The Reality of Reel-ity

TZP(taare zameen par for the uninitiated) is another example of cinematic brilliance...an extremely well thought out movie.Unfortunately,it is just that...a movie.
So to expect some kind of a radical social change from this reel life venture would be foolhardy.There are people who tend to believe that such movies are the harbinger of a holistic change in perception of society towards that,which the fim deals with..in this case,it is dyslexia.Or to be precise,children affected by this condtion.
The protagonist of this story(aamir) goes all out to be the emotional cushion for the suffering kid.He,as the arts teacher, is seen employing unconventional techniques to help the boy learn everything in a different manner...he provides the boy a comfort zone,within which he can be himself,without having to worry about the repurcussions of his results back home.
My question is...how many teachers are willing to go that far,for one kid?
Not many,i believe.
So why are the tissues coming out?
It has touched a chord,did someone say?
But are we doing something to validate the message of the film? No.
Life will carry on once more for those suffering kids,who are perhaps suffering more from an illusion of temporal hope,which the film provides, than from their condition.
Contrary to what some believe(or would like to believe), films on real life issues DO NOT change reality.They,however,must be credited of bringing to the fore, issues which are on the brink of social extinction...putting the limelight on important aspects for a change.
But i repeat,they are only catalytic in their effect.It is upto the masses,who have to initiate the real change.It won't help if we merely say,that a certain film has revived a certain social aspect,long since shelved into the labyrinths of public memory.This is exactly what happened with another movie...chak de india, starring Shahrukh Khan.
The movie was supposed to miraculously turn around the perpetually dwindling condition of womens hockey in india. The despicably corrupted and biased attitude of adminstrators controlling womens hockey is revealed in the movie.It sent a wave of new-found patriotism among many,who believed that,the time had come for the national hockey team(both men and women!) to feel rejuvenated enough to go on and win titles at international levels....Wrong again.
We should stop meandering like a hard-core romantic, in a dream world;where magnanimous levels of adminstrative blunders,social prejudices and corrruption is erased instantly by a Bollywood director's two hour affair.