TriviaAamir Khan has not directed the entire film Taare Zameen Par. Ad film-maker Ram Madhvani (who directed Boman Irani Hinglish starrer Let's Talk) has directed an entire song Bheja Kum in the film! That's not all, Aamir was not even present on the sets when the song was shot. The song was shot in a school in Panchgani.
Darsheel Safary, the child artiste of Taare Zameen Par, had to face a lot of opposition from his school when he was shortlisted for the film. The fact that he would have to miss school for such a long period did not go down well with the school authorities. However, Aamir Khan was keen that only Darsheel play the character. So he came up with a solution to fix the problem. He personally assured the school authorities that Darsheel's studies wouldn't be hampered. Aamir arranged for personal tuitions for Darsheel all through the year so that he wouldn't miss out on his exams. Not just that, he funded his studies as well as his educational expenses.
Legendary actor Guru Dutt's younger sister and Kalpana Lajmi's mother, 75-year-old Lalitha Lajmi made her acting debut with Aaamir Khan's Taare Zameen Par. Lalitha, who is a noted painter and teacher, essays a cameo role where she plays herself. She shot for it in November 2006 at Panchgani. Lalita will be seen as a chief guest who hands out a prize to the protagonist Ishaan Awasthi (Darsheel Safary) in the film.
Claymation has been used in the opening credits of Taare Zameen Par for three minutes and for all the important parts of Ishaan's life. A lot of transitions that take place, like water changing into a spaceship, a fish changing into a jellyfish and so on were created by Dhimant Vyas, who had done the caricature for the movie Lagaan . Claymation extensively uses the kind of animation that, expectedly enough, uses clay.
Aamir Khan took special permission from Amitabh Bachchan to use Abhishek's example in his film. Taare Zameen Par. The reference is made in terms of Abhishek being one of the most successful stars and how he has created Dhoom, overcoming the reading difficulties that he had during childhood (dyslexia).
Darsheel Safary, the 11-year-old Taare Zameen Par star is a part of Shiamak Davar's dance troupe. During one of the classes he saw a poster which read 'Hunting for a naughty kid. If you're selected you will get a chance to act with Aamir Khan'. He just thought it would be great if he can do the film. During the same class, Amole Gupte spotted him and asked him to give an audition. Eventually, he got selected.
Darsheel Safary, the 11-year-old Taare Zameen Par star got an X-box 360 as a birthday gift from Aamir Khan on 9th March 2007.
The name Nikumbh given to Aamir's character was the name of Amol Gupte's (creative director) art teacher and Hansraj Morarji Public School Principal, Late Shri R. S. Nikumbh. 
Noted artist Samir Mondal made three paintings for Aamir Khan for his film Taare Zameen Par, and did not charge anything for them. His works normally sell in the range of Rs 1 lakh to Rs 7 lakh depending on the size of the painting.
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