Howmanytimeshastherebeenamovieyoucouldreallyrelateto?Howmanytimeshasithappenedthatyou'veseenacharacteronthescreenthatremindsofsomethingthatyou'vebeenthroughinyourlife?AsIsawIshan(DarsheelSafary)today,Ifelt,somewheredeepwithinthatthat'sme. 　　Notwithstandingtheslightretardnature,dyslexiaandbadacademicperformance,thecharacterofIshanreallymademeremembermychildhoodtoday.IrememberIwassomethinglikehimasachild.—creativeandimaginative.Andmyimaginationalwayswentunappreciated.Iusedtocurategibberish–justlikehedid.Ipainted,IdreamedandIfantasizedaboutdifferentthings.SoIfeelwriterAmolGupteanddirectorAamirKhan(whatawonderfuldebut!)havepickedanincrediblymovingstory.Frankly,Iamnoteasilymovedbymovies.Noteventhegreatesttearjerkershavemanagedto"move"me,butforamomentIwasstunned.Isthisreallyhappeningtome?AmItryingtocry?Infact,thescenewhereRam(AamirKhan)walksintoIshan'sroomanddiscoversascoreofsketchesanddrawings,itmademefeellikesomebodyhadinfact,openedmyclosetanddiscoveredmysecretchildhoodfantasies(Believeme,Istillhavethem.)Thismoviewillsurelyengageallthosewhohavehadsimilarincidentsintheirlives.That'sforsure.Iammoved.Ilovethisfilm.Idon'tknowandIdon'tcarehowthisfilmdoesintheboxofficebutletmetellyoudon'twatchthisfilmifyou'relookingforregularboymeetsgirlstory.Don'tevenskipthisfilmthinkingit'schildren'smovie–noitisn't.Infact,TaareZameenParisamoviepotentiallytargetedtowardsparents.Butifyouthinkyoutoohaveundergonesimilarchildhoodconflictsandlivedalifewherethepeoplearoundyourefusetoappreciateyourfantasies,thendefinitelygoforit.TZPmirrorsmanyofthosepeople'slivesthatlooksjustplainandsimplebutthosewhocompromisedtheirdreamsforthesakeoftheearthlyexistence. 　　Okay,enoughoffantasies.Technically,writerAmolGuptedeliversanAGradescript.AamirKhanshowshistalentnotjustasanactorbutaveryversatileandintelligent.OscarWilde,LeonardodaVinciandSallyGardnerwerehardlyeverheardofinHindicinemabeforethis.Thewriterjustdoesnotdeliverawellwrittenscriptbutalsohisknowledgeofresearch(whichotherfilmmakershardlyeverdo!)Musically,it'stwo-thumbsupforShankerEhsaanLoy.Thetitlesongisfascinating.MaaandJameRahocombinetalentsinallrespects-music,wordsandvoice.Theproductiondesignissuperb.Notforamomentyoufeelanythingisfake.Theyevenmanagedtosqueezeinsomequickvisualeffectsandanimatedscenes.They'retheretoaddanotherdimensiontogreatstorytelling.Thecastingisgoodandwelljustified.LittleDarsheelstealstheshow.TiscaChopragrabsattention. 　　AamirKhan,howeverstunstheaudiencebyappearingatalmostnearhalfofthefilm.That'sthesurprisebutyoudon'tmissAamirinthefirsthalfbecauseDarsheelwilldefinitelygrabyourattentionandAamirgetstoshowsomegooddirectorialtalent. 　　Allinall,I'dsaygoandwatchthefilm.Iwouldn'trecommendifyou'readdictedtoYashrajstuffsbutifyoureallywanttoseesomeintelligentfilm-making,thenTaareZameenParisatreat.