Apna Asmaan (2007)

 ●  Hindi ● 1 hr 50 mins

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Ravi and Padmini share a strained relationship due to their teenage son Buddhi's intellectual handicap. Buddhi, a mildly autistic slow learner displays his flair for art but his parents, with their middle-class insecurities, neither recognize nor encourage his talent. Driven by Padmini's social insecurities and Ravi's guilt for dropping Buddhi as a baby, the parents chase an unreal dream of seeing their son as a normal good student who, like others, must become an engineer or a doctor. While Dr Sen, the neurologist, tries hard to make Padmini accept the reality, Ravi's accidental meeting with Dr Sathya - the maverick scientist, leads him to the experimental "Brain Booster" that can make Buddhi a genius. The magic drug has a side effect - Amnesia, which Ravi thinks is a blessing since Buddhi has no good memories to talk about. Initially, Ravi hesitates to administer the drug but one night, in an inebriated state, he is sufficiently provoked by Padmini to inject Buddhi with the Brain Booster. The immediate effect seems like the end of their son's life but he eventually recovers from the shock to emerge as a newly born Buddhi - smarter, brighter but very confused and aloof. While the parents celebrate their new life, they overlook the consequences of a child who has no emotional bond with his parents. As Buddhi begins to show signs of being a genius, news breaks out about Dr Sathya's dark past and the ill effects of his magic Brain Booster. Soon the parents then begin to realize the perils of transforming their son to someone that he was not meant to be.

Cast: Irrfan Khan, Shobana Pillai

Crew: Kaushik Roy (Director), Barun Mukherjee (Director of Photography), Lesle Lewis (Music Director)

Genres: Drama

Release Dates: 01 Jan 2007 (India)

Tagline: How far would you go to make your child a genius?

Hindi Name: अपना आस्मां

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Did you know? Debutant director Kaushik Roy developed the idea for the film from his own autistic son Orko Roy. Roy stated that accepting autism in our times is critical. Read More
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Film Type:
Feature
Language:
Hindi
Colour Info:
Color
Frame Rate:
24 fps
Aspect Ratio:
2.39:1 (Scope)
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Taglines:
How far would you go to make your child a genius?
Trivia:
Debutant director Kaushik Roy developed the idea for the film from his own autistic son Orko Roy. Roy stated that accepting autism in our times is critical.

The character "Aryabhatt" is derived from the ancient Indian mathematician Aryabhatta, who invented the number 0 (zero). Aryabhatt is shown to be highly skilled in maths in the film