Taare Zameen Par (titled
Like Stars on Earth for
Disney's international DVD) is a 2007 Indian
educational drama film produced and directed by Aamir Khan.
Darsheel Safary stars as eight-year-old Ishaan, and Khan plays his art teacher. Creative director and writer
Amole Gupte initially developed the idea with his wife
Deepa Bhatia, who served as the film's editor. Visual effects are by
Tata Elxsi's Visual Computing Labs, and the title animation—the first use of
clay animation in a Bollywood film—was created by Dhimant Vyas.
Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy composed the film's score, and
Prasoon Joshi wrote the lyrics for many of the songs. Principal photography took place in
Mumbai and in
Panchgani's
New Era High School, and some of the school's students make appearances.