When Bollywood stars move closer to a silent world
by Kiran Pahwa on Thu, 06/16/2011
India. New Delhi, Amitabh Bachchan, Priyanka Chopra, Rani Mukherjee
New Delhi, June 16 : Bollywood films are known for powerful dialogues. But once in a blue moon, the film industry delves into characters who live in a silent world, sending top stars like Amitabh Bachchan, Ranbir Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra to classes in the sign language.
Learning lessons for about a month or so, the actors get invaluable glimpses into the lives of the hearing- and speech-impaired, even if they do so only for their roles.
Upcoming projects like Anurag Basu's "Barfee" and Neeraj Ghosh's "Soundtrack" are once again delving into this quietly alive world that remains largely unexplored in Hindi films.
"People don't really touch this section on screen much in comparison to the handicapped, blind or mentally challenged people. The reason could be that deaf people don't create or add drama to the script because their appearance is similar to normal people," Charanpreet Kaur Walia, deputy director of education at the Helen Keller Institute for Deaf & Deafblind in Mumbai, told IANS on phone.
Some estimates say there are over 50 million hearing-impaired people in India. Previously just a handful of films have dealt with this section of society.
Read More...http://www.topnews.in/
by Kiran Pahwa on Thu, 06/16/2011
India. New Delhi, Amitabh Bachchan, Priyanka Chopra, Rani Mukherjee
New Delhi, June 16 : Bollywood films are known for powerful dialogues. But once in a blue moon, the film industry delves into characters who live in a silent world, sending top stars like Amitabh Bachchan, Ranbir Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra to classes in the sign language.
Learning lessons for about a month or so, the actors get invaluable glimpses into the lives of the hearing- and speech-impaired, even if they do so only for their roles.
Upcoming projects like Anurag Basu's "Barfee" and Neeraj Ghosh's "Soundtrack" are once again delving into this quietly alive world that remains largely unexplored in Hindi films.
"People don't really touch this section on screen much in comparison to the handicapped, blind or mentally challenged people. The reason could be that deaf people don't create or add drama to the script because their appearance is similar to normal people," Charanpreet Kaur Walia, deputy director of education at the Helen Keller Institute for Deaf & Deafblind in Mumbai, told IANS on phone.
Some estimates say there are over 50 million hearing-impaired people in India. Previously just a handful of films have dealt with this section of society.
Read More...http://www.topnews.in/
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