Taare Zameen Par

Another amazing movie by Aamir Khan, hats off to him. It was very touching, moving and heart-wrenching experience. The boy who played the part of Ishaan, Darsheel Safary was simply great. His expressions were so real and his face so innocent but at the same time mischievous. When Aamir mentioned this boy is going to steal the show from him, in his promotional appearance on TV he was so right. A great find with a bright future. Also an amazing lineup of stars with superb performances. The mother played by Tisca was a very lovable character. Her relationship with Ishaan was very beautifully depicted. The song played when she leaves him behind at the boarding school "Main andhere se darta hoon Maa" brought tears to my eyes. Also the over ambitious father was played pretty convincingly too. His boarding school pal and his supportive brother were good too. All in all Aamir shows his directorial talents.

The movie is an awakening for the over ambitious parents and teachers who expect nothing less than top grades from the young ones. With parents pushing for doctors and engineers in most Indian households this movie is so right on the dot. The message conveyed of letting children follow their dreams and treating them as special was very noble. Actually it reminds me of the Montessori school principle which was developed by Dr Montessori based on her learning’s from teaching mentally challenged kids. The principle emphasizes on letting children learn at their pace as well as driving them towards their interests. Every child is different and should be respected for being so. Most schools these days try to groom kids all in the same way as if they were units produced in a factory. I could hear so many people reminiscing their strict childhood teachers and school days in the interval. It was just such a true depiction of the competitive world of young children today.

I would highly recommend it. A 4 starrer!.

Aaja Nachle

Yesterday we decided to celebrate our anniversary desi style. We went to see Aaja Nachle as we both like Madhuri and my husband would just not agree to see Saawariya :-). Overall a good movie I enjoyed it. Madhuri looks pretty stunning in her blue ghaghara in the title song. Sometimes you can see the age but mostly she looks good. She plays a dance teacher from NY who comes back to India to revive a dying theatre. The songs are pretty hummable. Kunal Kapoor looks awesome as he always does to me. Konkana Sen's acting is good , but I would have preferred a little more good looking laila against Kunal. Also a pretty good lineup of supporting stars too like Akshaya Khanna, Mukherji lady (kitty from karamchand fame), Divya Dutta and Irfan are all good. All in all a 3 starrer. If you are a Madhuri fan you should watch it.

Mumbai Salsa

This movie is about 3 couples living in mumbai that end up meeting at a salsa club. The cultural picture painted was sometimes alien. But then metro's like mumbai are closest in aping the west so I shouldn't be surprised. No familiar faces in this one all new stars. I was hoping to see some good salsa numbers but there was just 1 or 2 small ones nothing great. The movie is definitely a dvd watch. I would give it 2 1/2 stars