I think he's accepting to make his pic as a symbol of blind everywhere. As
he's begging. I'm very sorry to hear this fellow is putting down our
society. There are many girls are being slut everywhere. So can we call all
girls a slut? I'll slap that person if someone call me that way. Please
please think before you write.
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From: "jignesh thakur" <jigneshthaku...@gmail.com>
To: <neelima24su...@gmail.com>; "AccessIndia: a list for discussing
accessibility and issues concerningthe disabled."
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Sent: Monday, December 22, 2014 12:00 PM
Subject: Re: [AI] Lets discuss: Acting blind to beg on Delhi streets earned
him 5 seconds of fame
I have seen many blind begging in many towns and railway.
So it is wrong to say that each blind person can open gmail or facebook.
Many blind persons are teacher.
So we don't have problem with movie sparsh.
Because in sparsh nashiruddin shah was teacher or principal.
Right?
Now walk any railway station you will find blind persons begging there.
So what is wrong in showing blind begger?
This is profession where many blind peoples are engaged so film pk has
shown a blind man begging rightly.
So no need to panic I think.
And do not bring ramayan and mahabharat in this just for the sake of
condemning Hinduism.
A time will give you many opportunities to abuse Hinduism.
so it is better to wait for proper opportunity. as perfect timing is
always important in prasing or condemning.
On 12/22/14, Neelima Surve <neelima.a...@gmail.com> wrote:
Yes! there is one film also in Marathi in which blind or visually
impaired person shown in some other role.
Agree with Dinesh Kaushal.
Regard,
Neelima
On 12/19/14, avinash shahi <shahi88avin...@gmail.com> wrote:
Over the years blind people in India have made outstanding strides in
different professions, however its utterly disgusting to see cinema
bigwigs refuse to note such trend. Depiction of blind people as
beggars holding bowl waiting alms is still dominant in the psychy of
Bombay-based moviemakers which needs to be busted. Hope to hear from
the listers.
http://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/acting-blind-to-beg-gets-assam-youth-role-in-pk/article1-1297928.aspx
Call it blind luck.
Manoj Roy (Photo: Dhrubajyoti Nath)
Feigning blindness ensured Manoj Roy a few extra coins in his begging
bowl. The act was good enough for a life-changing role in Rajkumar
Hirani's film PK that releases Friday.
Manoj, 39, is from Bedeti in north-central Assam's Sonitpur district.
Son of a daily wager who lost his mother soon after birth, he dropped
out of school to beg after his daily-wager father fell too sick to
work.
Twenty years ago, he boarded a train to Delhi seeking a job. But he
fell back on what he was good at - acting blind, begging bowl in hand.
"I was a regular at Jantar Mantar. A few months ago, two gentlemen
approached me and asked if I could act. I told them acting is what I
do to ensure two square meals. They gave me a phone number and a Rs.
20 note before leaving," Manoj said from his village.
Something told him not to ignore the number. The person who picked up
the phone asked him to go to Nehru stadium. "I went the very next day
and found myself among members of a film unit. I was taken aside for
an audition with seven other beggars, all visually impaired. I cared
little about the film or the actors; it was the free food that
mattered, for a week till my selection," he said.
The seriousness of the whole thing dawned on Manoj when he was put up
in a five-star hotel in Delhi. "I used to often go without bath in the
slums because of scarcity of water. There I was, cooling off in the
hotel's swimming pool, and rubbing shoulders with the likes of Aamir
Khan and Anushka Sharma," he said.
Manoj's brief for the film was to beg by the roadside leaning on a
stick, waiting for Aamir to come along dancing and stealing some coins
from his bowl.
The promo scene lasts five seconds. But it is long enough for Manoj to
come home to a hero's welcome. "I returned to my village with the
money earned from the film. I have a job in a village shop, a Facebook
account and a girlfriend too. People now call me PK Honey Singh. This
is all because of the film," he said.
What next? Maybe acting in Assamese and Bengali movies, he said.
For the time being, he has set his sights on meeting his girlfriend
for the first time on Christmas.
--
Avinash Shahi
Doctoral student at Centre for Law and Governance JNU
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