Title: Contribution of Cinema in Managing Parental Stress in Dealing with Dyslexia in Child: A Case Study of the Hindi Film ‘Taare Zameen Par'
Article-ID 202006012/I GLOBALCULTURZ Vol.I No.2 May-August 2020 Language:English:E
Domain of Study: Humanities & Social Sciences
Sub-Domain: Cine-Studies {Reviews*}
Sujit Kumar (Dr.)
Associate Professor, Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar College, University of Delhi, Delhi, India
[E-mail: drsujitkumar@yahoo.com]
Manali Takkar
Research Scholar, mamangement, Mewar University, Gangrar, Chittorgargh, Rajasthan, India
[E-mail: manali.dua@gmail.com]
Abstract
The present paper is an example of adverse effect of stressed out parents on the development and mental growth of a child. It is based on an in depth analysis of the contribution of one of the Hindi film called Taare Zameen Par directed by Aamir Khan, Amole Gupte and Ram Madhvani in 2007 in seeking attention towards the mechanism of dealing with the children that are suffering from a mental disorder i.e., Dyslexia. The paper attempts to find out the cause of irrational or impatient behaviour of parents towards the child who actually require more warmth and patience to overcome the trouble in academics. In the end this paper emphasize the significance of work life balance in managing stress as well as the general approach to be adopted by the parents while dealing with their children suffering from dyslexia. In addition to this it advocates the positive impact of love, care, attention, reward, guidance and warmth contrary to comparison, expectation, ignorance, punishment and scolding upon the normal child.
Keywords: Dyslexic, Stress, Work life balance, Taare Zameen Par
Introduction
Generally, films are meant for entertainment but there are films which addresses various issues such as family, social, economic, cultural, religious, scientific, space, differently challenged people and so on.