EVERY CHILD IS SPECIAL

SETTING:
 Place
 India
 Time
 Year 2007
 Weather Condition
 It’s a sunny day
 Social Condition
 He play with an animal(dogs)
 Mood or Atmosphere
 The character is happy

PLOT:
Ishaan Awasthi is an eight-year-old boy who dislikes school, as he finds all the subjects difficult and is
frequently belittled and berated by both his teachers and his classmates. His imagination, creativity and
talent for art are often disregarded or unnoticed. His father, Nandkishore Awasthi, is a successful executive
who expects his children to excel, and his mother, Maya Awasthi, is a housewife frustrated by her inability
to educate Ishaan. Ishaan's elder brother, Yohaan Awasthi, is an exemplary student and athlete whose
merits Ishaan is often reminded of.
After receiving a particularly poor academic report, Ishaan's father sends him to a boarding school. There
he sinks into a state of fear, isolation and depression despite being befriended by Rajan Damodharan,
a physically disabled boy who is one of the top students in the class. He even contemplates suicideby
climbing up the fence in a terrace, which Rajan manages to save him from.
Ishaan's condition changes when a new art teacher, Ram Shankar Nikumbh, a cheerful and optimistic
instructor at the Tulips School for young children with developmental disabilities, joins the school.
Nikumbh's teaching style is markedly different from that of his strict predecessor, and he quickly observes
Ishaan's unhappiness and impassive participation in-class activities. He reviews Ishaan's work and
concludes that his academic shortcomings are indicative of dyslexia, a condition suppressing his artistic
capabilities. One day he sets off to Mumbai to visit Ishaan's parents where he is surprised to discover
Ishaan's hidden interest in art after finding some of his drawings. Upset, he asks Mr Awasthi why he sent
the child to a boarding school in the first place and shows Mrs Awasthi her son's notebooks giving an
analysis of his struggles. He explains how Ishaan has severe difficulty in understanding letters and words
due to dyslexia even though Mr Awasthi, labelling it as mental retardation, dismisses it as a mere excuse
for laziness. Frustrated by his crude and inaccurate explanation of Ishaan's condition, Nikumbh leaves and
Mr Awasthi feels guilty for his mistreatment towards Ishaan.
Nikumbh returns and subsequently brings up the topic of dyslexia in a class by offering a list of famous
people who were dyslexic. Afterwards, he comforts Ishaan by telling him how he struggled as a child as
well by facing similar problems. Nikumbh then visits the school's principal and obtains his permission to
become Ishaan's tutor. With gradual care, he attempts to improve Ishaan's reading and writing by
using remedial techniques developed by dyslexia specialists. Ishaan soon develops an interest in his studies
and eventually his grades improve.
Towards the end of the school year, Nikumbh organises an art fair for the staff and students. The
competition is judged by artist Lalita Lajmi. Ishaan, with his strikingly creative style, is declared the winner
and Nikumbh, who paints Ishaan's portrait, is declared the runner-up. The principal announces that
Nikumbh has been hired as the school's permanent art teacher. When Ishaan's parents meet his teachers
on the last day of school they are left speechless by the transformation they see in him. Overcome with
emotion, Mr. Awasthi thanks Nikumbh. As Ishaan gets into the car to leave with his parents for summer
vacations, he turns around and runs toward Nikumbh, who gives him a hug and tells him to return next
year.

CONFLICT:
Man Vs. Society. Because, more people around him, he didn’t understand and he judged.

CHARACTERS:

 Darsheel Safary as Ishaan Nandkishore Awasthi: In looking for an actor to play the central figure of
Ishaan, writer Amole Gupte turned to Shiamak Davar's Summer Funk workshops. Gupte had several
boys informally audition by explaining to him how they would react to scripted situations from the film.
Of his decision to cast Darsheel Safary, Gupte recalls that "it was a tough call. But Darsheel has the
mischief in his eyes to be Ishaan. Everyone just naturally gravitated towards him."
 Aamir Khan as Ram Shankar Nikumbh: Gupte, who based the character on his art teacher Ramdas
Sampat Nikumbh, initially asked Akshaye Khanna to play the role.
 Tanay Chheda as Rajan Damodran: Ishaan's classmate at New Era High School.
 Sachet Engineer as Yohaan Nandkishore Awasthi ("Dada"): Ishaan's elder brother.
 Tisca Chopra as Maya Awasthi ("Maa"): Ishaan's mother, who gave up her career to raise her children.
Chopra tended to speak softly during filming and was subsequently required to re-record some scenes
using automated dialogue replacement.
 Vipin Sharma as Nandkishore Awasthi ("Papa"): Ishaan's "strict, hard, dominating father". Part of the
reason for Sharma's casting was his "extremely strong and dominating" face that "exudes harshness."
Described by Khan as "naturally polite" and sensitive, Sharma was instructed to lower his voice to
sound "harsh" and "dominating".
 Girija Oak as Jabeen, Nikumbh's co-worker
 Bugs Bhargava and Shankar Sachdev as Sen Sir and Tiwari Sir: Two teachers at New Era High School,
whose attitude towards Ishaan softens as his grades improve and he wins the art contest. The roles are
caricatures of teachers in general.
 M. K. Raina as the principal of New Era High School.
 Lalita Lajmi as herself in a cameo role. It was her first appearance as an actor.

THEME:

Family support, Patience and Love

PLOT:
Farhan Qureshi (R. Madhavan) and Raju Rastogi (Sharman Joshi) begin their college year in the prestigious
Imperial College of Engineering (ICE) in Delhi. They are joined by Ranchoddas Chanchad (Aamir Khan),
nicknamed "Rancho", as their roommate. While Farhan chose to pursue engineering over his passion for
photography to appease his father, Raju has taken the course in an attempt to end his family's poverty.
Rancho, on the other hand, is genuinely interested in science and engineering. He believes in hands-on
learning and tends to give unorthodox answers in class, resulting in him coming into conflict with the
professors, particularly the institution's director, Viru Sahastrabuddhe (Boman Irani), whom the ICE
community nicknames "Virus". Virus's traditional and strict philosophies on education contrast sharply
with Rancho's carefree love of learning. Meanwhile, Chatur (Omi Vaidya), nicknamed “Silencer", is an
arrogant Ugandan Tamil student with little knowledge of Hindi, who is obsessed with topping the exams
and invariably learns by rote.
Sometime later, the trio finds that a student named Joy Lobo (Ali Fazal) committed suicide by hanging
himself; his suicide was caused by depression after Virus informs Joy's father that Joy would be unable to
graduate that year due to a delay in his submission of an assignment. Joy had taken longer as he wanted to
perfect his breakthrough drone design of a quad-copter, and also due to a break on account of his father's
brief illness. However, his pleas to Virus for an extension of the deadline falls on deaf ears. Rancho criticises
Virus' method of teaching and tries to show him how much pressure engineers face when they study,
angering him further. Rancho visits his friends' families, and later, the trio then gatecrashes a wedding to
eat good food. They meet and befriend Pia (Kareena Kapoor), who turns out to be Virus' daughter and a
resident student at the city's hospital. Rancho advises Pia not to marry her fiancée Suhas Tandon because
he’s madly obsessed with expensive jewellery, brands, and prices. Rancho gives Pia a demo on Suhas’
attitude by spilling mint sauce on his shoes to annoy him. When Virus spots the trio, he summons Farhan
and Raju on the next working day and threatens them of consequences of being friends with Rancho by
comparing their families' incomes. He tells them that Rancho comes from a very rich family and does not
need to worry about getting good grades and making a career. Affected, Raju moves out to Chatur's room.
During the Teachers Day celebration, Chatur is humiliated when he delivers a Hindi speech modified by
Rancho and as a result, he bets Rancho that ten years later, they would see who is more successful.
Sometime later, Pia is at the mall with Suhas and spots Rancho with an invention named after Virus; The
Virus Inverter. Rancho explains to Pia that he dislikes the way her father teaches his students and that they
end up lame like Suhas. Rancho plays a prank on Suhas, pretending that Pia lost her watch, to prove that
Suhas shows more value to expensive stuff rather than her. Fed up with Suhas’ behaviour, she tells him off.
Rancho and Pia save Raju's dying father; Raju reconciles with his friends while Pia falls in love with Rancho.
One night during their senior year, Farhan and Raju are upset that they’re trailing behind in their grades
every year and that Rancho is always in the front of every school picture. Rancho tries to convince them
that the reason why they’re failing is, Farhan does not focus on his true passion in wildlife photography
because of his father wanting him to be an engineer instead, and Raju who is too scared of the future and
fears of not ending his family’s poverty keeps slipping on holy rings on his fingers to pray for this and his
exam results. Rancho thinks that Raju is stuck in the past and Farhan stuck in pretence. Farhan exposes
Rancho saying that he is stuck in both past and pretence of not telling Pia that he is in love with her and
hasn't told her for the past four years. Farhan bets that if Rancho confesses to Pia, then he will pursue his
passion in wildlife photography and that Raju will remove his holy rings. The three friends drunkenly break
into the Sahastrabuddhe residence so that Rancho can propose to Pia. As the trio escape, Virus recognises
Raju and, on the next day, threatens to expel him unless he writes a letter recommending Rancho for
expulsion. Unwilling to betray Rancho or disappoint his family, Raju unsuccessfully attempts suicide and
ends up in a coma. With intensive care and support from his friends, Raju recovers just in time for his first
job interview on the campus, which he succeeds in cracking. Meanwhile, Rancho and Pia post Farhan's
letter to his favourite wildlife photographer Andre Istvan, who offers him a position as an assistant. On
Rancho's advice, he communicates his dream to his father, who though reluctant at first, gives his blessings
for the sake of his son's happiness.
Virus, who has now gotten a clean shave because of the bet Rancho made to him about Raju and Farhan
getting jobs, is infuriated by losing out to Rancho and sets a difficult final exam paper to fail Raju, wherein
Pia tries to help the trio by revealing to them the location of the exam paper in her father's office;
unfortunately, Virus finds out and expels them. Pia confronts Virus about her brother who had committed
suicide because he couldn't meet Virus' expectation of clearing the engineering exam. That same night,
Virus' pregnant elder daughter Mona goes into labour during a heavy storm that cuts off all traffic and
electricity in the city. Rancho and the other students help them by using their engineering knowledge to
quickly modify a vacuum cleaner into a ventouse and deliver the baby with the help of Pia over a video call.
A grateful Virus finally acknowledges Rancho as an extraordinary student and revokes their expulsion. On
graduation day, Rancho suddenly disappears shortly after the ceremony ends.
Ten years later, Farhan is a successful wildlife photographer, while Raju is married and settled with his
family in a comfortable lifestyle with a corporate job and Chatur is the vice-president of a reputable
corporation in the United States; none among the three of them have heard from Rancho since graduation.
Reuniting at the ICE campus, they travel to Shimla, where Rancho was spotted in the background of a
snapshot. Upon arrival, they meet a man who turns out to be the real Ranchoddas Chanchad (Javed Jaffrey).
From him, they learn that the Rancho they knew was actually "Chhote", the son of the gardener who was a
servant to the Chanchad family. Ranchoddas' father arranged for Chhote to attend ICE in his son's name so
that his son could take credit for the degree. Ranchoddas provides Chhote's address in Ladakh, where he
is a schoolteacher. On the way, they pass Manali where they rescue and prevent Pia from marrying Suhas,
who is now a changed man but reverts to his old ways when Raju, disguised as the housekeeping man, puts
mint sauce on his wedding jacket, making Raju run away from the wedding in his attire. Chatur, meanwhile,
is in a hurry to crack a business deal with world-renowned scientist and businessman with 400 patents to
his name, Phunsukh Wangdu.
Upon arrival in Ladakh, the four head to the village school and witness the young students' inventions that
resemble Rancho's college projects. The four happily reunite with Rancho to which Pia and Rancho kiss,
while Chatur insults and asks Rancho to sign a contract stating that he is the least successful person; Rancho
does so without commenting. As Chatur walks away triumphantly, Rancho reveals himself to be Phunsukh
Wangdu, to his friends' and Pia's surprise and delight. Realizing this, a horrified Chatur accepts his defeat
and pleads him to sign his contract while Rancho and his friends run away laughing. In the end, Phunsukh
Wangdu tells everyone his theory: "Follow excellence and success will by itself follow you"
CONFLICT:
Man Vs. Himself. Because, the three character have a mental disorder

CHARACTERS:

 Aamir Khan as Ranchoddas "Rancho" Shamaldas Chanchad / Chhote / Phunsukh Wangdu, one of
the titular trio in the engineering college who vanishes after graduation and whom his two friends
hunt for 10 years, while telling stories of their time in college together. Rancho, as a student, was
conspicuously ingenious and angry at the inhumanity of the college's system. At the end of the film,
he is shown to be a famous scientist, entrepreneur and business magnate who also teaches young
children when he takes a break from researching.
 R. Madhavan as Farhan Qureshi, the film's narrator and one of the trio whose father persuades him
to study engineering over his dream career of wildlife photography; in the end he is shown to have
published several books of photographs.
 Sharman Joshi as Raju Rastogi, another of the trio who comes from an impoverished family with a
mother who is a retired school teacher and a paralysed father who worked as a postman. In the
flashback story, his family was unable to afford the car that would be demanded as a dowry for his
sister. In the present story, he is a settled married man in Delhi who has freed his family from
poverty by becoming a wealthy executive.
 Kareena Kapoor as Pia Sahastrabuddhe, Virus' younger daughter, an intelligent and capable doctor.
Despite her father's disapproval, she and Rancho fall in love.
 Boman Irani as Dr. Viru Sahastrabuddhe, the college's strict director known as "Virus" and Pia and
Mona's father who acts as the film's antagonist. He stubbornly sticks to a doctrinal method of
teaching, putting him at odds with Rancho. At the end, he is shown to have changed his doctrinal
methods of teaching.
 Omi Vaidya as Chatur Ramalingam, a Ugandan-Indian educated in Tamil-speaking Pondicherry who
has little knowledge of Hindi. His habit of being gassy due to consumption of pills to enhance his
memorisation earns him the nickname Silencer. In the present story, he is vice-president of an
American company (Rockledge Corporation) who discovers his success being overshadowed by
Rancho in the end of the film. Baradwaj Rangan of the New Indian Express wrote that Chatur being
a Tamil from Uganda makes him "twice removed from the North Indians around him — a stranger
to the nation as well as the national language."[26]
 Rahul Kumar as young Manmohan (nicknamed Millimetre), and Dushyant Wagh as adult
Manmohan (Centimetre). As an adolescent, he earns a small living by doing errands for students,
such as laundry, finishing assignments and getting groceries. Rancho persuades him to buy a school
uniform and sneak into school to gain an education. Later he becomes an assistant to
Rancho/Phunsukh Wangdu in Ladakh.
 Mona Singh as Mona Sahastrabuddhe, Pia's elder sister and Virus's first daughter.
 Parikshit Sahni as Mr Qureshi, Farhan's father, a strict but loving parent who just wants his son to
be happy.
 Farida Dadi as Mrs. Qureshi, Farhan's mother, a loving and caring parent.
 Amardeep Jha as Mrs. Rastogi, Raju's mother, a retired schoolteacher and dedicated mother.
 Mukund Bhatt as Mr. Rastogi, Raju's paralysed father who used to work as a postman.
 Rajendra Patwardhan as Govind, Viru's personal assistant.
 Javed Jaffrey as the real Ranchoddas Shamaldas Chanchad. It is from him that Raju and Farhan learn
the truth: Chanchad's father sponsored an orphaned servant boy called 'Chhote', who had
demonstrated his intelligence and love of learning, to earn a degree in his name, while the real
Ranchoddas was in London. He appreciates what Chhote did for him, and tells Raju and Farhan
where to find him.
 Arun Bali as Shamaldas Chanchad, father of Ranchoddas Shamaldas Chanchad.
 Ali Fazal as Joy Lobo, a student with a passion for machines. After Virus tells him that he will not
graduate, he commits suicide.
 Akhil Mishra as Librarian Dubey
 Rohitash Gaud as Ranchoddas' (Real Ranchodas) servant
 Achyut Potdar as Machine Class Professor
 Madhav Vaze as Joy Lobo's father.
 Olivier Sanjay Lafont as Suhas Tandon, Pia's ex-fiancé, who cares only about money and ostentation.
 Jayant Kripalani as a company head who conducts Raju's job interview.
 Atul Tiwari as R.D. Tripathi, Minister in Auditorium during Silencer's speech
 Rajeev Ravindranathan as ragging senior student

THEME:
Follow your heart.
DEVELOPMENTAL
READING I
Every Child Is Special
Three Idiots

Submitted by:
GLEN B. MILLAR

Submitted to:
MS. MA. LOURDES CABANAG