While watching the only Hindi movie that left so much impact in me after 'Black', I was spellbound by a couple of things - the simplistic yet touching storyline and the performance of Darsheel Safary as a dyslexic child. When being naughty, when begging his dad not to leave, when feeling bad about being left alone ('Bhej na... ithna dhoor muj ko tho... Yaadh bhi thuj ko aanaa pao ma!'), when being embarrassed if Aamir will quote his name in the class when talking about Dyslexia and the best of the lot - the climax when he is awarded the first prize in Art Mela; this boy has acted so brilliantly and so naturally that it wouldn't be an exaggeration to mention that he lived in the movie as Ishaan Nanda Kishor Avasti!
With Aamir performing as excellently as usual, all the support characters in the movie (especially Darsheel's parents) have done wonderfully well bringing the liveliness in the movie. The most significant plus point for the movie is music by Shankar Esaan Lai... Music and re-recording is simply outstanding.
But one point where I'd like to differ from the rest of the reviews is my view on the direction department. Aamir has undoubtedly done an excellent role as a director but stating that there are no traces of a debut director is an overstatement in my view. The camera positioning in certain scenes (Aamir waiting for Ishaan in the art mela for example), the exaggerated version of a jovial and interesting teacher (Bum Bum song) and a few other places somehow didn't really give an impression of an expert director or may be it's just me!
In a nutshell, the movie leaves a deep impact in us with its powerful screenplay, excellent cast and a beautiful story line and it's one excellent, not-to-be-missed movie!
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