I have seen these movies. But, when Shirene mentioned them, it did not sound to be about them, and I could not understand which were the mentioned ones.
On 2/21/17, Shireen Irani <shireen....@gmail.com> wrote: > hi, > > pasting below, the list of 4 movies which my friend was talking about, > but just a small correction: the characters in these movies are not > blind, but have other disabilities, or belong to other marginalised > groups, and all these roles are played by the Malayalam actor Dileep. > in 1 of the movies he is a hunch-back, with a badly dis-figured face, > in another movie he has a cleft lip with speech impediments, etc. > there's 1 movie in which he has no disability, but is a cross-dresser. > i.e. he likes to ware so-called feminine clothes. > the fact still remains, that irrespective of the disability, these are > characters that are not conventionally accepted by society, and > especially when they are men, upon whom lies the entire onus of being > able, macho, real men of society, it'd be interesting to find out the > dynamics of the dual roles written for the actor, and the audiences > true responses to such dicotomies. > i've also heard that when these movies were dubbed in Tamil, a lot of > the Tamil stars refused to perform those roles, claiming that playing > such roles will affect their popularity among their fans, deeming them > as less masculine and able. > here are the names of the movies, and i believe all them were box-office > hits. > > Kunjikoonan, 2002 (directed by Sasi Shanker), Chanthupottu, 2005 ( > directed by Lal Jose), Pachakuthira, 2006 (directed by Kamal), Sound > Thoma,2013 (directed by Vyshak). > > > > > > > On 2/20/17, Asudani, Rajesh <rajeshasud...@rbi.org.in> wrote: >> Hmm. >> Interesting. >> Usually inactivity is associated with goodness, and presumably blind are >> associated with inactivity. >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On >> Behalf >> Of Shireen Irani >> Sent: Saturday, February 18, 2017 12:33 PM >> To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning >> the disabled. >> Subject: Re: [AI] From regional to bollywood: Films that show world in a >> new >> light >> >> while on the subject of regional films, here's something i got to know >> the other day which i found very interesting: >> >> there is a bunch of Malayalam movies, having the following >> characteristics: >> 1. the male protagonist/ hero, is blind. >> 2. the actor playing the blind hero, always has a double role, where >> his other role is of a sighted guy. >> 3. the sighted guy is always a villain/ bad guy, while the blind >> character is always good/ likable, and morally correct. >> 4. as a result, the audience is always left hating the sighted guy, >> and liking, or siding with the blind guy, by the end of the movie. >> >> this seems to have been a pattern in quite a few Malayalam movies, and >> it'd be interesting to dig deeper into the audiences mind to find out >> how exactly they interpret these situations. what is it that they >> really feel for the blind characters. is it mere sympathy/ empathy, or >> do such movies leave lasting impressions about blind people being >> generally lovely, well-meaning, nice people, with no evil streak? >> what is the intention of directors of such movies. to have made so >> many movies with similar themes? >> i believe my friend had written a small paper on this issue, and i'm >> trying to get hold of it. >> i found this whole thing quite fascinating though. >> >> Shireen. >> >> On 2/18/17, avinash shahi <shahi88avin...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Can any NGO do an audio description in English of all these regional >>> movies discussed in the piece? that's a huge task but worth-doing. >>> Regional cinema has a lot to offer which should be taken seriously. >>> http://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/Films-that-show-world-in-a-new-light/article17312903.ece >>> >>> >>> >>> In Mohanlal’s latest release Kanupapa where he plays Jayaram, a >>> visually-impaired character, he is a lift-operator, teaches >>> Kalaripayattu, plays the violin, sings like a dream and has a crack at >>> a Punjabi number too. He hears better than an average human and given >>> all his abilities, the need for any sympathy is eliminated from the >>> picture. So is the case of spirited Rohan Bhatnagar from Kaabil; >>> despite his inability to see, he outsmarts the baddies Amit Shellar >>> and Madhavrao Shellar to seek revenge. In Nagesh Kukunoor ’s Dhanak, >>> ït’s hard not to connect with Chotu, beautifully essayed by the child >>> artiste Krrish Chhabria. >>> >>> >>> >>> Click Here! >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> All these films with chirpy commercial elements received warm public >>> responses, a Tamil film Cuckoo that had two visually-challenged >>> protagonists falling in love, went onto win a National Award. >>> (Oppam-the Malayalam version of Kanupapa was a success, while the >>> Telugu version tanked) The positive and vibrant portrayal of these >>> characters is a marked departure from the eerie stereotypes that films >>> have otherwise reduced them to. >>> >>> Films are a reflection of the society, adds writer-director Mahesh >>> Kathi. “Change comes across when the society turns sensitive about the >>> way they treat the differently abled. We don’t call people blind any >>> more, they are visually challenged. Most directors who take the middle >>> path do well to add nuances. Actors too take it all the more seriously >>> now, they are trying their best to live their roles.” >>> >>> Actor Vikram played a character whos loses his eyesight in Siva >>> Thandavam and is reported to be donning the lead role of a visually >>> impaired man in a Tamil remake of the Hollywood film Don’t Breathe. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> “A few decades ago, many actors considered such parts a dream,” Mahesh >>> feels, adding that with actors like Ravi Teja and Raj Tarun playing >>> visually impaired roles in Raja-The Great and Andagadu that the trend >>> might return. >>> >>> Producer-director Tammareddy Bharadwaj has a different take on this >>> trend: “ We have always had strong visually-impaired characters even >>> in the past, sample NTR’s portrayal in the 1956-starrer Chiranjeevulu, >>> for a brief portion in Raktha Sambandham, Laya’s good job in Preminchu >>> for a similar role won her a Nandi Award.” . >>> >>> However these and also Kamal Haasan’s role in Amavasya Chandrudu or >>> Sarvadaman Banerjee in Sirivennela, though strong, were overshadowed >>> by the melodramatic treatment. >>> >>> Even for Srinivas Murthy, the executive producer of Kanupapa in >>> Telugu, it was the novelty of the theme that convinced him to dub >>> regionally. “It was Priyadarshan’s comeback film in Malayalam and I >>> was bowled over by the way he approached a subject that was quite >>> universal. 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