A special screening of Ramesh Sippy's memorable movie Sholay, was held on 29 September in New Delhi, specially for the visually and hearing impaired.
The special screening was hosted by Saksham Trust with the support of SAPIENT and the Directorate of Film Festivals and saw many visually impaired children from special schools across NCR attend.
The film had an audio described version for the visually impaired and subtitles and a sign-language interpreter on-stage for the hearing impaired audience to comprehend.
The film, starring Amitabh Bachchan and Dharmendra as the much-loved Jai and Veeru, released over four decades ago, is loved for its dramatic story about how when his family is murdered by a notorious and ruthless bandit, a former police officer enlists the services of two outlaws to capture the bandit. Sanjeev Kumar, Amjad Khan, Hema Malini and Jaya Bachchan feature in pivotal roles in the movie.
A narrative track was added to the film which would help a person with visual impairment to understand the sequences that have a natural pause/no sound, according to organisers.
The Saksham Trust is a not-for-profit organisation working for the education, rehabilitation and welfare for persons with print disability.
Founder of Saksham Trust and President of Daisy Forum of India, Dipendra Manocha also said, “Our vision is that audio description must become part of the production of every movie made in India,” reported DNA.
(With inputs from IANS.)
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