Aafat gale per!!. Review on Taare Zameen Par

This review is dedicated to all those who tried and tried hard to make a sensible knowledgeable man out of me!! This is the day when reading twenty-thirty reviews a day on TZP- took me down to memory lane to realize about my “bachpan and bachpan ki padhaayee!!”

*Year 1979 the start of a moronic schooling career

I was hardly five and “likh lorha per pathar”!! My father being an Engineer and a Sachin Tendulker of Mathmatics, wanted to see me expert in Tables, Multiplication and subtraction and addition too. But unfortunately he could not come to terms that his eldest and only son at the time has math his biggest weakness!! I was a complete duffer with numbers and math haunted me like ghosts. All those numbers made me weak at my knees and my father’s impatience gave me boils, scratches, bruised head, arms and bandages all over my childhood. Frustrated with me his only rescue was – “Kamine ko zameen mein gaad do”!!Burn this fella (ME) alive**!! My mother now feared to hilt, with the thoughts of untimely loss of her son arranged a tutor for me and my sister.

Scene 2 Tutor at Home!!

Oh!! he was a blessing send by angels, smiling face I still can vaguely recall and young smart, slim, me and my sister used to wait for him towards the evening, the moment we did spot him coming towards our home we used to rush to comb our hair and change to something presentable than that sliding halfpant, oversized- “fit to wear converted from my old full pant; now a nicker” as he was apple of our eye and we want to attend him in good mood and well dressed every day he used to bring us toffees and learning with him was all fun and frolic, but mother watched over him with suspicion, she thought “ agar aisa chultaa rahaa to mere lal aur lali dono fail honge iss bar*” lo and behold he was sacked and our mother become our biggest foe of that times.

Scene 3 Hitler at Home!!

This was a new tutor very famous for giving maximum output to all his students till date and my parents have heard enough praises about him being an excellent teacher. He was slightly fair than coal, stout and middle aged. Me and my sister did not like his looks leave alone his teaching tricks. During two hours of his stay, me and my sister used to take shelter in our bathroom after every 10 minutes. Soon he got irritated and the Niger came to take revenge. Every time we said “sir bathroom jana hai”Strike Strike!!Two shots of scale on our legs. The days turned to a living hell for us. We lost our apatite and one day when the water went over our head we did revolt “Nahi nahi hume nahi chaahiye aisa teacher” SIMON GO BACK!! SIMON GO BACK !! And he was sacked andwe saved our parents from going jail for child molestation case!!

*Scene 4 Group Tuition!!

Determined!! Not to gift her kids back to a frustrated father!! My mother enrolled her kids to group tuition center. Her children were happy to be able to have a gala time with friends. The teacher at the center was least bother about me myself and Irene sorry….. Sneha my sister!! And the results were evident. My parents were called NO NOT AT POLICE STATION!! But by the Principal of our school- aapke bachchon ne Mere school ka naam poore mitti me millaaye diye!! Iski sajaa milegi barobar milegi!!

*Scene 5 Kolkata Chalo!!

Just before our former Principal could read the judgment for us me and my sister gave Madam shock of her life- we put on application for TC“aur mujrim bhaag gaye*”

Bag packed we reached Kolkata- my father was an honest Govt. Office and he has to repent for that at some time of life. Seeing their father's desperation to make good human beings out of his children- the kids (me and my sister) started taking studies seriously- two months of preparation as the new session was yet to start- we appeared for admission test at RUNGTA ACADEMY, Goriahaat!! Their names were in the first selection list. But Big City and bigger games left us without an admission. Some rich kid got admission because his father gave bigger donation and our father could not!! The same story got repeated inBHARTIYA VIDYA BHAVAN at Salt Lake!! Names in the list but were asked for donation and our father could not pay!!

Scene 6 Bharat Ka Swarnim Gaurav Kendriya Vidyalaya Laayega!!

The children got admitted to KV after toil and lot of hardship because over here you are not asked for donations but the red-tapism makes entry an impossible job!! School days passed one by one and for me mathematics still remain a ghost!! I tried to “rutaafy” even the sums lolz!! Din jaise taise gujar gaye- and twice my geometry box cast an evil shade on me. The box was used by father to mend my brain!! No positive results only few stitches at the doctor. My father now learnt to live with the fact that his son is duffer in mathematics.

*The Climax- Pre Board Exams!!

All these days my expedition to tuition center went without break but my skill of “rutaafying*” sums fell flat in pre-boards, I made record of sort!! 7 out of 100 in Maths!!

My father was hurt and he could not take the pain any more!! He made the final call-

“TUMHAARE MATHS TUTOR KA KHOON KER DUNGA!!”

I had to rush to my tuition center to intimate my sir before my father could lay his hands on him. My sir absconded in the same “lungi” he was wearing at home. And I was pleased to inform my father “well sir is not at home”. After that several more stitches and bruises and I managed to get 59 in boards. However every time I counted my marks for solved answer before results, it came 28 or 29. I know angels worked again and I had to postpone my program to be a “RUNAWAY BRIDE” much to my pleasure and relief!!

My father learnt to live with the fact of life!! He let me opt for humanities!! I passed 12th with distinction. Joined Delhi School of Economics after my graduation!! And later shifted to advertising- all these steps taken as per my voice of heart and judging my own capabilities!!

So for my parents I was **“AAFAT GALE PER”

*I really thank them for making ME what I AM today!!

*And now after watching TZP, I salute Amir for such a masterpiece that only he could have done!!

I am simply mesmerised by such a neat approach to a sentimental subject.

Hats off to the Director/Actor/ Producer- AmirKhan, not to forget the brilliance of entire cast!!