Hindustan Times' Rishabh Suri called Aamir Khan's 'Sitaare Zameen Par' a "heartfelt product, meant to be experienced in a packed theatre". "The first half is bearable only because of Aamir, and...he takes things a notch higher in the second," the review read. "At no point do the makers try to play the sympathy card with special individuals," it added.