Aamir Khan meets autism, and somehow Bollywood learns empathy.
Sitaaron ke Sitaare follows the extraordinary journeys of parents raising children on the spectrum. The film traces the parents' lives from the earliest days, marriage, pregnancy, childbirth, the first signs that something was different, years of struggle, living in a system that failed them, to an unimaginable instance of seeing their children being auditioned for a film and being embraced by the mainstream.
Direction
Bakshi lets parents speak without exploitation.
Production
The audition sequence is pure cinematic justice.
Editing
Decades of pain compressed into 98 healing minutes.
Director
Shaanib Bakshi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This is one of India's first mainstream documentaries centering autistic voices rather than framing them as burdens.
The title references both 'stars' as celebrities and 'stars' as children—subverting who gets to shine.
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