Movie Book: Taare Zameen Par

TAARE ZAMEEN PAR

TAARE ZAMEEN PAR like stars on earth

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characters

Ishaan (dyslexic boy) Ram (the teacher) Mother Father Principal Teachers Other Characters

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Daily we are late because of you. bus driver :

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First go wash your hands. Put it down, put it down.

mother :

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Ishaan close the tap properly.

mother :

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Where are your exam papers?

mother :

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English 08/100 Maths 04/100 Science 13/100 Social Studies 09/100 Hindi 03/100 Painting 85/100

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We studied so much Ishaan.

When will you concentrate and learn? mother :

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school boys :

Idiot, duffer.

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Read the sentence loud and proper. I said, loud and proper Ishaan.

Loud and proper.

teacher :

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blahekalabalj hajbcdhjncrcjxgn mikfxjcnvxrmfix mkcjnbvhrjcxbeiu bvrchgbhdsbcbus jkjosanxhncmxuj… ishaan :

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t 9ae 5ds axnd bdwdxdnyxddadqod d t dg f28c0dm g a i d t d s d l h r d 5pzH dgqd9j2 d n d vuqhhdhaltbk h 9 x 5

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d a dodxy x n d t 5 x s a 9 q d d0nadwd0 c b 2 d a m gd idthfdgdsrt 8 g d d l 6 j d b d29l dxhqdu9v zp5 h 9q dH n ah k

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Stop it, stop it.

Enough is enough. Get out. teacher :

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student ( passing by ishaan ):

Hey duffer, every time you get punished!

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STUPID STUPID

IDIOT IDIOT DUFFER DUFFER 16

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STUPID STUPID IDIOT IDIOT DUFFER DUFFER

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dy a x x d o n d 5 dq c0 28 da i0 d t d5 l 6 j z 9 pH d q 2 n ha t h father :

Ishaan, it’s too much.

Every day, your complaints! complaints from school, complaints from building, you step out the house and your complaint… After today if anyone complains about you Ishaan, then I…

b

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x nad m f gd d h s g dr d b h 2 k l dq uv h9 x 9 (ishaan

is smiling )

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father :

‌Still smiling, shameless.

One more complaint and I’ll put you in boarding school.

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ishaan is sent to the hostel.

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STUPID STUPID

DUFFER STUPID IDIOT

IDIOT IDIOT IDIOT

STUPID

DUFFER

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STUPID STUPID

DUFFER STUPID

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IDIOT IDIOT IDIOT STUPID

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entry of ram.

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Thehuman isworsethan animals‌ andblindtoo. ram :

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Away from the inner beauty 31

Everyone wants no. 1 Doctor, Engineer, Management‌ Less than that is unacceptable. Isn’t it? ram (to a friend):

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Think about this! Every child has his

QUALITY, EXPERTISE, DESIRE.

own own

own

But no! Everyone is busy stretching the finger to make it long. Keep on doing that.

No matter if you BREAK THE VERY FINGER.

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There’s a boy.

He’s 8–9 years old.

He doesn’t do or speak anything, always seems scared. ram :

His eyes are like

AMING

FOR HELP

I’m afraid he’ll fall.

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ram decides to meet with ishaan’s parents after he recognised ishaan’s problem.

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ram :

What do you think his problem is?

His attitude… towards studies, towards everything. Always stubborn. father :

I’m asking about his problem, but you’re telling me the symptoms. You’re telling me he has fever, I know that already. I’m asking why does he have fever? Have you noticed any pattern in his mistakes? See, ‘b’ is in place of ‘d’ and ‘d’ in place of ‘b’. There is confusion among similar looking alphabets. ram :

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bb dd 39

p d b q 40

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Animal, aminal, animle.

Three different spellings on the same page. It means, it’s not the case that he remembers one wrong spelling, he mixes similar looking words. This “t-o-p” becomes “p-o-t”, “s-o-l-i-d” becomes “s-o-i-l-d”.

Why does he do that?

IS HE STUPID? IS HE LAZY? ram :

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ANIMAL

AMINAL

ANIMLE

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“NO”

When you read “a-p-p-l-e” apple, you imagine a red apple in your head. Maybe he can’t read “apple”. That’s why he can’t get the meaning as well. To learn, one has to know the sounds, visual and meanings of words. Ishaan is lacking this very important need. ram :

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Think about it. A child just 8–9 years old, can’t do day to day normal things, can’t do what other children can do very easily. What would he be going through?

His self-confidence must have been shattered. He must have been fighting by hiding his inabilities under stubbornness. ram :

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He must have been making a hell out here. Thinking, that why should he tell the world that he can’t do things. Why shouldn’t he get all that ignored by just saying that he doesn’t want to do.

That’s what children learn from the elders. And now he can’t even continue to fight that. I’m sorry to say that he has stopped painting.

It’s very sad.

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ram meets with the principal.

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ram :

You know about “dyslexia”…

Oh! Yes, yes. You’ve made our job easy. I was confused what to tell his father. He came through our trustees. Good, good. Then special school is perfect for him. Isn’t it? principal :

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No sir, He’s a child with above average intelligence. He has full right to study in a normal school.

He just needs a little help from us.

ram :

Where’s the time that teachers have? To attend one child among 40 children? Impossible! principal :

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Please sir, look at his painting. It’s a battlefield- soldier digs a mine and turned the page and escaped while digging. What an idea! Confident brush strokes, such bold use of colors.Very bold. Look at this sir, a flip book, story about getting away from home. What an idea! From just an 8-year-old boy. Sir, there are only few who can think out of the box. ram :

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He just needs one chance. Or he’ll lose his faith. I suggest that for some time, his spellings and writing should be ignored. We should take his tests orally. Education is real, be it oral or written. Meanwhile, I’ll work on his reading and writing.

That will be improved gradually.

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Friends, I’m going to tell a story today. A story about a boy, who couldn’t read and write. Even after many trials, he couldn’t remember that “y” comes after “x”.

Words were his enemies, they used to dance in front of his eyes. They used to tease him by dancing and moving around. Studies used to make him tired. His mind was full, he was a starter bull, and the alphabets were disco to him.

He failed in the exams. He was a victim of the burden of studies.

People called him stupid and an idiot.

But, he took everything bravely. And one day, he did somthing genius.

Everyone taken aback his theory.

Tell me, who’s that boy? ram :

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Albert Einstein.

Correct. Albert Einstein.

Genius and great scientist.

Who shocked the world with his theory of relativity.

ram :

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Pablo Picasso, famous painter.

He used to say, “7 looks like my uncle’s nose in reverse .”

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father visits the hostel.

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My wife has been surfing internet for a few days. She has read all the information about “Dyslexia”. Just wanted to inform. father :

ram :

Why did you want to tell me?

So you don’t mistake us for parents who don’t care about their children. father :

It is necessary to care, Mr. Awasti. It has the power to cure.

It’s a medicine that relieves pain.

It’s a security that child thinks someone cares about him. One hug, or one lovely kiss, to show that you care. To tell him, “Son I love you. If you have any worries, you can come to me”.

“It’s ok if you made a mistake, I’m there for you.” To care. Isn’t it what’s called “to care”? I’m happy to hear that you think you care. ram :

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Mr. Awasti, Has your wife read about Solomon Islands on internet?

On that island, if the tribals need to clear any part of the jungle to make way for the fields, they don’t cut the trees. Instead, they stand around the tree and start shouting at it, cursing it.

In some days, the tree gets weak and dies by itself. ram :

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a painting competition is kept at the end of the year. meanwhile, ram helps ishaan to overcome dyslexia and help him with his academics.

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Let me come to the results of the Art Fair. Our special guest was in a fix. It was a tie. She wanted to award both paintings to be the best.

That wasn’t possible. Because the winning painting will become the front cover of the school’s yearbook. Now, there can’t be two front covers. So what to do now? She was in deep confusion. After thinking a lot she came to a conclusion. principal :

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She selected the student instead of the teacher. Your teacher has been defeated by an 8-year-old student Ishaan Nandkishore Awasti. Applause!

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He’s a very talented boy.

I’m really happy to have him.

Look at the year book. Here’s your Ishaan on the back page and here’s his painting on the front cover. What a masterpiece!

Have you met his other teachers?

Please go ahead and meet them, they’ll give the progress report. principal :

First we thought something was wrong, he won’t be staying here. But he has made great progress and has a fast pace to pick-up. In addition he has an artistic mind. Wonderful! other teachers :

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English Maths Science Social Studies Hindi Painting

77/100 79/100 72/100 68/100 76/100 87/100

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epilogue

This book is a message to all those children and parents who are struggling in their relationship with each other. Through this visual experience, I want to give out a message that the parents should pay more attention to their child. The child may be going through his own problems in his growing age which the parents fail to realise because they do not pay much attention to their child.

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about the book

Taare Zameen Par is an award-winning Bollywood movie which was released in 2007. It is a story about a relationship between an 8-year-old dyslexic boy and his school teacher. The child would rather paint and day dream than study. His lack of interest in school forces his parents to send him to a boarding school for education. There, he meets a teacher who discoverthat the student is having trouble with his studies and is unable to cope up with the other students because he is dyslexic. Having known that, he decides to tutor him personally and help him perform well with his class. he also encourages him to sharpen his painting skills. The movie captures the pain, helplessness and struggles of the child, as he learns to live away from his mother and the rest of his family.

designed by yashna garg

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