Wednesday, December 26, 2007

Taare Zameen Par..

Dyslexia. I didn't give the word or the disease/disability much thought until 3 hours ago. Dyslexia is, according to Wikipedia, a specific learning disability that manifests primarily as a difficulty with written language, particularly with reading and spelling. It is separate and distinct from reading difficulties resulting from other causes, such as deficiencies in intelligence, a non-neurological deficiency with vision or hearing, or from poor or inadequate reading instruction.

Mind boggling eh? Albert Einstein, Tom Cruise, Keanu Reeves, Pablo Picasso, Cher, Muhammad Ali and Tommy Hilfiger were all dyslexic. People with dyslexia view the world with a different eye, their brains are trippy machines which spew out ideas no mortal being can fathom.

Aamir Khan's Taree Zameen Par sheds light on this disability in a very tear jerking, thought provoking manner. The things which we take for granted in our day-to-day life is a huge pain in the butt for these folks. The child actor, Darsheel Safary was just too cute. Each time he cried, got bullied by kids and was generally down in the dumps, i felt like giving him HUGE bear hugs, slobbering him with kisses and stuffing him with cookies and chocolate milk.

It's a MUST watch flick especially for children, for parents, for to-be-parents and of course for the rest of us non parents and non children.

6 comments:

wolverine said...

hmmm..dyslexia...The great Sir Richard Branson also had dyslexia.. was kinda the reason why he dropped out of high school and then went on to build a billion dollar empire.. :D

Anush said...

thanks for telling me tat it brings floods to the eyes. Not tat i wil ever cry, hmpf, i am always stoic.

Anonymous said...

i just loved this movie gayu

Swetha said...

I am soo waiting to see this movie !

Aiswarya said...

What an amazing film eh!!!

The S A I said...

Movie like these come around just once in a lifetime and man!! do they make an impact.. A Movie that can alter people's thinking is worth every penny spent.