The deleted scenes of Taare Zameen Par

Read More">Ishaan watches TV When mother realizes that Ishaan has been making all sorts of mistakes in his homework she yells at him. The scene that followed was Ishaan surfing TV in an agitated frame of mind. He is flipping through several channels but stops at a channel that’s showing a drummer playing on frantically. TheRead More

Ishaan watches TV

When mother realizes that Ishaan has been making all sorts of mistakes in his homework she yells at him. The scene that followed was Ishaan surfing TV in an agitated frame of mind. He is flipping through several channels but stops at a channel that's showing a drummer playing on frantically. The fast-n-furious drums and trumpets blowing fervently find identification with young Ishaan's mind that's getting affected by constant hammering that he isn't doing something right. Darsheel's expressions are a brilliant mix of amusement, anger, and pain.

Ranjeet bullies Ishaan Now, this is a scene, Read More">which is there in the film where Ranjeet the bully beats up Ishaan for not throwing the ball in the right direction. Aamir shows another take of this shot where Darsheel while shooting for this particular scene used to sneeze which Khan found funny. But in theRead More

Ranjeet bullies Ishaan

Now, this is a scene, which is there in the film where Ranjeet the bully beats up Ishaan for not throwing the ball in the right direction. Aamir shows another take of this shot where Darsheel while shooting for this particular scene used to sneeze which Khan found funny. But in the final context of the film he retained the shot without sneezes. It makes for interesting viewing nevertheless.

Nikumbh’s house It’s a scene that shows Nikumbh sir’s house, his ornate paintings, parent’s photograph (most probably) with Sufi music playing in the background. It was good that this scene was deleted as it shows humble teacher’s house to be spacious, Read More">white tiled with a designer laptop for company. When so much effort was paidRead More

Nikumbh's house

It's a scene that shows Nikumbh sir's house, his ornate paintings, parent's photograph (most probably) with Sufi music playing in the background. It was good that this scene was deleted as it shows humble teacher's house to be spacious, white tiled with a designer laptop for company. When so much effort was paid to showcase this brilliant film keeping the contextual elements in place, this scene stood out as a bit of an oddity. It was in the best interests of the film that it was removed.

Family at restaurant Ishaan had a tough time in the boarding school in Panchgani. When his family gathers around him there, he’s a lost soul, aloof, quiet and dejected. In this deleted scene, Read More">Ishaan’s family is having dinner during their visit. Ishaan isn’t eating in spite of constant urging by his mother. Father still feelsRead More

Family at restaurant

Ishaan had a tough time in the boarding school in Panchgani. When his family gathers around him there, he's a lost soul, aloof, quiet and dejected. In this deleted scene, Ishaan's family is having dinner during their visit. Ishaan isn't eating in spite of constant urging by his mother. Father still feels it is another attention-seeking gimmick on the part of his duffer son. The silence is deafening.

Read More">High Jump Many of you guys may not be aware but the original title of Taare Zameen Par was High Jump. Aamir explains how the initial script had an ending where after winning the Art Mela an image emerges from Ishaan and jumps over a pole symbolizing the eradication of his fear of heights. KhanRead More

High Jump

Many of you guys may not be aware but the original title of Taare Zameen Par was High Jump. Aamir explains how the initial script had an ending where after winning the Art Mela an image emerges from Ishaan and jumps over a pole symbolizing the eradication of his fear of heights. Khan had reworked the scene with writer Amole Gupte to its ending that we finally saw. It was in this context that the scene where Ishaan is afraid during high jump practice was deleted at the editing table as according to Aamir it didn't have a context in the story any more. An interesting story that co-relates a hale and hearty Ishaan with naturally cripple Rajan.