Reflection of Taare Zameen Par Story

Introduction
Taare Zameen Par (Little Stars on Earth) is about education and learning.
Unlike the others Bollywood film that consists of romance, comedy and
fight scenes. It is not an entertainer, but rather an eye opener. It is an
absolutely beautifully made film, an extremely moving portrayal of the
struggles of a young dyslexic child. He is Ishaan Awasthi (Darsheel Safari),
eight-years old, who is suffers from DYSLEXIA (It is a learning disorder
characterized by difficulty reading due to problems identifying speech
sounds and learning how they relate to letters and words). He is
misunderstood and mistreated by everyone, including his own parents.
This film will make you cry each time you see.
It is a story of hope, where Ishaan finally overcomes his obstacles, with
the help of a teacher (Amir Khan) who is himself has been through the
same problem. Ishaans world is filled with wonders that no one else
seems to appreciate colours, fish, dogs and kites. They are just not
important in the world of adults, who are much more interest in things like
homework and marks.
Difficulties Ishaan
As I was watching this movie, I was thinking of how hard it is for an eightyear old kid to deal with the suffering not only in academics, but also how
he is treated and seen by other people as lazy, idiot, fool and even
disobedient, while in fact, Ishaan is suffering from dyslexia. Due to it,
there many more situations which lower his self-esteem like his
comparison with other students, praise others and stating him stupid
without knowing his feeling. In fact, although he is stupid, he has the
intelligence to get his absence letter by requesting from his elder brother
to write his absence letter.
He hates school and studies. He fails miserably in his tests and exams and
continues failed in completing tasks given because he cannot get
anything right in his class. Ishaan cannot read or write properly. His writing
contains several spelling mistakes because he have difficulty in reading
and writing and it is hard for him to recognize the letters. The letters that
he write are inverted because he confuse the similar letters. He will see
the letters in the mirror imaging.
He is also lacks of motor skills as he cannot knot his tie or his tie
shoelaces properly and cannot even catch a ball coming from a distance
and he was beaten by naughty boys because he cannot catch a ball. He is
frustrated and this evident through his behaviour at times when he kicking
flower pots after he was beaten by the child.

Family
His father keep punish him because of society and as many which may be
one of the reason for his disturbance. His mother love and care their
children but not ready to except the situation of Ishaan .The bonding
between Yohan Awasthi with his younger brother is strong, loving and
caring.
His parents didnt understand him and didnt give him moral support.
They always blame him because they dont know that each child has their
own ability and dream. Like Ishaan, he has their own abilities which he is
very good in painting compared to others. He is more interested in things
like colours, fish, dogs, and kites that are least concern by adults. But, his
parents keep taunting him about his inability rather than helping him.
They fails to realize his problem of dyslexia.
One day, Ishaan bunks school for getting low grades. He humiliated
lonely around the city. When his parents discovering about this, his
parents decide to send him to a boarding school because they wants
Ishaan to be more disciplined and from the context of getting punishment.
Things are no different at his new school because it doesnt exist special
class. He has to cope with the trauma of separation from his family. Ishaan
become more fear and depress, with the teachers who are very strict
because they are not understand that Ishaan is a special student.
School
At school, he always described with stupid and rude by his teachers. The
teachers are cant understand or recognize him, but he always be
punished by his teachers.
The life of Ishaan changed to a better life when the entry of a new
temporary art teacher Ram Shankar Nikumbh act by Amir Khan at the
boarding school. Nikumbh give a different way of learning which his goals
and objective is to give more understanding to the students. His technique
of teaching students using thoughts, dreams and imaginations becomes
successful with all students.
He replaced the traditional teaching
methods by giving pupils real examples and creating chances for students
to approach everything in real life. He soon realizes that one of the
students, Ishaan, does not paint, just keep silent and very unhappy. He try
to approach Ishaan that looks like frightened. Hence, he sets out to
discover why, by observing and investigating Ishaan. He start asking
Rajan (Ishaans friend who is one of the best students in his class) all
about Ishaan. He reviews all past works of Ishaan and notices that all
Ishaans writing are inverted and having difficulties with accurate word
recognition, decoding and spelling.

With time, patience and care, he ultimately helps Ishaan find himself, he
discover that Ishaan was dyslexic. He got the ideas on how to encourage
and light up Ishaans dream when all the people cant recognize it.
Conclusion
He meets Ishaans parents and informs them that Ishaan is a bright child
different from other students in the class. His family finally accepts him.
Back to school, Nikumbh meet the school principal and tell all about
Ishaan and ask the permission to teach Ishaan. With the permission of
school principal, Nikumbh sets to tutor Ishaan. Using specific methods and
techniques, Ishaan starts developing interest in language and
mathematical skills. Eventually, grades start to improve. Nikumbh able to
create a special bonding with Ishaan by his loving and caring nature. He
show his childhood in Ishaan.
An art fair is organized by Nikumbh at the end of the year for students and
teachers. As expected, Ishaan wins the contest while his teacher, Nikumbh
is declared the runner-up. Ishaans parents are surprised at the drastic
improvement their childs grades and realize their shortcomings.
The film of Taare Zameen Par end with the happy ending and making such
a heart-warming movie with full of noble values.

Inclusive Education
The film could make a case for inclusive education and have Special
Educators and Counselors. It could perhaps become a useful tool for
children with dyslexia to cope with their learning difficulty.
Inclusive education means that all students attend and are welcomed by
their neighbourhood schools in age-appropriate, regular classes and are
supported to learn, contribute and participate in all aspects of the life of
the school. It is about how we develop and design our schools,
classrooms, programs and activities so that all students learn and
participate together.
Inclusive education is necessary for the society. By this children, teachers
and coming society learn to respect each and every person. And the
special child who become the part of school feels equal and able to know
this strengths with the help of teachers, peers, parents and society.
Some of the benefits of the Inclusive education in our society are:

Develop individual strengths and gifts, with high and appropriate

expectations for each child.

Work on individual goals while participating in the life of the

classroom with other students their own age.

Involve their parents in their education and in the activities of their

local schools.

Foster a school culture of respect and belonging. Inclusive education

provides opportunities to learn about and accept individual
differences, lessening the impact of harassment and bullying.

Develop friendships with a wide variety of other children, each with

their own individual needs and abilities.

Positively affect both their school and community to appreciate

diversity and inclusion on a broader level.

In Taare Zameen Par, when there was a painting competition everyone

participated and knows about Ishaans creative mind. At last, everyone
appreciate him and his parents too become so proud of him.
So, from my point of view Inclusive Education should be there in schools.
Concept of the Movie
The concept of this movie is so real. When people do not understand you,
or what you are going through, they just follow the traditional path, saying
that you are just being stubborn, you cannot do anything, you can do
anything if you really put your mind to it, you are nothing. This has been
perfectly captured in this movie where the father of the dyslexic child
(Ishaans father) just thinks that the Ishaan is acting up or is just being
stubborn and with this, is not being good at school-work. That is the
problem with the close-minded educated people, they think they know
everything, but a very few realise that there is always something that we
do not know, something that might be true and real if we just try to
understand.
The Movies Message
Director and Producer Amir Khan does a super job in working with the
good script to direct the movie in a way that is effective in its messages.
One underlying message is that parents in Indian society may sometimes
be influenced in the competition created in the school system on children
and put too much pressure on their children (likes Ishaans parents). We
must know that a child is a gift of God, a blessing from above, a picture of
purity and innocence. Every child is a star on earth, is special, who are
enrich and clean the soul. They are waiting to be painted with love.
The other underlying message in the movie is about disability. The movie
beautifully illustrates the various of disability and how children with

disabilities be different. In this movie, there is one child with a physical

disability who is in a mainstream school and excellent in school without
his disability even mentioned. Then, there is a child with dyslexia who is
also in a mainstream school who eventually excellent in school with extra
help and time offered by teachers. Finally, the movie shows audiences a
school with children who have mental slowness. In this school, the
teachers give one by one attention to the children, which is necessary for
children with mental slowness. These show there are children with
different disabilities who some can do well in a mainstream school and
some need extra help in schools that are provided with special teachers
and facilities focusing on their needs. This moves away from the mindset
that all children with disabilities should be placed in special schools and
isolation from other children without disabilities.
So, as a teachers, the best ways of the teaching and solving the
problems in children like Ishaan are:

Recognize the students problem and update it to the parents in

order they understand him.

Should use new methods in teaching and understanding what

student really want to

Should know how to encourage students when students feels

disappointed, because almost person with disabilities, they are
sensitive and they need special cares.

With the proper support, almost all people with dyslexia can
become good readers and writers.