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Sitare Zameen Par – Review!
So finally, the movie has arrived — the one for which the audience was waiting less, and Aamir Khan was waiting more — “Sitaare Zameen Par”, in theatres now!
Guys, why aren’t there any morning shows for this movie? Like literally, none — we’ll talk about that at the end. But first, the movie review.
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See, everyone already knows this is a remake of the Spanish film Champions. And it was pretty obvious from both trailers that this is a confirmed remake. But still, the way it has been Indianized for the Indian audience — credit must be given for that, because it’s very difficult to shoot this kind of film with non-actors. Yet the way those specially-talented people pulled it off — they truly deserve a salute!
Coming to the story — it’s about a basketball coach who is quite short in height. Which, by the way, goes completely against basketball theory. But somehow they’ve tried to justify that in the film too, like how can a short guy be a basketball coach? Anyway, let’s park that aside — just like the movie did.
So the story is about Gulshan, a basketball coach with anger issues and problematic behavior. As a punishment, he’s asked to train intellectually disabled basketball players for three months. Eventually, there’s a national championship, and how he handles the team and whether they win or not — that’s what the movie explores.
The film is made with simplicity, no over-complications — and when simplicity is done right, it automatically connects with the audience.
“Sitaare Zameen Par” almost 2 hours and 45 minutes long. The first half takes its time to establish the plot. One of the negatives I felt was the love/marriage angle of Aamir Khan. I really think they should’ve stuck to the main topic, because honestly, that whole couple-fight drama didn’t add anything valuable to the story.
And about Genelia — her acting and accent felt a little forced, I don’t know why. But yes, they did try to link that subplot with the main story.
Still, there’s no doubt that Aamir Khan has given his social responsibility a new face through this film. By raising this topic in public, he’s reminding us that our perception of such specially-abled people is always different — we never really treat them as normal.
But this film shows us that what they are doing is completely normal for them. So we shouldn’t compare their normal with our normal — instead, we should accept their normal as our own.
And while doing all this, they’ve taken care to keep the comedy light and make sure no one feels offended.
Everyone has done their job perfectly — except Genelia, who could’ve done better — but hats off and kudos to the entire basketball team. The way they held the camera presence was amazing.
The music is okay. But no, you can’t even compare it with Taare Zameen Par’s music — not even close.
This movie will make you laugh, and maybe even cry a little in the end. Some scenes may feel awkward, especially that one with Aamir’s mom just before the climax — which again felt very unnecessary.
But there’s no vulgarity, no abusive language, so yes — you can definitely watch it with your family.
What I really didn’t get was their release strategy — why start the shows after 11 a.m. everywhere? Why?
Did they not trust their own film? Did they think early reviews would stop people from coming? Come on, relax — it’s not a bad film. It’s just that the remake tag pulls it down.
For me, this is a feel-good, one-time-watch film — it teaches you deep things about anger issues and character development.