poojari | ... | offline avid artist: Prime Focus |
| Santosh Prajapati | ... | senior fire artist: Prime Focus |
| Ajay Prakash | ... | computer graphics artist: Tata Elxsi VCL |
| Murali Ramachari | ... | visual effects artist |
| Sandeep Rane | ... | assistant fire artist: Prime Focus |
| Kunal Rasal | ... | assistant visual effects producer: Tata Elxsi VCL |
| Gopal Ray | ... | senior fire artist: Prime Focus |
| Mahesh Reddy | ... | data management: Prime Focus |
| Shaikh Rizwan | ... | compositor: Tata Elxsi VCL (as Rizwan Shaikh) |
| Chandrachur Roy | ... | motion graphics: Prime Focus |
| S. Satyanath | ... | computer graphics artist: Tata Elxsi VCL |
| Vishwas Savanur | ... | compositing lead: Tata Elxsi VCL |
| Nilesh Sawant | ... | computer graphics artist: Tata Elxsi VCL |
| B. Selvamuthukumarswamy | ... | compositor: Tata Elxsi VCL |
| Piku Shahani | ... | post-production supervisor: Tata Elxsi VCL (as Piku Sahani) |
| Shabuddin N. Shaikh | ... | scanning technician: Prime Focus (as Shahbuddin N. Shaikh) |
| Manish Sharma | ... | flame compositor: Tata Elxsi VCL |
| Ritesh Shetty | ... | digital intermediate line producer: Prime Focus |
| Rajeev Srivastava | ... | offline avid artist: Prime Focus (as Rajesh Shrivastava) |
| Krishna Suvarna | ... | offline avid artist: Prime Focus |
| Yatin Tamhane | ... | Senior Digital Compositor: visual effects |
| Abu Thahir | ... | digital compositor |
| Prashant Thakur | ... | compositor: Tata Elxsi VCL |
| Varun Tikekar | ... | data management: Prime Focus |
| Swapnil Vaishnav | ... | assistant fire artist: Prime Focus |
| Kiran Yadav | ... | compositor: Tata Elxsi VCL |
| Merchant Zahid | ... | visual effects artist |
| Kunal Madan Shirsate | ... | digital compositor (uncredited) |
Stunts
| Aejaz Gulab | ... | action director (as Mohd. Aejaz Shaikh Gulab) |
| Abdul Javed | ... | action director (as Abdul Javed Abdul Karim) |
| Javed Karim | ... | action director |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Tukaram Agre | ... | spot boy |
| Ahmed | ... | chief grip operator |
| Maqsood Ali | ... | gaffer: "Bheja Kum" Shooting Unit |
| Maddineni Ramesh Babu | ... | camera attendant: S.35 camera (as M. Ramesh Babu) |
| Ramesh Bhonsle | ... | first assistant cameraman: second unit |
| Malini Dasari | ... | additional cameraperson |
| Navin Gadkari | ... | jib operator (as Navin Gagdari) |
| Anirudh Garbyal | ... | additional cameraperson / cameraman: end titles / first assistant camera |
| Piyush Ghosh | ... | jib operator |
| Gopinath | ... | first assistant cameraman: "Bheja Kum" Shooting Unit (as V. Gopinath) |
| Kusha Gowda | ... | spot boy |
| Lava Gowda | ... | spot boy |
| Imran | ... | grip |
| Virendra K | ... | focus puller (as Virendra Tiwari) |
| Nizam Khan | ... | grip (as Nizzam) |
| Manoj Kumar Khatoi | ... | camera operator |
| V. Murli Krishna | ... | camera attendant: S.35 camera (as V. Murali Krishna) |
| Suraj Kurade | ... | high speed camera assistant |
| Kumar C. Dev Mohapatra | ... | jib operator |
| Prakash Mohapatra | ... | jib operator |
| Somak Mukherjee | ... | additional cameraperson |
| Arun Narayane | ... | lighting technician |
| Prakash | ... | grip |
| Ramana | ... | crane operator (as S.V. Ramanna) |
| J. Lakshmana Rao | ... | second assistant cameraman: "Bheja Kum" Shooting Unit |
| Nitin Rao | ... | steadicam operator |
| Rikky | ... | grip |
| Ramesh Sadrani | ... | gaffer |
| Niranjan Sahu | ... | spot boy |
| Jignesh Shah | ... | second assistant cameraman & focus puller: second unit |
| Piyush Shah | ... | director of photography: second unit |
| Ahmad Shaikh | ... | grip: Grips Operator |
| Tukaram Talar | ... | spot boy |
| Gargey Trivedi | ... | additional cameraperson |
| P.S. Vinod | ... | director of photography: "Bheja Kum" Shooting Unit |
| Kumar Prasad Yadav | ... | spot boy |
| Suresh Yadav | ... | lighting technician |
| Tarun Prasad Yadav | ... | spot boy |
Animation Department
| Ratn Anoop | ... | animator |
| Arvind Chudasama | ... | model maker: title animation 'claymation' |
| Chandni Chudasama | ... | inbetween artist: "3 X 9 = 3" animation sequence / scanning ink and paint: "3 X 9 = 3" animation sequence |
| Sunil Dhavgade | ... | inbetween artist: "3 X 9 = 3" animation sequence |
| Sanjeev Gharat | ... | animator |
| Harshad Godbole | ... | model maker: title animation 'claymation' |
| Vasanth Kumar | ... | inbetween artist: "3 X 9 = 3" animation sequence / scanning ink and paint: "3 X 9 = 3" animation sequence |
| Vaibhav Kumaresh | ... | animation sequence: '3x9=3' animation sequence |
| Siddharth Maskeri | ... | additional 3d animation: "3 X 9 = 3" animation sequence |
| Ketan V. Mehta | ... | background artist |
| Vishal Mhala | ... | model maker: title animation 'claymation' |
| Sandesh D. Pawar | ... | animation department |
| Rohit Pednekar | ... | background artist |
| Ravindra Pote | ... | inbetween artist: "3 X 9 = 3" animation sequence |
| Sunil Pote | ... | inbetween artist: "3 X 9 = 3" animation sequence |
| Vishal Pote | ... | inbetween artist: "3 X 9 = 3" animation sequence |
| Mahboob Raja | ... | inbetween artist: "3 X 9 = 3" animation sequence / scanning ink and paint: "3 X 9 = 3" animation sequence |
| Satya Prakash Rath | ... | animation camera and lighting: title animation 'claymation' |
| Mohamed Sameer A. | ... | animator (2007) |
| Jagdish Sutar | ... | inbetween artist: "3 X 9 = 3" animation sequence |
| Dhimant Vyas | ... | title animator: claymation |
| Rampratap Yadav | ... | studio assistance: "3 X 9 = 3" animation sequence |
| Prasanjib Nag | ... | animator (uncredited) |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
| Varun Kapoor | ... | wardrobe assistant |
| K.S. Kashinath | ... | dressman |
| Mohd. Shahab | ... | dressman |
Music Department
| Dominique Cerejo | ... | singer |
| Vishal Dadlani | ... | singer |
| Subir Kumar Das | ... | music pre-mix engineer |
| Amole Gupte | ... | singer |
| Rajgopal Iyer | ... | playback singer |
| Prasoon Joshi | ... | lyrics |
| Aamir Khan | ... | playback singer |
| Abhishek Khandelwal | ... | assistant mix recording engineer |
| Ravi Khanvilkar | ... | singer |
| Bugs Bhargava Krishna | ... | playback singer |
| Ram Madhvani | ... | singer |
| Raman Mahadevan | ... | singer |
| Shankar Mahadevan | ... | singer |
| Armaan Malik | ... | playback singer |
| Loy Mendonsa | ... | singer |
| Vivienne Pocha | ... | singer |
| Annu Poojari | ... | assistant music engineer |
| Kiran Rao | ... | singer |
| Shankar Sachdev | ... | playback singer |
| Adnan Sami | ... | singer |
| Jaan Sanu | ... | playback singer |
| Shaan | ... | playback singer |
| Haji Springer | ... | singer |
Script and Continuity Department
| Hassan Kutty | ... | script supervisor & continuity |
Additional Crew
| Nabeel Abbas | ... | marketing and promotions |
| Sanjeev Bansal | ... | vice president: Business & Commercial: UTV |
| Ritu Bhatia | ... | assistant: director / director's assistant |
| Shiamak Davar | ... | choreographer: "Bum Bum Bole" & "Tulips Concert" |
| Ananya Dutt | ... | director's assistant: "Bheja Kum" Shooting Unit |
| Vijay Ganguly | ... | chief assistant choreographer |
| Sukanya Ghosh | ... | publicity design |
| Amole Gupte | ... | creative director / painter: Ishaan's other paintings & Ishaan's wall |
| Maithili Kaishap | ... | script supervisor: part schedule |
| Saroj Khan | ... | choreographer: "Jame Raho" |
| Tanvi Modi | ... | Publicity Design and Marketing: Epigram |
| Samir Mondal | ... | painter: Ishaan and Nikumbh's final paintings |
| Veer Nanavati | ... | painter: Ishaan's wall & Ishaan's flip book |
| Sunil Pandey | ... | documentary footage for end titles |
| Ashish Saksena | ... | Executive Producer for PVR |
| Ranjan Singh | ... | marketing team |
| Gaurav Verma | ... | Head Of Distribution |
Thanks
| P.S. Bharathi | ... | sincere thanks |
| Kate Currawalla | ... | sincere thanks |
| Shiamak Davar | ... | sincere thanks |
| Lalitha Lajmi | ... | sincere thanks |
| Medha Lotlikar | ... | sincere thanks |
| Ram Madhvani | ... | sincere thanks |
| Samir Mondal | ... | sincere thanks |
Production Companies
Distributors
- UTV Motion Pictures (2007) (World-wide)
- Atnine Film (2012) (South Korea) (theatrical)
- Netflix India (India) (video) (VOD)
- Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (2010) (United States) (DVD)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Anand Recording Studios (mixing)
- Bimal Parekh & Co. (chartered accountants)
- Channel V (music channel partner)
- Epigram (promotions and publicity)
- Laqshya Global 'OOH' Media Asset & Solutions (out of home media partner)
- Light & Grips Equipment Hirers India (grip and lighting equipment)
- Microsoft Network (internet partner)
- Movie Talkies (internet partner)
- New Era School, Panchgani (sincere thanks)
- Prime Focus (digital intermediate)
- Prime Focus (digital scanning and recording)
- Spice PR (pr consultant)
- Spice (media consultant)
- St. Xaviers School (sincere thanks)
- T-Series (soundtrack)
- Tata Elxsi Visual Computing Lab (visual effects)
- Trigger Happy Entertainment (Visual Promotions)
Storyline
| Plot Summary |
Ishaan Awasthi is an eight-year-old child whose world is filled with wonders that no one else seems to appretiate are just not important in the world of adults, who are much more interested in things like homework, marks and neatness. And Ishaan just cannot seem to get anything right in class. When he gets into far more trouble than his parents can handle, he is packed off to a boarding school to 'be disciplined'. Things are no different at his new school, and Ishaan has to contend with the added trauma of separation from his family. One day a new art teacher bursts onto the scene, Ram Shankar Nikumbh, who infects the students with joy and optimism. He breaks all the rules of 'how things are done' by asking them to think, dream and imagine, and all the children respond with enthusiasm, all except Ishaan. Nikumbh soon realizes that Ishaan is very unhappy, and he sets out to discover why. With time, patience and care, he ultimately helps Ishaan find himself. |
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| Taglines | Every Child is Special See more » |
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Box Office
| Cumulative Worldwide Gross | $21,897,373 |
Did You Know?
| Trivia | Aamir Khan received special permission from Amitabh Bachchan to use Abhishek Bachchan's experiences in the film. The reference is made in terms of Abhishek being one of the most successful stars and how he came to star in the blockbuster Dhoom (2004), overcoming the dyslexia that he had during childhood. See more » |
| Goofs | When Rajan and Ishaan are talking in the corridors, Rajan says he lives in the staff quarters as opposed to in the normal student dorm. Later on, Ram asks Rajan where Ishaan is, and Rajan says he saw him leave the student dorm early. If Rajan lived in the staff quarters, he wouldn't know this. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Featured in 53rd Filmfare Awards (2008). See more » |
| Soundtracks | Taare Zameen Par See more » |
| Crazy Credits | The opening credits rolls after few minutes of the film and consists of animated sequences (in order to portray the main character's imaginary world). See more » |
| Quotes |
Ram Shankar Nikumbh:
lf you fancy racing, breed racehorses, dammit, not children. See more » |