8 lessons every Pakistani parent can learn from ‘Secret Superstar’

DUBAI: Aamir Khan and Zaira Wasim team up again and this time, if I may be so bold to say, it’s even better than Dangal. Written and directed by Advait Chandan (who worked with Aamir Khan and Kiran Rao before in Dhobi Ghaat and Taare Zameen Par), the film is a powerful and heartrending story of a young talented girl and the various understandably real problems she faces in fulfilling her dream of becoming a singer.

While Dangal was the story of a father and his daughters and how he helps them fight, literally and metaphorically, Secret Superstar is based on another parent-child relationship where similar themes of love and triumph are woven beautifully together into a strong script and compelling characters.

Here are a few things every Pakistani parent can learn about the bond between a daughter and a mother from the heartwarming film. Emphasis on ‘Pakistani’ because it’s all too common in our country to clip our children’s wings and thwart their personal life goals and dreams…