Film making is like fighting a war with leadership at the front.
..:*Aamir Khan*:..
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Lagaan:
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Sometime during later half of the 19th century, a small village in North India is facing drought conditions. Captain Andrew Russell, the British captain of the nearby cantonment, demands double of the usual tax from the villagers. When the villager`s go to meet Captain Russell to discuss the situation, Capt. Russel challenges them to a game of cricket with his team after three months. A young villager Bhuvan
(Aamir Khan) accepts the challenge and starts to build his team of villagers for the showdoen with their colonial rulers.
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| | Award(s): | | Nominated: 2002 Best Foreign Language Film India. |
American Choregraphy Awards, USA
Won: 2002 Outstanding Achievement in Feature Film
Saroj Khan
Raju Khan
Ganesh Hedge
Vaibhavi Merchant
Terence Lewis.
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Awards of the International Indian Film Academy
Won: Award for Technical Excellence Best Editing
Ballu Saluja
Best Sound Recording
H. Sridhar
Popular Award Actor in a Leading Role
Aamir Khan
Best Picture
Best Story
Ashutosh Gowariker
Direction
Ashutosh Gowariker
Female Playback Singer
Asha Bhosle
For "Radha Kaise Na Jale".
Lyrics
Javed Akhtar
For "Radha Kaise Na Jale".
Music Direction
A.R. Rahman
Nominated: Popular Award Actor in a Supporting Role
Kulbhushan Kharbanda
Actress in a Leading Role
Gracy Singh
Male Playback Singer
Udit Narayan
For "Mitwa".
Performance in a Comic Role
Rajesh Vivek
Performance in a Negative Role
Paul Blackthorne
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Bergen International Film Festival
Won: 2001 Jury Award Ashutosh Gowariker
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European Film Awards:
Nominated: 2001 Screen International Awards Ashutosh Gowariker
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Filmfare Award:
Won: 2002
Best Actor
Aamir Khan
Best Director
Ashutosh Gowariker
Best Film
Ashutosh Gowariker
Best Lyricist
Javed Akhtar
For the song "Radha Kaise Na Jale".
Best Music Director
A.R. Rahman
Best Playback Singer - Female
Alka Yagnik
For the song "O Re Chhori".
Best Playback Singer - Male
Udit Narayan
For the song "Mitwa".
Best Story
Ashutosh Gowariker
Nominated: 2002 Filmfare Award Best Lyricist
Javed Akhtar
For the song "Mitwa".
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Leeds International Film Festival
Won: 2001 Audience Award Ashutosh Gowariker |
Locarno International Film Festival
Won: 2001 Audience Award Ashutosh Gowariker
| NatFilm Festival
Won: 2002 Audience Award Ashutosh Gowariker
| National Film Awards, India
Won: 2002 Golden Lotus Award
Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment
Ashutosh Gowariker (director)
Aamir Khan (producer)
Won: 2002 Silver Lotus Award
Best Audiography
H. Sridhar
Nakul Kamte
Best Lyricist
Javed Akhtar
For the song "Radha Kaisa Na Jale" and "Ghanan Ghanan".
Best Music Director
A.R. Rahman
Best Playback Singer (Male)
Udit Narayan
For the song "O Mitwa".
Also for Dil Chahta Hai (2001).
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Portland International Film Festival
Won: 2002 Audience Award
Best Film
Ashutosh Gowariker
tied with Der Tunnel 2001
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Screen Weekly Awards
Won: 2002 Screen
Best Art Direction
Nitin Chandrakant Desai
Best Cinematography
Anil Mehta
Best Director
Ashutosh Gowariker
Best Editing
Ballu Saluja
Best Film
Best Playback Singer - Female
Asha Bhosle
For the song "Radha Kaise Na Jale".
Best Screenplay
Ashutosh Gowariker
Kumar Dave
Sanjay Dayma
Most Promising Female Newcomer
Gracy Singh
Nominated
Best Actor
Aamir Khan
Best Background Score
A.R. Rahman
Best Choreography
Saroj Khan
For the song "Radha Kaise Na Jale"
Best Dialogue
Ashutosh Gowariker (english)
K.P. Saxena (avadhi)
Best Lyrics
Javed Akhtar
For the song "Radha Kaise Na Jale".
Best Music Director
A.R. Rahman
Best Performance in a Negative Role
Paul Blackthorne
Best Playback Singer - Male
Udit Narayan
For the song "O Mitwa".
Best Sound Recording
Nakul Kamte
Best Story
Ashutosh Gowariker
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Zee Cine Awards
Won: 2002 Popular Award
Best Actor
Aamir Khan
Best Debut - Female
Gracy Singh
Best Director
Ashutosh Gowariker
Best Film
Ashutosh Gowariker
Best Lyricist
Javed Akhtar
For the song "Radha Kaise Na Jale".
Best Music Director
A.R. Rahman
Best Playback Singer Female
Asha Bhosle
For the song "Radha Kaise Na Jale".
Best Story
Ashutosh Gowariker
Nominated
Popular Award
Best Supporting Actress
Rachel Shelley
Playback Singer Male
Udit Narayan
For the song "O Mitwa".
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An teacher, Ram Shankar Nikumbh teaches at a local boarding school and thinks that every child is special and must have his chance of enjoying his/her school days, so he breaks all the rules of "how things are done`in the school to let his motives became successfull, all the children respond to him with joy, all except a small boy named Ishaan Awasthi, of eight years old who seem to be in a different world all the time.
Nikumbh soon finds out that Ishaan is unhappy about something. He attempts to help him. | | Inspiration for character: | | Age/Occupation: Teacher | | Personality type: | | Signature look: | Resides: Mumbai/India
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Filmfare Awards
Won: 2008 Filmfare Award
Best Actor - Critics
Darsheel Safary
Best Director
Aamir Khan
Best Film
Aamir Khan
Best Story
Amole Gupte
Nominated: 2008 Filmfare Award
Best Actor
Darsheel Safary
Best Supporting Actor
Aamir Khan
Best Supporting Actress
Tisca Chopra |
Screen Weekly Awards
Won: 2008 Screen
Best Child Artist
Darsheel Safary
Best Dialogue
Amole Gupte
Best Director
Aamir Khan
Best Lyrics
Prasoon Joshi
For the song "Maa".
Best Story
Amole Gupte
Best Supporting Actor
Aamir Khan
Most Promising Debut Director
Aamir Khan
Nominated : 2008 Screen
Best Film
Best Lyrics
Prasoon Joshi
For the song "Taare Zameen Par".
Best Music
Shankar Mahadevan
Ehsaan Noorani
Loy Mendonsa
Best Playback Singer (Male)
Shankar Mahadevan
For the song "Maa".
Best Playback Singer (Male)
Shankar Mahadevan
For the song "Taare Zameen Par".
Best Screenplay
Amole Gupte
Best Special Effects
Tata Elxsi
Best Supporting Actor
Vipin Sharma
Best Supporting Actress
Tisca Chopra
| Character Quotes & Catchphrases
| - Ram Shankar Nikumbh: If you fancy racing, breed racehorses, dammit,not children.
| Trivia: - Aamir Khan did not direct the entire Movie. Ad Film-maker Ram Madhvani(who directed Boman Irani Hinglish starrers Lets` Talk 2002 directed the song Bheja Kum in the Film. The song was shot in a school Panchgani. This is duly credited at the beginning of the end credits of the Movie
- Amole Gupte, the creative director, created most of the paintings credited to the character "Ishaan" in the movie.
- Aamir Khan took special permission from Amitabh Bachchan to use Abhishek Bachchan`s example in this Movie. The reference is made in terms of Abhishek being one of the most successfull and how he has created "Dhoom", overcoming the reading difficulties that he had during childhood(dyslexia)
- Noted artist Samir Mondal made three paintings for Aamir Khan for this Movie, and did not charge anything for them. His works normally sell in the ranges of Rs. 1 to 7 hundred thousand depending on the size of the painting.
- Claymation has been used in the opening credits of Taare Zameen Par for three minutes and for all the important parts of Ishaan`s life. A lot of transitions that take place, like water changing into a spaceship, a fish changing into a jellyfish and so on were created by Dhimant Vyas, who had done the caricature for the movie Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India 2001. Claymation extensively uses the kind of animation that, expectedly enough, uses clay.
- Darsheel Safary, the child artiste of Taare Zameen Par, had to face a lot of opposition from his school when he was shortlisted for the film. The fact that he would have to miss school for such a long period did not go down well with the school authorities. However, Aamir Khan was keen that only Darsheel plays the character. So he came up with a solution to fix the problem. He personally assured the school authorities that Darsheel's studies wouldn't be hampered. Aamir arranged for personal tuitions for Darsheel all through the year so that he wouldn't miss out on his exams. Not just that, he funded his studies as well as his educational expenses.
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- Sanjay "Sanju" Singhania/ Sachin
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Ghajini revolves around the life of Sanjay Singhania (Aamir Khan), a rich tycoon who falls in love with Kalpana (Asin Thottumkal), a model cum activist. One day, Kalpana comes to know of a plan to kidnap 25 young girls and send them to Goa. She tries to come in the way of the child racketeer and ends up being killed. Sanjay tries to save Kalpana and, in the process, gets hit on his head by a metal pole. The severe head injury results in a short term memory loss. Now, Sanjay remembers all those incidents that happened before the injury. However, his memory after the injury gets limited to 15 minutes only. After that, he forgets whatever happened in his life. | Inspiration for character:
This is a remake of the Tamil film Ghajini 2005, which was inspired by the Christopher Nolan movie Memento 2000
After watching Ghajini 2005 Aamir Kha was impressed by the story and the perfomance of Asin, he initially decided to remake it on Hindi and requested Asin personally to reprise her role in the Hindi version
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| Filmfare Awards
Won: 2009 Filmfare Award
Best Action
Peter Hein
Best Newcomer - Female
Asin
R.D. Burman Award
Benny Dayal
Also for Yuvvraaj (2008) and Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na (2008).
Nominated: 2009 Filmfare Award
Best Actor
Aamir Khan
Best Actress
Asin
Best Director:
A.R. Murugadoss
Best Film
A.R. Murugadoss
Best Music Director
A.R. Rahman
| Screen Weekly Awards
Nominated: 2009 Screen
Best Actor
Aamir Khan
Best Actress
Asin
Best Director
A.R. Murugadoss
Best Film
Best Screenplay
A.R. Murugadoss | Character Quotes & Catchphrases
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