Bollywood's Enchating Deaf Performances

  • Bollywood's Enchating Deaf Performances

    Bollywood's Enchating Deaf Performances

    Disability genre has always been an award winning gamble for the B-Town biggies, especially the world of deaf and mutes.

    Let's see if the upcoming Anurag Basu cine flick Barfee, starring Ranbir Kapoor as a deaf and mute man, can ingeminate the history of this league.

    Meanwhile, lets have a look at some epitome deaf and mute movies of Bollywood.

  • Barfee

    Barfee

    Reportedly, Barfee is a story about a deaf man played by Ranbir and a mentally challenged woman (Priyanka Chopra) and their union to solve the mystery surrounding the murder of RK's wife (Ileana D'Cruz).

    So lets keep our fingers crossed to see if this tale can continue the award winning tradition for the league or not.

  • Iqbal

    Iqbal

    Directed by Nagesh Kuknoor Iqbal was a story of cricket obsessed deaf guy (Shreyas Talpade) from a remote town, who aspires to overcome his limitations to become a cricketer and to represent his nation.

    The movie fetched National Award for Best Film on Other Social Issues, even fetched Zee Cine's Best Actor Critics award for Shreyas Talpade.

  • Black

    Black

    This Sanjay Leela Bhansali masterpiece was based on the life of Helen Keller. The movie thrashed all the past records by winning 11 Filmfare Awards under various categories including Best Film, Best Actor and Actress.

    Not only this, the movie ruled all the award platforms including National Awards, Zee Cine Awards, Screen Awards and IIFA.

  • Khamoshi

    Khamoshi

    Sanjay Leela Bhansali's directorial debut Khamoshi - The Musical could not perform well on the BO but still managed to win the appreciation of critics.

    Based on the life of a deaf and mute couple Nana Patekar and Seema Biswas who have a normal child Annie played by Manisha Koirala, the movie succeeded in fetching Critics Award for Best film.

  • Koshish

    Koshish

    Koshish is one of the landmark movies directed by Gulzar. The movie was about the plight of a deaf and mute couple and their conflicts, pain and struggle to carve out a niche for themselves in a desensitized society.

    Sanjeev Kumar and Jaya Bhaduri's performance as a deaf and mute couple fetched massive accolades and movie won National Award for Best Film.

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