Aamir Khan will debut as a director with Taare Zameen Par. The film that was earlier supposed to be directed by Amol Gupte but is being directed by Aamir Khan due to creative differences and being in mutual agreement.

The film is a sensitive story of a child and his teacher. Aamir as a director has been confirmed by Aamir Khan Productions. This is the production house's second film after its first venture Lagaan.

Apparently after the first week of shooting when Aamir saw the rushes of Taare Zameen Par he was not happy with what he saw and felt that Amol Gupte's original script was not translated well on screen.

So Aamir called Amol and bluntly expressed his displeasure. Aamir also offered to return the script to Amol, so that he could make the film for another producer, with another actor. However, Amol insisted that Aamir produce and act in the film.

He wasn't ready to go to any other producer. And it was Amol's decision to step down as the film's director. Amol finally suggested that Aamir direct the film. Amol also felt that he would be most comfortable with Aamir as director, as he had spent a lot of time with Aamir on the script.

Aamir after a lot of thought decided to go ahead and direct the film. Aamir decided to don the director's cap mainly because any new director coming in at this point would not be familiar with the script and the shooting would take a back seat for a few months taking them back to pre-production stages!!!!

Another reason why Aamir decided to direct the film was that they couldn't delay the film's shooting to 2007 summer, when the schools are shut.

They also had to be careful as the film's child protagonist, Darsheel Safary, would grow up considerably and the production house would have to look for another child for the sake of continuity, if the film's shooting was delayed. Aamir wanted Darsheel to play the main role, as he was the perfect choice.

Aamir has already been creatively involved in his films like Lagaan, Dil Chahta Hai and Rang de Basanti.

The shooting of Taare Zameen Par is now complete and the film is in its post-production stages. The film will release in December 2007.