Chennai
Persons with disability protest insensitive portrayal in films
Staff Reporter
They want censor board to remove abusive words and references
- PHOTO: M.Karunakaran
Persons with disability staging a protest in Chennai on Saturday.
CHENNAI: Persons with disability staged a protest on Saturday condemning
insensitive and misleading portrayal of their community members in mainstream
Tamil cinema. The protestors demanded that use of derogatory language to
address persons with disability be censored.
V. Maruthamuthu, Salem district secretary of the Tamil Nadu Handicapped
Persons' Association, demanded that the Central Board of Film Certification act
immediately to remove abusive words and references used to address the
community. "Will the Censor Board allow film-makers to show unlimited violence
in the guise of portraying the truth," he wondered?
His specific reference was to movie 'Naan Kadavul,' which had shown a visually
challenged girl opting for death to overcome her sufferings. "Already
discrimination against persons with disability is high. With the film
justifying mercy killing of persons with disability, several people may
consider it alright to exercise that option, which is dangerous," said K.
Gopinath, member of the Tamil Nadu Welfare Board for the Disabled.
He also drew attention to other movies such as 'Dancer,' 'Perazhagan' and
'Polladavan' which had shown persons with disability in poor light, but got
away with it.
Date:22/03/2009 URL:
http://www.thehindu.com/2009/03/22/stories/2009032260290400.htm
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