2025 · Film
Sitaare Zameen Par
Aamir Khan plays a disgraced basketball coach sentenced to community service, who must train a team of players with intellectual disabilities for a tournament.
Reviewed by Movie Mandala, Sun, 18 Oct, 2026
Where to watch
IndiaAs of 24 October 2026, Sitaare Zameen Par is streaming in India on SonyLIV with a subscription.
- Checked Sat, 24 Oct, 2026 via Airtel Xstream listing
The story
Gulshan Arora is an assistant basketball coach whose career has stalled. After he is caught drink-driving, a court sentences him to community service: coaching a basketball team of adults with intellectual disabilities. Gulshan struggles to connect with his new players, each with their own needs, habits and personality, and his patience is tested from the first practice. As he slowly gets to know them, the team starts working towards a basketball tournament.
Spoiler-free: only the set-up.
Who it suits
If you liked *Taare Zameen Par* or *Dangal*, this warm, funny sports drama about inclusion, neurodiversity and personal redemption is one for the family. It is rated UA13+, and the story begins with a drunk-driving case.
Curation to help you choose, not a review.
Background
The film is an official remake of the 2018 Spanish film Champions (Campeones) and is described as a spiritual successor to Aamir Khan's Taare Zameen Par (2007), rather than a direct sequel. Divy Nidhi Sharma wrote the screenplay, and Aamir Khan Productions produced it. Filming took place in Mumbai, New Delhi and Vadodara in 2024.
It released in cinemas on 20 June 2025, with Tamil and Telugu dubbed versions. After its theatrical run, it premiered on YouTube on 1 August 2025 as a ₹100 pay-per-view in India. Wikipedia lists a worldwide gross of about ₹266 crore, the seventh-highest for a Hindi film in 2025. It was also the first film to be released with closed captions, audio description and Indian Sign Language together.
The facts
- Language
- Hindi
- Hindi
- Hindi original
- Genre
- Sports comedy-drama
- Runtime
- 158 min
- Certificate
- U/A 13+
- Director
- R. S. Prasanna
- Cast
- Aamir Khan, Genelia D'Souza, Aroush Datta, Gopi Krishnan Varma, Vedant Sharmaa
Questions people ask
- Where can I watch Sitaare Zameen Par in India?
- As of 24 October 2026, Sitaare Zameen Par is streaming in India on SonyLIV with a subscription.
- Is Sitaare Zameen Par in Hindi?
- Yes. Sitaare Zameen Par is a Hindi-language film.
- Is Sitaare Zameen Par suitable for children?
- Sitaare Zameen Par has a CBFC U/A 13+ certificate, which means it is suitable for viewers aged 13 and above; younger children should watch with a parent.
- How long is Sitaare Zameen Par?
- Sitaare Zameen Par runs for 2 hours 38 minutes (158 minutes).