--- title: Taare Zameen Par (Film) slug: taare-zameen-par-film-650bf url: /detay/taare-zameen-par-film-650bf type: article language: English entity: primary: Taare Zameen Par (Film) type: article disambiguation: Taare Zameen Par: A heartwarming film about a dyslexic child's journey & the importance of inclusive education. #Bollywood #Dyslexia categories: - name: Cinema And Television slug: sinema-ve-televizyon url: /kategori/sinema-ve-televizyon tags: - Like Stars on Earth - Teacher-Student Relationship - Individualized Teaching - Dyslexia - Aamir Khan - Darsheel Safary - Taare Zameen Par - education - India - Film - Child development author: Ayşe İkbal Özsakın created_at: 2025-05-24T20:16:10.140072+03:00 updated_at: 2025-07-02T11:08:53.827382+03:00 image: https://cdn.t3pedia.org/media/uploads/2025/06/16/wzB7JJ05dhtn6xfc7wfW1fSRUxyRfLob.jpg --- # Taare Zameen Par (Film) ## KURE Information Cards ### KURE Information Card: Taare Zameen Par (Like Stars on Earth) ![MV5BMTExMDIwODE2MzVeQTJeQWpwZ15BbWU3MDYwNDI0OTE@._V1_QL75_UX203_.jpg](https://cdn.t3pedia.org/media/uploads/2025/06/16/Pl8I0IrW1J5D1Nlfg9yN9hsjueQW3kmd.jpg) | Field | Value | |-------|-------| | Music(s) | Ehsaan Noorani,Loy Mendonsa,Shankar Mahadevan | | Language(s) | Hindi | | IMDb Rating(Text) | 8.3/10 | | Country(ies) | India | | Director(s) | Aamir Khan | | Screenwriter(s) | Amole Gupte | | Producer(s) | Sanjeev K. Bijli,Ajay Bijli,Aamir Khan | | Genre | Musical,Family,Drama | | Leading Roles | Darsheel Safary,Aamir Khan | | Runtime | 165 minutes | | Release Year | 2007 | | Distributor | UTV Motion Pictures | | Studio | Anand Recording Studios | | Editing | Deepa Bhatia | | Cinematography | P. S. Vinod | ## Article Content ***Taare Zameen Par* (*Like Stars on Earth*, 2007)** is a motion picture produced in India. Directed and starring [Aamir Khan](/en/detay/aamir-khan-d1bb0/llms.txt), the film deals with the problems faced by children with specific learning disabilities, especially [dyslexia](/en/detay/dyslexia-1ade9/llms.txt), in their educational and social lives. The movie deals with themes such as child development, the education system and teacher-student relations in the context of learning disabilities. ![Image](https://cdn.kureansiklopedi.com/media/uploads/2025/05/24/xGjLEJ8N3Hk6FndABjwwbggRssUYm6w4.jpg) *Aamir Khan and Darsheel Safary – A Scene from the Film (IMDb)* ### **Topic Summary** The main character of the film, Ishaan Awasthi, is an eight-year-old boy with a **learning disability (dyslexia)**. Due to his poor academic performance, Ishaan is perceived as inattentive by those around him. When his family sends him to a boarding school, his situation worsens. However, a newly appointed art teacher, Ram Shankar Nikumbh, recognizes Ishaan’s learning difficulty and begins to support him through individualized teaching methods. This process highlights the importance of personalized instructional strategies. #### **Educational and Psychological Approaches** The film addresses the psychological conditions and educational needs of children with dyslexia with empathy. When specific learning disabilities like dyslexia are diagnosed early and supported with appropriate methods, children’s potential can be revealed. In this context, the film presents the teacher’s role as a transformative element. ##### **Critique of the Education System** The film criticizes the structure of the traditional education system, which overlooks individual differences. It emphasizes that a system which regards academic achievement as the sole criterion tends to exclude areas such as art and emotional intelligence. This, in turn, leads to loss of self-confidence and social withdrawal among children. ![Image](https://cdn.kureansiklopedi.com/media/uploads/2025/05/24/1TFgyaajwParpWpsCsv95v6gKSMug0Ia.jpg) *Every Child is Special (IMDb)* ### **Main Cast** **The main cast of the film includes:** - Darsheel Safary as Ishaan Awasthi - Aamir Khan as Ram Shankar Nikumbh - Tisca Chopra as Maya Awasthi (Ishaan’s mother) - Vipin Sharma as Nandkishore Awasthi (Ishaan’s father) This cast is structured to reflect the child’s interactions within both his family and educational environment in a multidimensional manner. [Taare Zameen Par](/en/detay/her-cocuk-ozeldir-film-1e6a0/llms.txt) makes visible the structural and social barriers faced by children with specific learning disabilities, especially dyslexia. The film emphasizes the negative effects of standardized education, which does not take individual differences into account, on the cognitive and emotional development of students. In this context, the importance of individualized teaching approaches is highlighted and it is argued that individuals with special needs can develop their potential with pedagogical support. In addition, through the figure of the teacher, attention is drawn to the decisive role of empathy-based approach and differentiated teaching strategies in educational processes on child development, and the film offers a critical perspective on the traditional education system. ## Academic Sources and References 1. Beyazperde. "Her Çocuk Özeldir (Taare Zameen Par)." Beyazperde. Accessed May 24, 2025. https://www.beyazperde.com/filmler/film-147116/. 2. Esenler Belediyesi. "Her Çocuk Özeldir – Yerdeki Yıldızlar." Esenler Belediyesi. Accessed May 24, 2025. https://esenler.bel.tr/esgev/ayin-filmi/her-cocuk-ozeldir-yerdeki-yildizlar/. 3. Hipokratist. "Her Çocuk Özeldir." Hipokratist. Accessed May 24, 2025. https://hipokratist.com/her-cocuk-ozeldir/. 4. IMDb. "Like Stars on Earth (2007)." IMDb. Accessed May 24, 2025. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0986264/. 5. Karahan, Selda, and Selda Uca. "An Analysis of a Dyslexia Case within a Theoretical Framework: A Qualitative Study on the Film Like Stars on Earth." IBAD Journal of Social Sciences, no. 14 (2022): 254–273. Accessed May 24, 2025. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/360593987\_Disleksi\_Vakasinin\_Teorik\_Cercevede\_Incelenmesi\_Yerdeki\_Yildizlar\_Filmi\_Uzerine\_Nitel\_Bir\_Arastirma. 6. Kesici, Ahmet. "In the Context of Adult Education: The Impact of the Film Like Stars on Earth on Master Instructor Candidates’ Approach to Apprenticeship Training." Journal of Theoretical Educational Science 26, no. 2 (March 15, 2018): 307–321. https://doi.org/10.24106/kefdergi.388613. 7. OCED (Association for the Education of Children with Autism). "Like Stars on Earth – Taare Zameen Par." OCED. Accessed May 24, 2025. https://oced.org.tr/yerdeki-yildizlar/. 8. Sıvacı, Sadık Yüksel. "Film in Teacher Education: Pre-service Teachers’ Evaluation of Like Stars on Earth." Journal of Theoretical Educational Sciences 19, no. 1 (August 1, 2018): 495–506. https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/kefad/issue/59094/850527.