Taare Zameen Par
After watching this movie, if someone asks me for a review of the film, I think all I would say is I am not good enough to review Taare Zameen Par. I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to the entire TZP team for making this movie. I believe that the cinema of this level will go on to educate a lot of us about things which our system conveniently ignores, and will grow us as a society.
Sometime back I read a comment in the newspaper from SRK that however good TZP may be, but Om Shanti Om would still be a bigger success. At that time, I didn’t give much of a thought to that, but now it feels that the comment posed serious questions about the intellect level of the Indian audience. Sad but true.
January 2nd, 2008 at 3:40 am
While I agree with you on TZP being an Real good film . Best film may be . but relating that to conclude about intellect level is a bit of stretch . see every person have their own level of sensitivity . there are things that excite me , there are causes I can die for . but expecting the next guy to do so is not fair . Problem is not that People might not identify with TZP’s Cause Problem is if t they don’t identify with any cause .
thats will be truly sad but i think its too soon to give up . [:)]
January 10th, 2008 at 12:13 pm
Its just not India, I must say emotions of senseless people not caring about the right things etc etc are evinced in almost all the countries and regions. It is human nature to feel a little dis-satisfied with life and things around him that does not make any sense.
I read a good article which mentioned a nice fact, it said that if you go and read old scriptures you will find the same problems being reiterated e.g. many of them say that stealing is bad, thinking of another lady while you are married is bad (well, ummm, hmmmm). Come to think of it humans do not change with time and place, criticizing India is not the only way, critizing humanity that way would bring you much closer to the problem and to philosophy (after the latter, however, it will take you farther from me, sigh)…….
October 12th, 2008 at 10:36 am
I just wrote to say I respectfully disagree with your views on TZP. I found the film a bit too predictable and formulaic- from the over the top instructors at the school to Aamir’s unequivocal goodness, it was all a bit too linear for me.
Furthermore, what irked me more was the audience’s presumption that Amir= Perfection. I don’t mind people praising an actor, but redefining “perfection” to suit their need to fawn over an actor is a bit tiresome. The highest praise one can shower on an artist is honest critique- an idea foreign to many of the reviewers and critics whose reviews I plodded through.
If you really wish to enjoy art that intrigues, and compels you to view it again and again in order to discern each metaphor, I’d recommend Pedro Almodovar. Esp his movie Talk to Her. Though I am still in the process of discovering world cinema, Pedro has steadfastly occupied the top slop in my list of cinematic savants.