‘Sitaare Zameen Par’ box office: Aamir Khan-starrer crosses ₹80-crore mark

Sitaare Zameen Par, headlined by Bollywood star Aamir Khan, has collected ₹88.69 crore nett at the domestic box office during its first week.

Directed by R S Prasanna, the film released in theatres on June 20 and is a spiritual sequel to the critically acclaimed 2007 movie Taare Zameen Par.

According to the tracking website Sacnilk, the film opened with ₹10. 7 crore nett at the domestic box office.

Sitaare Zameen Par also stars Genelia D’Souza alongside newcomers Aroush Datta, Gopi Krishna Varma, Samvit Desai, Vedant Sharma, Ayush Bhansali, Ashish Pendse, Rishi Shahani, Rishabh Jain, Naman Mishra, and Simran Mangeshkar. It is written by Divy Nidhi Sharma.

The film features Aamir in the role of a basketball coach, who mentors ten differently-abled individuals. It is produced by Aamir alongside Aparna Purohit and Ravi Bhagchandka.

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The Hindu review of the film said, “Billed as a spiritual sequel to Taare Zameen Par, and remade from the 2018 Spanish drama Campeones (Woody Harrelson starred in a 2023 English-language version), Sitaare echoes the first film’s mission: raising awareness about neurodivergence.

This it does in the most predictably teachable fashion. Every scene or callback is calibrated to yield a lesson, a realisation. An ideal Aamir Khan film can be both entertaining and edifying. But when the balance tilts, it’s just annoying.”