Like Stars on Earth

Like Stars on Earth

165 mins | Drama | Dec. 21, 2007

Ishaan Awasthi is an eight-year-old whose world is filled with wonders that no one else seems to appreciate. Colours, fish, dogs, and kites don't seem important to the adults, who are much more interested in things like homework, marks, and neatness. Ishaan cannot seem to get anything right in class; he is then sent to boarding school, where his life changes forever.

Like Stars on Earth

165 mins | Drama | Dec. 21, 2007

Like Stars on Earth
Ishaan Awasthi is an eight-year-old whose world is filled with wonders that no one else seems to appreciate. Colours, fish, dogs, and kites don't seem important to the adults, who are much more interested in things like homework, marks, and neatness. Ishaan cannot seem to get anything right in class; he is then sent to boarding school, where his life changes forever.
IMDb rating 8.3
Producers Aamir Khan Productions, PVR Pictures
Original title तारे ज़मीन पर
Directors Amole Gupte, Aamir Khan
Writers Amole Gupte

Cast

Darsheel Safary

as Ishaan Nandkishore Awasthi

Aamir Khan

as Ram Shankar Nikumbh

Tisca Chopra

as Maya Awasthi

Vipin Sharma

as Nandkishore Awasthi

Tanay Chheda

as Rajan Damodaran

Sachet Engineer

as Yohaan Awasthi

Girija Oak

as Jabeen

Bugs Bhargava

as Sen Sir

Shankar Sachdev

as Tiwari Sir

Lalita Lajmi

as Lalita Lajmi

Ravi Khanvilkar

as Mr. Holkar

Meghna Malik

as Victoria Teacher (uncredited)

M. K. Raina

as Boarding School (uncredited)

Ayaan

as Ishaan Awasthi - 10 months old

Veer Mohan

as Ishaan Awasthi - 2 years old

Aniket Engineer

as Young Yohan Awasthi