Like Stars on Earth (2007)

PG | 165 min | Drama, Family

An eight-year-old boy is thought to be a lazy trouble-maker, until the new art teacher has the patience and compassion to discover the real problem behind his struggles in school.

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Top Billed Cast

Darsheel Safary

Ishaan Awasthi
Aamir Khan

Ram Shankar Nikumbh
Tanay Chheda

Rajan Damodaran
Sachet Engineer

Yohan Awasthi
Tisca Chopra

Maya Awasthi
Vipin Sharma

Nandkishore Awasthi
Lalitha Lajmi

Herself - Art Mela's Chief Guest
Girija Oak

Jabeen - Amir's Co-worker

(as Girija)
Ravi Khanvilkar

Mr. Holkar

(as Ravi Khanwelkar)
Pratima Kulkarni

Principal - St. Anthony's School
Meghna Malik

Victoria Teacher
Sonali Sachdev

Irene Teacher
Sanjay Dadich

Maadhoo
Raaj Gopal Iyer

George Sir
Bugs Bhargava

Sen Sir

Directors:

Aamir Khan , Amole Gupte

Writers:

Amole Gupte (dialogue & screenplay), Amole Gupte (story)

Awards

14 wins & 15 nominations.

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Did You Know?

For song 'Bheja Kam ', it was intended to represent a young boy's worst nightmare, in terms of the worst thing that he can think of. Madhvani based the visual concept on his son's fear of "creepy-crawlies" such as cockroaches, dragonflies, and ... ...

Quotes

Ram Shankar Nikumbh: lf you fancy racing, breed racehorses, dammit, not children.

Goofs

When Ram Shankar( Aamir Khan) ask Ishaan's father Mr Awasthi to read the name of the video game, he responds that he can not read because it is in Chinese. In reality it is in Japanese (Chinese does not have Furigana and Katakana). But it maybe possible that Mr Awasthi couldn't distinguish between Chinese and Japanese.

Crazy Credits

A thankful message is displayed at the end before closing credits, which reads, "Thanks to all those children, parents and teachers, who shared their lives with us and opened windows for us to see clearly".