20072h 42mDir. Aamir Khan

Like Stars on Earth

Name: Like Stars on Earth
Genre: Drama
Released: 2007-12-20
Duration: 2 h 42 min
Rating: 5
Cast: Darsheel Safary, Aamir Khan, Tisca Chopra, Vipin Sharma, Tanay Chheda

“Every child is special.”

Drama

5.0 / 5.0

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Ishaan Awasthi is an eight-year-old whose world is filled with wonders that no one else seems to appreciate. Colours, fish, dogs, and kites don't seem important to the adults, who are much more interested in things like homework, marks, and neatness. Ishaan cannot seem to get anything right in class; he is then sent to boarding school, where his life changes forever.

Starring:Darsheel Safary,Aamir Khan,Tisca Chopra,Vipin Sharma,Tanay Chheda

Featured Cast

(12 actors)

Darsheel Safary

Ishaan Nandkishore Awasthi

Aamir Khan

Ram Shankar Nikumbh

Tisca Chopra

Maya Awasthi

Vipin Sharma

Nandkishore Awasthi

Tanay Chheda

Rajan Damodaran

Sachet Engineer

Yohaan Awasthi

Girija Oak

Jabeen

Shankar Sachdev

Tiwari Sir

Rajgopal Iyer

George Sir

Ravi Khanvilkar

Mr. Holkar

M. K. Raina

Boarding School Principal

Meghna Malik

Victoria Teacher

Key Production Crew

Director

Aamir Khan

Screenplay & Writers

Amole Gupte, Amole Gupte, Amole Gupte

Cinematography

Satyajit Pande

Original Score

Loy Mendonsa, Shankar Mahadevan

Producers

Aamir Khan

Film Details

Budget$2,600,000

Box Office Revenue$28,430,000

Original Languagehi

Production Studios

Aamir Khan ProductionsPVR Inox PicturesUTV Motion Pictures

Keywords & Themes

#jealousy#parent child relationship#boarding school#painter#father#dyslexia#teacher#little boy#india#childhood

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Aniket Shukla @aniket11

Oct 13, 2026

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5.0

You know that line? “Don’t they know that every child is different?” – Ram Shankar Nikumbh Bro, that one sentence did what 12 years of parent-teacher meetings couldn’t. It slapped every report card-chasing parent acro...

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