What is Taare Zameen Par?
{{italictitle}} '''''Taare Zameen Par''''' (titled '''''Like Stars on Earth''''' internationally) is a 2007 Indian [[Hindi|Hindi-language]] family drama movie. Amir Khan produced and directed it. The film stars Darsheel Safary and Aamir Khan. It is about a child with [[dyslexia]]. ==Story== The film is about a 8-year-old [[dyslexia|dyslexic]] child named Ishaan Awasthi. He does well in art class but not in his other classes. His teachers and principal gives him a [[report card]] showing his low grades, so his parents send him to boarding school. The teachers there are unkind to him. He becomes very sad. However, Ishaan's new art teacher is not abusive at all. He is nice and expresses concern about Ishaan. The new art teacher figures out that he is dyslexic and helps him to overcome his disability. ==Production== The film stars Darsheel Safary as 8-year-old Ishaan, Vipin Sharma and Tisca Chopra as Ishaan's parents, Sachet Engineer as Ishaan's brother, and Aamir Khan plays his art teacher. Creative director and writer Amole Gupte developed the idea with his wife Deepa Bhatia, who served as the film's editor. Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy composed the film's score, and Prasoon Joshi wrote the lyrics for many of the songs. Principal photography took place in [[Mumbai]] and in Panchgani's New Era High School. Some of the school's students make appearances. The film was released on December 21, 2007 and won awards, including the [[Filmfare Award]] for Best Film for 2008 and the 2008 National Film Award for Best Film on Family Welfare. It was India's official entry for the 2009 [[Academy Awards]] [[Best Foreign Film]] but did not go further to the short-list. == Cast == * [[Darsheel Safary]] as Ishaan 'Inu' Awasthi: Maya & Nandkishore's son * [[Aamir Khan]] as Ram Shankar Nikumbh: An art teacher & Ishaan's tutor <ref>{{Cite web|date=28 January 2008|title=In 2002, Taare Zameen Par was still called and registered as High Jump|url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/features/2008/01/28/3515/index.html|url-status=dead|archive