Movie Review ~ Sitaare Zameen Par (2025)

Hello friends, I saw Sitaare Zameen Par. As you all know, this film is an official remake of the Spanish film Champions. And "official remake" means take exactly 90% of the film same. And is it a good movie?

I would say - yes, it's a good remake. And those who have not seen Champions, they will like this movie - very much. Those who have seen the film will also like it. There are many positive aspects to this film. There are also some negative aspects, which I will talk about later.

Before I begin, let me tell you a little story. And before that, it's directed by R.S. Prasanna and its work is accompanied by Aamir Khan, Genelia and many others.

If we tell the story in a short way - Aamir Khan is a basketball coach, junior coach. This time the junior coach will punch the senior coach, there will be a panga and he will be punished. It will be called punishment - you will teach basketball to specially abled children for three months and prepare them for a match.

What's Aamir Khan going to do? How is he taking this challenge and whether he is able to meet the challenge till the end? Are you able to complete this task? And what's going to change that? All in all, this movie is great - over two and a half hours running length.

How was the film?

It's good and I would call it a good remake. Because, those who are specially abled children here, that is, those who have been cast, they have performed brilliantly.

Let me tell you one thing, it may be surprising to hear - the flaws in Aamir Khan's acting, they have covered them with their acting. And that's outstanding. Each of the characters - the ones who play these specially abled children - are really just like you see in the movie. They are not acting, the realistic thing in their acting comes out very well. And that's what I like to see.

All of them performed very well. And as I said, Aamir Khan's flaws are covered - that's comedy. Aamir Khan is a comedy actor. I'll get to that later on in the negative.

The comedy they pull off is outstanding. The comedy is very good. Emotions - Emotions are well connected here as well.

Now you will say - can this film make me emotional like Taare Zameen Par?

I mean, no, you don't expect that. And do not go to watch the film keeping in mind the story of Taare Zameen Par. Then you will be disappointed. This film can make you emotional, in many places, but not at the level of Taare Zameen Par.

But you will be emotional. There are some things that I like to see. For example, when the kids are losing and winning - there is a rat scene, the way that scene was shot - outstanding.

Look and Feel, BGM - pretty good, all right. A little more would have been nice. Yet when you look at the big screen, a premiumness can be provided.

And the message it is delivering - that those special abel children, whom we commonly refer to as "crazy" - are not "crazy" in the sense that they are different from us. There is something special in them, which is not in our normal people. If they can also be drawn closer with a little love, if they are given a chance, then they can also do something unexpected. They have talent - that's what you need to know.

And I love the way this message is delivered. I will give credit not to the makers of this film, but to the makers and writers of the original film. They needed to talk about it.

The first one is Aamir Khan. After how long I saw such a bad performance of Aamir Khan - you will also be forced to say. His hardcore fans will also say - "Brother, what kind of performance is this? "

Comedy, not a laugh. Cringe, over the top comedy. What do you see in the eyes - what is it? The kids covered it up. They performed so well that you won't be able to take your eyes off them.

I expected a better performance from Aamir Khan, but I didn't get it. Aamir Khan was the worst performer. Sounds bad, I know. But I'm telling the truth.

The performance of the rest is not good. Everyone is average. Yes, I like Aamir Khan's performance.

Aamir Khan says, "I'm not teaching the kids, the kids are teaching me. " And this dialog corresponds to his acting. Yes, the kids taught you. At least in this movie - taught how to perform in comedy. You couldn't show how realistic comedy should be.

A love story?

The love story between Aamir Khan and Genelia is one of the best. Looks like there's no flash, there's no shape. It had no place on the screen. It wasn't needed. Bad writing. Love story is not able to give any input. Whether you think it will happen or not.

The film lacks edge-of-the-seat moments. There was no excitement in the match. One can say - there were some restrictions in shooting with specially abled children. But it wasn't to be. They didn't show.

Only in the last scene one feels a little 'edge of the seat'. The rest of the games don't have those moments.

Aamir Khan's relationship with his mother or his fear of getting into the elevator - all these are solved like magic. All these years of fear, a sudden change? These things could have been better.

A song? Very common. You don't remember the songs. You won't find songs like Taare Zameen Par here. The BGM is quite good, the music - disappointing.

Let me summarise:

There are two types of viewers who can watch this movie - those who have seen Champions or not. The film will not disappoint you in all three areas - emotion, comedy and the wonderful performance of the children.

But the songs and Aamir Khan's performance - yes, they are disappointing.

This was the review of the film Sitaare Zameen Par.

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