Every child is special

An Indian Film

Critic: Jomer Palinlin

11- Earth

Ishaan Nandkishore Awashti is an 8 year old boy who always day dreaming and dislikes school

and fails every test and exam. And Ran Shankar Nikumbh is an art teacher who voluntarily

taught Ishaan to read and write properly. The story about an 8 year-old boy named Ishaan who

cannot cope with the academic demand in school. He once complained that The letters are

dancing! when he was asked to read. Teacher threw him out of the class and the students who

passed by the hall mocked him for being punished. Moreover, Ishaan reversed letters when he

wrote and demonstrated a poor understanding of mathematical concepts. Sometimes if he

commits mistakes everybody laughs at him or will shout on him just like what his father or even

his mother did. He always find ways to laugh after everybody laugh about what his doing. Ishaan

began to evade homework and cutting classes because of his discouragement over his failings.

Sometimes his father shouts and doing harsh against Ishaan. When his teachers advised his

parents to avail of special education services, his family decided to send him to boarding school

instead in the hopes that the highly structured environmental will straighten out his behavioral

problems. But the academic status of ishaan was not improve . Alternatively, he became

withdrawn and lonely, far from the ishaan who was active and fun loving. Ishaan continued

struggling with the same problems in his new school. When he was finally on the brink of

suicide, Then came an alternative art teacher Ram Nikumbh discovered that he had dyslexia and

consequently turned his life around. Ram Nikumbh change the best way ishaan would acts
towards school and figure out how to appreciate himself even more, his art teacher who pay

attention to ishaan and to understand ishaan whom his parents never finds what ishaan is.

Towards the end of the school year Nikumbh organizes an art of fair for the staff and students.

The competition is judged by artist Lalita Laimi , Who portrays herself in the film. Ishaan, with

his strikingly creative style, is declared the winner and nikumbh , who paints Ishans portrait, the

runner-up. When Ishaans parents meet his teacher on the last day of school they are left

speechless by the transformation they see in him. Overcome with emotion, Ishaans father thanks

to nikumbh. As Ishaan is getting into the car to leave with his parents, He turns around and runs

toward Nikumbh. The film ends with a freeze frame shot of nikumbh tossing Ishaan into the air.

Evey child is special is a movie that can tug the heartstrings and at the same time bring hope that

having dyslexia is not really a desperate situation . It tells in regards to boy, Ishaan Awasthi, who

was simply always getting in trouble at school for being so misbehaving and out of focus from

his instructional classes. Ishaans father , Nandkishore Awasthi, is frustrated by her inability to

educate her son. An alternative art teacher Ram Nikumbh who discovered that Ishaan had

dyslexia and consequently turned his life around and change the best way Ishaan would act

towards school and figure out how to appreciate himself even more, his art teacher who pay

attention to ishaan and to understand him. Ishaan their in the movie is a boy who cannot cope

with the academic demand in school. He found his self happy for everything he wants to

imagined. Because of his poor understanding in every lesson his teacher decided to talk to his

parents. His father decided to send ishaan in a boarding school but the academic status os ishaan

does not improve. Ishaan became lonely, There was once an alternative art teacher named

Nikumbh who voluntarily teach ishaan to write and read even to be the best way would acts

towards school and find out how to appreciate himself even more. In a competition in arts Ishaan
creative style is declared the winner. Finaly Ishaans father is proud of what ishaan did even in a

simple way , not from his father will but from Ishaans will. The part that touch my heart most

was when his father decided to send her to a boarding school his mother time trying to please

ishaans father to never send ishaan to a boarding school because his mother knows that ishaan

cant stand by herself alone, Ishaan also please his father like a child crying because he will be

far away from his mother, brother even to his father. They send ishaan to a boarding school as

they arrive his mother and brother never stop crying like they lost their only fun loving brother

and son. There are some part of the movie that we should never follow, specially those who is

already parents and soon to become parents we should never shout our child and never do some

harsh against them because of some mistakes they had done because it may affects the mind of

the children healed in smooth just like what ishaan and do some harsh against ishaan. Everything

healed in smooth ways we dont need to do harsh way to correct mistakes. My favorite and the

best part of this movie is when Ishaan learn to love and trust his self. His mother and father are

crying because of too much happiness. I can feel the love of his parents to ishaan and they are

very proud of Ishaan. Adults should not demand that their kids top all their subjects so that they

can live out the unfulfilled ambitions of their parents. Each child is special in the sense that they

have their own calling, which may or may not be in line with what their families want. Moreover

as an OT, I highly regard this movie for advocating the disability perspective that there are a

lot of special children who have given up trying to meet age-appropriate demands because of

disabilities, Every child is special is a movie that can tug the heartstring and at the same time

bring hope that having dyslexia is not really a desperate situation. Friends and family support,

patience, and love are central themes in his story. I know ishaan is so very talented child because

his art is so very creative. And some my classmate believe in his art. Because his art is like a
galaxy. He Paints his art at the event of him school that manage by Nikumbh him Alternative Art

Teacher. Nikumbh is so very smart teacher he helps Ishaan to improve skills. Ishaan know to

write and read properly. This movie has a moral lesson, It taught us to be nonjudgmental to

childrens behavior and even to other peoples behavior, because everything happens for a

reason. Some may say that life is unfair, thats what the child in the story would also say until he

met someone with a very caring heart. For teachers, It teaches us to consider and understand the

individual differences of our learners. Every child is unique. We have to bear in mind that every

child has their own capabilities, their own desires and their own dreams.

I highly regard this movie to everybody to realize that it is the parent and the caregiver who will

distribute much to the development of their children.Every child is Special is a movie that can

tug the heartstrings. Do watch this movie I assure you the BEST!