Iqbal bagged the National Film Award for Best Film on Other Social Issues. One of Shreyas Talpade’s earliest films and one of the most remarkable performances of his career, Iqbal saw the actor get into the skin of a cricket-obsessed deaf-mute boy from a remote Indian village who dreams of playing for the Indian national cricket team.
Revolving around a dyslexic kid Ishaan (Darsheel Safary), whose problem is considered to be his laziness, the film has Aamir Khan as the teacher who helps him overcome his hurdles and lend him a hand of support when he is left to deal on his own in a boarding school. Taare Zameen Par is a film, that upon its release was considered as an eye-opener for parents and teachers who unload huge burdens on kids and consider them as failures when they are not able to live up to their standards. Several years later, he develops Alzheimer’s disease and forgets who the woman is, and this forms an endearing climax of the film. Despite his harsh ways, in the beginning, the two forms a bond and Debraj’s lessons help her become a more expressive woman. It centers around a deaf and blind woman (Rani Mukherji) who with the help of her teacher Debraj (Amitabh Bachchan) learns to communicate better. Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s 2005 film Black takes inspiration from Helen Keller and her autobiography The Story of My Life. On the film’s 9th anniversary, we look back at some of the other films that, too, did not treat disability as a subject of mockery or a stamp of weakness. With the main characters being specially abled, the film showed having a happy or a normal life is not always restricted to be being physically perfect.
Apart from the laughter dose, and strong performances from Ranbir and Priyanka, who shed their star personality to fit in the roles of a deaf and dumb guy and an autistic girl, respectively, the film also stands out due to the way they portrayed disability. With a star cast of Ranbir Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra and Ileana D’Cruz, who made her Bollywood debut with the film, Barfi! managed to gather love from audiences and critics alike. Anurag Basu’s critically acclaimed film Barfi! completed 9 years on Tuesday, September 14.
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