Bollywood Home » Unforgettable Characters » Ishaan Awasthi in Taare Zameen Par Taare Zameen Par is the debut movie of Darsheel Safary and he proved himself as one of the promising and upcoming child artists of Bollywood film industry. His outstanding performance in the movie Taare Zameen Par brought him the prestigious Filmfare Critics Award for Best Performance. He played as Ishaan Awasthi, a dyslexic child.

Taare Zameen Par is a landmark movie of Bollywood film industry. A different story, unique plot and outstanding performances of actors.define this movie. The main character Ishaan Awasthi is a Dyslexia affected child. As the effect of the disease, the child suffers from learning and writing disabilities. The victims of this disease are unable to read and spell.

The world of Ishaan Awasthi is full of colors. Painting is his first love. But he can not express himself properly because of his disease. Being unaware about his disease, his parents and teachers rebuke him. His academic reports frustrate his parents and teachers. He is exiled to boarding school for a better academic result. But there also, he is unable to satisfy his family and teachers. He is punished by his teachers on a daily basis.



Joining of Ram Shankar Nikumbh (Aamir Khan) as a temporary art teacher brings changes to Ishaan Awasthi's life. Ishaan draws the attention of Nikumbh sir who is well aware of this disease. He understands the problem and tragic condition of the desolate child. He contacts his parents and tries to make them aware of the child's problem. Even he tries to make the principal of the school aware about Ishaan's problem. But neither the principal nor the parents agree to him about the child's problem. Nikumbh takes this as a challenge and request the principal to grant him the teaching responsibility of Ishaan. His unique style of teaching, love, affection and care helps the child to overcome the problem and join normal life. The movie starts with a pessimist note, the problem of the child which is not very unusual and can happen to any one of us and ends with an optimistic note.

Darsheel Safary as Ishaan Awasthi in Taare Zameen Par is truly mind blowing. This nine year old boy mesmerizes the viewers with his outstanding performance. His acting will make you start believing that he is very much Ishaan Awasthi, the ailing boy. He turns into the character of Ishaan Awasthi. He is awarded by the Star Screen Awards as Best Actor (Jury) and Best Child Artist. He is one of the The Unforgettable Characters in Bollywood.

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