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Darsheel Safary

Darsheel Safary (born March 9, 1997) is an Indian child movie actor primarily working on starring in Hindi Bollywood films. He is best known for his acclaimed portrayal of a dyslexic child in the 2007 film Taare Zameen Par (Like Stars on Earth), a drama film about a teacher, Ram Shankar Nikumbh (Aamir Khan) and a boy (Darsheel Safary) with learning disabilities share a special bond. Darsheel was born on March 9, 1997 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. His father, Mitesh Safary is a jeweler and his mother is Sheetal Safary. He had no acting experience prior to Taare Zameen Par. Growing up in Mumbai, he enrolled into Shiamak Davar's dance academy. He had never expected to be a movie actor at such a young age. His parents wanted him to be a businessman executive or a jewelry designer. He has a younger sister and resides in his hometown in Mumbai. In 2007, Safary made his first big acting debut in Taare Zameen Par, playing the film's protagonist Ishaan Nandkishore Awasthi. Safary was discovered by script writer and creative director, Amol Gupte during fall 2006 when he was looking for a male lead for his film, Taare Zameen Par. After going through hundreds of auditions, Gupte found Safary at Shiamak Davar's dancing school, "Summer Funk". In choosing Safary, Gupte had a number of boys audition for a scene in which they would informally describe how they would "bunk" school after being given a few scenarios. He recalls, "It was a tough call. But Darsheel has the mischief in his eyes to be Ishaan. Everyone just naturally gravitated towards him." Taare Zameen par was filmed from fall 2006 until spring of 2007. Darsheel, at this time was only nine years old and only about 4 feet tall. The child artiste of the film, had to face a lot of opposition from his school when he was shortlisted for the film. The fact that he would have to miss school for such a long period of time did not go down well with the school authorities. However, Aamir Khan insisted that only Darsheel play the character, so he came up with a solution to fix the problem. He personally assured the school authorities that Darsheel's studies wouldn't be hampered with. Aamir arranged for personal tuition for Darsheel all through the academic year so that he wouldn't miss his exams. He also funded his studies as well as his educational expenses. Before starring, Darsheel was a part of Shiamak Davar's dance troupe. During one of the classes, he saw a poster that read, "Hunting for a naughty kid. If you're selected, you will get a chance to act with Aamir Khan." He thought that it would be great if he was able to act in the film. During the same class, Amole Gupte spotted him and asked him to go for an audition. Eventually, he got selected. Darsheel also got an Xbox 360 as a birthday gift from Aamir Khan on 9th March 2007, his tenth birthday. Following the film's release, he became the youngest nominee for Filmfare Award for the Best Actor. He couldn't make it because it was won by Shahrukh Khan for Chak de! India.


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Born:
Mar 9, 1996 In Mumbai, India
Movie/TV Credits:
14
First Appeared:
In the movie Like Stars on Earth 2007-12-21
Latest Project:
Series First Act 2023-12-15
Known For
Poster of First Act
Poster of Hukus Bukus
Poster of Ho Ja Mukt
Poster of Capital A, Small A
Filmography
Movie Kutch Express Avinash 2023-01-06
Series First Act 2023-12-15
Movie Ho Ja Mukt 2023-01-21
Movie Hukus Bukus Arjun 2023-11-03
Series Capital A, Small A Aadi 2022-11-17
Movie Quickie Amey 2021-01-01
Series Butterflies 2020-07-31
Series Comedy Nights Bachao Self 2015-09-15
Series Simply Baatein With Raveena Himself 2014-09-07
Movie Midnight's Children Young Saleem 2012-08-31
Movie Zokkomon Kunal / Zokkomon 2011-04-02
Movie Bumm Bumm Bole Pinu 2010-05-14
Series 10 Ka Dum Himself 2008-06-06
Movie Like Stars on Earth Ishaan Nandkishore Awasthi 2007-12-21