I feel that the movie ‘kaabil’ has not received a fair review which it deserves. The routine film-reviewers are perhaps not in tune to disability studies and its varying lenses to judging a movie. In a country such as ours where a blind couple is a myth to many who connect disability as akin to asexuality; ‘kaabil’ offers them a shock. Then you have myth about disabled people are not eligible marriage candidates; the movie rebuffs such misconception by reall portrayal of Rohan and Supriya as confident and independent couple who are working and are good at household chores. Then there is another myth that its impossible that a disabled woman could ever be raped. The movie challenges this false belief and makes it clear that disabled woman are at greater risk of being harassed not only by people but by those who are supposed to protect them from brutal rape incedents and harassment. The lacuna which exists in the legal system which favours powerful criminals disproportionately is a stark reminder of how police discriminates against the most vulnerable such as disabled woman when she goes to register an FIR in rape case. Then many of my friends have opined that the movie doesn’t talk of assistive technology which is the lifeline of blind people of late. I feel that we shouldn’t expect too much from a movie which is dubbed from American film ‘blind fury’. The acting of Hrithik and Yami is superb. the sense of smell and hearing have been shown as excellent solutions to challenges which lack of eyesight mandates. Many other friends maintain that the movie lacks gender sensitivity where Rohan imposes his will on Su. I guess this is not unique to ‘kaabil’. Be it Shah Rukh, Salman or Aamir or any other famous Bollywood actor the films revolve around them and the opposite female actress conform to the norm. The Bollywood is changing though. The movie ‘kaabil’ is a break from the past which provokes thought-process in the conservative Indian society and gives a sense of pride to blind people who yearn to be treated with dignity in the publick life. Leave aside the box-office performance which is fairly good, I am sure the ‘kaabil’ will mark its imprint in the psychy of Indian viewers. Hrithik and Yamy deserve bada vala kudos.
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