Amazingly crafted simple but very strong story by Aamir Khan… The movie is a rebuff on the whole Indian education system and the society which regards Doctors, Engineers, etc. as demigods and artists, poets’ profession as futile wastage of time. True, money is an important aspect no doubts but the former mentioned careers are not the only way to success and fame. Just because these are ‘safe careers’ who wants to venture on something new or take a risk of encouraging one’s child to become a painter? In the rat race for clinging on to anything which brings money, we have actually forgotten that to love the thing you do, you have to listen to your heart and not mind. This realization does come. Sometimes luckily sooner, sometimes unfortunately later.
The movie’s first part beautifully potrays the child’s longing for freedom from mundane and marks based education. The scenes showing his agony as a dejected child truly stirs your heart and numbs your mind… Aamir’s entry and his conversations with Champ’s dad are very well written… The climax though predictable is so beautifully picturized, especially the scene in which Champ is declared as winner and he is not even able to get up to collect prize as he has seen accolades first time in his life!
Power packed performances by the child, aamir and beautiful songs made this movie worth nominating for an oscar…
The message behind the movie is quiet intense. Truly captured in the title song: ‘Kho na jaye yeh taare zameen par’. Truly a child is like a small bud, unaware of the exernal world. Are such beautiful creative beings not deserving enough to be given freedom to do what they like in this world? Instead of having countless unsatisfied souls in few eclectic professions, shouldn’t the society be made of several satisfied and most importantly happy and free souls in all fields?
