Sitaare Zameen Par, starring Aamir Khan, is set to hit the big screen this December and fans cannot wait. Directed by RS Prasanna, the film, which also stars Genelia D’Souza, is based on the Spanish movie Campeones (2018) and will follow the journey of an unwilling coach and a championship team of basketball players with intellectual disabilities.
It is being called a ‘spiritual sequel’ to the brilliant Taare Zameen Par — the same world and themes but a new story. “It [Sitaare Zameen Par] is not a sequel in the sense that the characters do not continue from the previous one. So, it is a fresh set of characters with completely fresh situations and plot. Thematically, it is a sequel to Taare Zameen Par. It is saying the same things… actually, it is saying a lot more actually. Sitaare Zameen Par, it is 10 people with challenges who help me… the supposedly normal person. So, it’s a real flip. It goes much further, I feel, than Taare Zameen Par,” Aamir Khan explained in an earlier interview.
Adding, “The theme is the same, but the difference is that, unlike Taare Zameen Par, which left you with tears, Sitaare Zameen Par will leave you in laughter.”
The actor praises the theme of Sitaare Zameen Par and says it is an important film with a story of inclusion, happiness, and love. In a recent podcast interview, Aamir said, “Sitaare Zameen Par is a film that’s very close to me. It is a sequel to Taare Zameen Par thematically. That is a film that is very close to me because I directed it. Taare Zameen Par is so dear to my heart. So I’m very excited because Sitaare Zameen Par is on the same theme, which is also a favorite theme of mine — of humanity, of connecting with people, of inclusion, of love, of spreading happiness. That is a theme which I love a lot — of people with different abilities. So we may think a man is weak, but he has actually comes 10 steps in front of us. We don’t realise, you know? I think it is a great story. I really enjoyed making it.”
He opened up saying, “It is on an important topic which affects all of us in many ways. And that each one of us has something or other missing, and there is a huge lack, but we don’t see it. Some people can be seen. If you have Down Syndrome, you will notice that. I am not visible, but there is no difference between me and him.”
In another interview about Sitaare Zameen Par, the actor touched on this again, “It’s a family entertainer; it’s a humorous film. It’s a drama; it talks about inclusion. This was a story that taught us so much; it made us realize—‘Oh, this is happening with our children; this is happening with us.’ I hope you’ll feel these things ten times more in this film.”
In conclusion, Aamir says, “It is a film which I am very excited about. It contains 10 actors who have done such wonderful work that maybe I will never be able to do in my life. I hope people like it.”
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