Well friends, we are over reacting! Films do portray men and women in different roles. Good, bad and ugly. Blind people are also human and can be a teacher, musician, a lawyer and even a beggar. Films all the time show beggars who are not blind. I do not see anything wrong in a movie having a character who happens to be a beggar who is blind. The primary object of movies is to entertain and the scenes often present realities around us. They are not always required to show what should be. Just take it on our chin and move on. Today we have seen the film, tomorrow we will forget it and life will go on.
Having said this, we must also expect film makers to come up with roles where blind people are more socially acceptable characters. -----Original Message----- From: AccessIndia [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Madhumitha Sent: 22 December 2014 15:49 To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issuesconcerning the disabled. Subject: Re: [AI] Lets discuss: Acting blind to beg on Delhi streets earned him 5 seconds of fame 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. ----- Original Message ----- From: "jignesh thakur" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; "AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerningthe disabled." <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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-g ets-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 >>> >>> Clean India Campaign: Let us also chip in! >>> >>> >>> >>> Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility >>> of >>> mobile phones / Tabs on: >>> http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessin dia.org.in >>> >>> >>> Search for old postings at: >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >>> >>> To unsubscribe send a message to >>> [email protected] >>> with the subject unsubscribe. >>> >>> To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, >>> please >>> visit the list home page at >>> http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in >>> >>> >>> Disclaimer: >>> 1. 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