Seen and unseen: Disabled characters lost in cinema
There have been many Hindi films depicting disabled people as protagonists. “Even though, at the surface, disability seems to be only a plot tool, Saajan somehow manages to resonate with the romantic universe of disabled people.” There have been Hindi films with strong and memorable disabled characters, although many of them do not occupy the centrality which most people attach to a certain type of film often discussed in film discourses. In the real world though, for most disabled people disability is just one facet of life and while it does impact other aspects of their lives, a disabled person is more than just their disability. For that, it remains one of the best loved films about disability, especially among disabled people. Even though, at the surface, disability seems to be only a plot tool, Saajan somehow manages to resonate with the romantic universe of disabled people.
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