Stars are here.....

In today's world ... working smart is more important than working hard. This is the latest 'mantra' i have adopted. Why bother writing reviews for movies ... I gave a good review for Om Shanti Om ... and had to face the inferno of curses from all my friends and relatives. No taking such chances again ... this review is written by my little brother whom we shall call Sumanthu (as it is his name named by his biological parents). Sumanthu and another cousin ... the chocolate hero Vikki accompanied me to this movie, which is about stars crashing into the earth, and causing eternal destruction, but love rejuvenates a withering planet. Ok, you better hear the review from Sumanthu's own words (but proof-read by me)...

The movie revolves around childhood, specially about those children, who are a little different, and have to fight to get adjusted in this so called normal world. It teaches us, that children have their own world, and we should not ruin it, because of our (the parents') over-expectations. The movie is about a special child who fights his way through lots of hurdles. The pace of the movie is pretty slow.

Being Aamir Khan's directorial debut, the movie revolves around Ishaan Awasthi (Darsheel Safary), who is a fun-loving child. He lives in his own world (as most children do), but is a little different as he finds it hard to match his imagination with children of his own age-group. His parents find it difficult to handle him, and finally send him to a boarding school. There he faces his worst nightmare, as being away from parents, he loses his self-confidence. Ram Shankar Nikumbh, i.e. Aamir Khan, a temporary art teacher at school, who has his own unique way of teaching children, finds that apart from Ishaan, every other child responds enthusiastically to his style. The more and more he studies Ishaan, the more and more he realizes that, he is not just seeing Ishaan, but actually a mirror-image of himself. Ishaan is a drowning boat, and Ram Shankar Nikumbh is the last straw of hope.

The subject of the movie is simple, predictive story-line and slow. The silence in the movie, though very meaningful, at times puts the audience in a restive mood. But bottomline, Aamir has succeeded in giving us a respectable movie to watch and talk about. Dyslexia never means that the child cannot lead a normal life. Although the flow is predictable, you shall immediately connect with the child, and his every emotion runs analogous with the emotions of the audience. This movie explains a part of life which many parents overlook, but is very mandatory to understand.

Performance of the child, Darsheel Safary is stunning, even more commendable than Aamir's performance himself. When Darsheel cries, the audience cries. The connection is that strong.

My rating: * * * 1/2


Suhas: Inspite of the dragging pace of the movie, the little child performs so exuberantly, you'll consider yourself lucky to have watched him act.

Rating: * * *


Pavan: A thought-provoking movie worth wasting every bit of your dad's hard earned fortune

Rating: * * * * 1/2


Vikki: A movie that is fun to watch

Rating: * * *


Ishita: Movie kuch khaas nahin hai, but the little child is really cute