| 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 | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Ayaan | ... | Ishaan Awasthi - 10 months | |
| Abhishek Bachchan | ... | Himself | |
| Megha Bengali | ... | Mrs. Karnik | |
| Bugs Bhargava | ... | Sen Sir | |
| Alorika Chatterjee | ... | Science Teacher | |
| Gurkirtan Chauhan | ... | Housemaster | |
| Sanjay Dadich | ... | Maadhoo | |
| Madhav Datt | ... | Loo Bully | |
| Aniket Engineer | ... | Young Yohan Awasthi | |
| Krishn Gopinath | ... | Satyajit Bhatkar | |
| Munireh Guhilot | ... | Dorm Parent | |
| Ramit Gupta | ... | Ranjeet | |
| Raaj Gopal Iyer | ... | George Sir | |
| Jadav | ... | Musician at Mela | |
| Gurdeepak Kaur | ... | Housemaster's Wife | |
| Ravi Khanvilkar | ... | Mr. Holkar (as Ravi Khanwelkar) | |
| Pratima Kulkarni | ... | Principal - St. Anthony's School | |
| Lalitha Lajmi | ... | Herself - Art Mela's Chief Guest | |
| Brihan Lamba | ... | Arun Poddar | |
| Meghna Malik | ... | Victoria Teacher | |
| Girish Kumar Menon | ... | Rajan's Father | |
| Veer Mohan | ... | Ishaan Awasthi - 2 yrs. | |
| Girija Oak | ... | Jabeen - Amir's Co-worker | |
| Prashant | ... | Musician at Mela | |
| M.K. Raina | ... | Principal - Boarding School | |
| Ricky | ... | Munoo Patel | |
| Shankar Sachdev | ... | Tiwari Sir | |
| Sonali Sachdev | ... | Irene Teacher | |
| Sanjay Sinha | |||
| Arnav Valcha | ... | Kabir Johar | |
| Vitthal | ... | Musician at Mela | |
| Vivekanandan | ... | Telephone Operator | |
Directed by | |||
| Aamir Khan | |||
| Amole Gupte | (uncredited) | ||
Writing credits(in alphabetical order) | ||
| Amole Gupte | dialogue & screenplay | |
| Amole Gupte | story | |
Original Music by | |||
| Shankar Mahadevan | (as Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy) | ||
| Loy Mendonsa | (as Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy) | ||
| Ehsaan Noorani | (as Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy) | ||
Cinematography by | |||
| Satyajit Pande | (as Setu) | ||
Film Editing by | |||
| Deepa Bhatia | |||
Production Design by | |||
| Shruti Gupte | |||
Costume Design by | |||
| Priyanjali Lahiri | |||
Makeup Department | |||
| Avan Contractor | .... | hair | |
| Joginder G. Gupta | .... | make up (as Joginder Gupta) | |
| Kamlesh | .... | assistant makeup artist | |
| Luize Joyce Margaret | .... | hair dresser | |
Production Management | |||
| Gopal Bhasin | .... | assistant production manager | |
| Advait Chandan | .... | assistant production manager | |
| Devraj Panda | .... | post-production manager (as Fevraj 'Sunil' Panda) | |
| Rama Rao | .... | unit production manager | |
| Mahesh Tawde | .... | production manager: "Bheja Kum" shooting unit | |
Art Department | |||
| Aindra Chakraborty | .... | caricature artist | |
| Sunil Gujar | .... | graphic designer | |
| Ramakant Kanojia | .... | graphic designer | |
| Munira Khokhawala | .... | assistant art director | |
| Veer Nanavati | .... | assistant art director | |
| Mihir Shah | .... | graphic designer | |
| Dhananjay Thorat | .... | graphic designer | |
| Sumit Vashisth | .... | graphic designer | |
Sound Department | |||
| Ayush Ahuja | .... | sound effects editor | |
| Tarun Bhandari | .... | sound recordist | |
| Sanjay Chaturvedi | .... | second boom operator (as Sanjay Kumar Chaturvedi) | |
| Sanjay Chaturvedi | .... | sound editor | |
| Subir Kumar Das | .... | associate rerecording mixer: Anand Recording Studios | |
| Subir Kumar Das | .... | effects premix engineer: Anand Recording Studios | |
| Anup Dev | .... | final mixing engineer: Anand Recording Studio | |
| Jayant Haldar | .... | assistant mix engineer | |
| Nakul Kamte | .... | sound designer | |
| Ashraf Khan | .... | boom operator | |
| Krishnanunni N.R. | .... | adr mixer | |
Visual Effects by | |||
| Paresh Acharya | .... | senior digital intermediate producer: Prime Focus | |
| Vishal Anand | .... | technical director | |
| Vishal Anand | .... | technical supervisor: Tata Elxsi VCL | |
| Jayant Attarde | .... | system support: Tata Elxsi VCL | |
| Husseini Barodawalla | .... | computer graphics lead: Tata Elxsi VCL (as Huseini Barodawala) | |
| Vijay Bharadwaj | .... | computer graphics artist: Tata Elxsi VCL | |
| Sherry Bharda | .... | visual effects: Tata Elxsi VCL | |
| Anisha Bhatia | .... | line producer: Prime Focus | |
| Sean Bhiladvala | .... | computer graphics artist: Tata Elxsi VCL | |
| Rajib Biswas | .... | digital intermediate line producer: Prime Focus | |
| Parminder Singh Chadda | .... | digital intermediate supervisor: Prime Focus | |
| Arup Chakravarty | .... | recording technician: Prime Focus | |
| Piyush Chaudhary | .... | assistant fire artist: Prime Focus (as Piyush Chowdhery) | |
| Prince Chaurasia | .... | assistant line producer: Prime Focus | |
| Kushnum Chinoy | .... | compositor: Tata Elxsi VCL (as Khushnum Chinoy) | |
| Vinay Singh Chuphal | .... | flame compositor: Tata Elxsi VCL (as Vinay Chuphal) | |
| Tuhin Kumar Das | .... | computer graphics artist: Tata Elxsi VCL | |
| Deepal Dass | .... | compositing lead: Tata Elxsi VCL | |
| Brownil Dcunah | .... | senior fire artist: Prime Focus (as Brownil D'cunha) | |
| Debo | .... | visual effects producer: Tata Elxsi VCL | |
| Rohan Desai | .... | digital intermediate supervisor: Prime Focus | |
| Shaiju Ep | .... | digital compositor | |
| Nirmal Gala | .... | project manager: Prime Focus | |
| Rohan Gala | .... | digital intermediate line producer | |
| Rahul Galwankar | .... | lead rotoscope artist | |
| Bhaskar Joyoti Goswami | .... | compositor: Tata Elxsi VCL | |
| Ranganath Gowda | .... | data management: Prime Focus | |
| Neha Gupta | .... | assistant visual effects producer: Tata Elxsi VCL | |
| Vijay Gupta | .... | computer graphics artist: Tata Elxsi VCL | |
| Ashirwad Hadkar | .... | digital intermediate colorist (as Aashirwad Hadkar) | |
| Xavier Joseph | .... | senior fire artist: Prime Focus | |
| Rohini Joshi | .... | flame compositor: Tata Elxsi VCL (as Rohini Ajit Joshi) | |
| Rahul Juneja | .... | assistant fire artist: Prime Focus | |
| T. Kannan | .... | flame compositor: Tata Elxsi VCL | |
| Sridhar Karthik | .... | compositor: Tata Elxsi VCL | |
| John Kennedy | .... | system support: Tata Elxsi VCL | |
| Sachin Keny | .... | computer graphics artist: Tata Elxsi VCL | |
| Suhel Khan | .... | digital compositor | |
| Swapnil Khandagle | .... | computer graphics artist: Tata Elxsi VCL | |
| Pankaj Khandpur | .... | visual effects: Tata Elxsi VCL | |
| Ashish Kumar | .... | avid editor: Tata Elxsi VCL | |
| Somasundram L. | .... | roto artist | |
| Pranab Lahkar | .... | compositor: Tata Elxsi VCL | |
| Manjunath M.S. | .... | computer graphics artist: Tata Elxsi VCL | |
| Ramachari Murali | .... | visual effects artist | |
| Murali P.R. | .... | computer graphics artist: Tata Elxsi VCL | |
| Parag Patel | .... | visual effects artist | |
| Bharat Patil | .... | compositor: Tata Elxsi VCL (as Bharath Patil) | |
| Nitin Patil | .... | computer graphics artist: Tata Elxsi VCL | |
| Nirmal Pawar | .... | computer graphics artist: Tata Elxsi VCL | |
| Prashant Pawar | .... | character texture painter | |
| Ranjeet Pawar | .... | scanning technician: Prime Focus (as Ranjit Pawar) | |
| Lennard Pinto | .... | computer graphics lead: Tata Elxsi VCL | |
| Jagdish Poojari | .... | offline avid artist: Prime Focus | |
| Santosh Prajapati | .... | senior fire artist: Prime Focus | |
| Ajay Prakash | .... | computer graphics artist: Tata Elxsi VCL | |
| Sandeep Rane | .... | assistant fire artist: Prime Focus | |
| Kunal Rasal | .... | assistant visual effects producer: Tata Elxsi VCL | |
| Gopal Ray | .... | senior fire artist: Prime Focus | |
| Mahesh Reddy | .... | data management: Prime Focus | |
| Shaikh Rizwan | .... | compositor: Tata Elxsi VCL (as Rizwan Shaikh) | |
| Chandrachur Roy | .... | motion graphics: Prime Focus | |
| S. Satyanath | .... | computer graphics artist: Tata Elxsi VCL | |
| Vishwas Savanur | .... | compositing lead: Tata Elxsi VCL | |
| Nilesh Sawant | .... | computer graphics artist: Tata Elxsi VCL | |
| B. Selvamuthukumarswamy | .... | compositor: Tata Elxsi VCL | |
| Piku Shahani | .... | post-production supervisor: Tata Elxsi VCL (as Piku Sahani) | |
| Shabuddin N. Shaikh | .... | scanning technician: Prime Focus (as Shahbuddin N. Shaikh) | |
| Manish Sharma | .... | flame compositor: Tata Elxsi VCL | |
| Ritesh Shetty | .... | digital intermediate line producer: Prime Focus | |
| Rajesh Shrivastava | .... | offline avid artist: Prime Focus | |
| Krishna Suvarna | .... | offline avid artist: Prime Focus | |
| Abu Thahir | .... | digital compositor | |
| Prashant Thakur | .... | compositor: Tata Elxsi VCL | |
| Varun Tikekar | .... | data management: Prime Focus | |
| Swapnil Vaishnav | .... | assistant fire artist: Prime Focus | |
| Kiran Yadav | .... | compositor: Tata Elxsi VCL | |
Stunts | |||
| Abdul Javed | .... | action director (as Abdul Javed Abdul Karim) | |
| Mohd. Aejaz Shaikh | .... | action director (as Mohd. Aejaz Shaikh Gulab) | |
Animation Department | |||
| Arvind Chudasama | .... | model maker: title animation 'claymation' | |
| Chandni Chudasama | .... | inbetween artist: "3 X 9 = 3" animation sequence | |
| Chandni Chudasama | .... | scanning ink and paint: "3 X 9 = 3" animation sequence | |
| Sunil Dhavgade | .... | inbetween artist: "3 X 9 = 3" animation sequence | |
| Harshad Godbole | .... | model maker: title animation 'claymation' | |
| Vasanth Kumar | .... | inbetween artist: "3 X 9 = 3" animation sequence | |
| Vasanth Kumar | .... | scanning ink and paint: "3 X 9 = 3" animation sequence | |
| Vaibhav Kumaresh | .... | animation sequence: '3x9=3' animation sequence | |
| Siddharth Maskeri | .... | additional 3d animation: "3 X 9 = 3" animation sequence | |
| Vishal Mhala | .... | model maker: title animation 'claymation' | |
| Ravindra Pote | .... | inbetween artist: "3 X 9 = 3" animation sequence | |
| Sunil Pote | .... | inbetween artist: "3 X 9 = 3" animation sequence | |
| Vishal Pote | .... | inbetween artist: "3 X 9 = 3" animation sequence | |
| Mahboob Raja | .... | inbetween artist: "3 X 9 = 3" animation sequence | |
| Mahboob Raja | .... | scanning ink and paint: "3 X 9 = 3" animation sequence | |
| Satya Prakash Rath | .... | animation camera and lighting: title animation 'claymation' | |
| Jagdish Sutar | .... | inbetween artist: "3 X 9 = 3" animation sequence | |
| Dhimant Vyas | .... | title animator: claymation | |
| Rampratap Yadav | .... | studio assistance: "3 X 9 = 3" animation sequence | |
| Prasanjib Nag | .... | animator (uncredited) | |
Costume and Wardrobe Department | |||
| Varun Kapoor | .... | wardrobe assistant | |
| K.S. Kashinath | .... | dressman | |
| Mohd. Shahab | .... | dressman | |
Editorial Department | |||
| Rohan Desai | .... | digital intermediate supervisor | |
| Pallavi Singhal | .... | associate editor: AVID | |
| Joginder Singh Varna | .... | promo on-line editor | |
Music Department | |||
| Vishal Dadlani | .... | playback singer | |
| Subir Kumar Das | .... | music pre-mix engineer | |
| Amole Gupte | .... | playback singer | |
| Prasoon Joshi | .... | lyrics | |
| Aamir Khan | .... | playback singer | |
| Ravi Khanvilkar | .... | playback singer | |
| Ram Madhvani | .... | playback singer | |
| Shankar Mahadevan | .... | playback singer | |
| Loy Mendonsa | .... | playback singer | |
| Kiran Rao | .... | playback singer | |
| Adnan Sami | .... | playback singer | |
| Shaan | .... | playback singer | |
Other crew | |||
| Nabeel Abbas | .... | marketing and promotions | |
| Ritu Bhatia | .... | assistant: director | |
| Ritu Bhatia | .... | director's assistant | |
| Shiamak Davar | .... | choreographer: "Bum Bum Bole" & "Tulips Concert" | |
| Ananya Dutt | .... | director's assistant: "Bheja Kum" Shooting Unit | |
| Sukanya Ghosh | .... | publicity design | |
| Amole Gupte | .... | creative director | |
| Amole Gupte | .... | painter: Ishaan's other paintings & Ishaan's wall | |
| Saroj Khan | .... | choreographer: "Jame Raho" | |
| Hassan Kutty | .... | script supervisor & continuity | |
| Samir Mondal | .... | painter: Ishaan and Nikumbh's final paintings | |
| Veer Nanavati | .... | painter: Ishaan's wall & Ishaan's flip book | |
| Sunil Pandey | .... | documentary footage for end titles | |
Thanks | |||
| P.S. Bharathi | .... | sincere thanks | |
| Kate Currawalla | .... | sincere thanks | |
| Shiamak Davar | .... | sincere thanks | |
| Lalitha Lajmi | .... | sincere thanks | |
| Medha Lotlikar | .... | sincere thanks | |
| Ram Madhvani | .... | sincere thanks | |
| Samir Mondal | .... | sincere thanks | |
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for a mainstream Hindi film, the following is rare: 1. a film for children2. the only star of the film getting a limited screen space 3. high quality animation4. choosing undertones over melodrama, 5. no regular masala stuff 6. strong message that can actually change lives of people 7. conviction and honesty of the makers palpable in every frame 8. and in spite of all this, the movie offering complete, healthy entertainment...
the only problem with the audience is that although we keep shouting on the extreme want of quality cinema, meaningful cinema, when a good film actually comes, we tend to find more flaws in it than appreciating it. Are we insecure of accepting somebodies honesty and creative genius?
Sure, Taare Zameen Par has moments that could have been better, but shouldn't we just try to overlook those and once, for all, applaud the effort the makers have put...
and believe me it is not difficult... for there are innumerable other moments that leave you spellbound, a wet film over your eyes, a strange pain down your throat, a mild ache at your heart, but a pure smile on your lips... there are times you wish you were a kid...
may be it takes a child to love simple tales told with honesty and warmth... may be we grown ups have lost that quality we all once had... but Taare Zameen Par should touch a chord somewhere in every one's heart... we all have been after all, at least for some beautiful part of our lives, special. the film is dedicated to that special child in all of us...
P.S- no one can hate it...at least i would like to think that way