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and won . Costume designer Bhanu Athaiya ‐ awarded an Oscar for Gandhi – repeated the same careful research and meticulous execution as was done for

Gandhi .

Top Films on

Differently Abled in mainstream cinema

“ Haan maine chookar dekha hai ” ‐ the only song Black film had .

idea of a bunch of villagers in 1893 shooting had to stop when jet playing cricket to evade Lagaan planes from the nearby Kutch ( levy ) seemed preposterous at first airbase would roar overhead on hearing . However once the totality training sorties . The desert soil of of the film sunk in , Aamir agreed . Kutch had fluorescent effect

The budget tag of 25 crores had no blurring the camera image and funders and Aamir gambled and therefore had to be covered with setup his own production company , clay . Around 3,000 people worked Aamir Khan

Production , which round the clock to set up produced the film . The acclaimed Champaner village on 1000 acres of soundtrack for the film was farmland . The prototype for the composed by A . R . Rahman with cricket bats used in the film was lyrics by Javed Akhtar . The film was brought from

England to match the shot at village Kanuria at the cricket gear used in late 19th outskirts of Bhuj town in Gujarat . century . The cricket pitch was laid

The location was zeroed in after an after consultation with grounds extensive year long search . Bhuj at men . Aamir Khan sought Sachin that time was facing drought and

Tendulkar ’ s advice on the setting the landscape was apt to portray a of the cricket sequences in the film drought ridden village on screen . and also extensively consulted The film was completed in one Mihir Bose ’ s History of Indian schedule with the whole team Cricket . Paul

Blackthorne , who camping at Bhuj for 6 months . played the rival team captain , took

Surprisingly after ten days of four months to get the first work in wrapping up of shooting at the the script ‐ Samajh‐right . Aamir location , it rained heavily . Many of and Ashutosh had difference on the small scenes have been done by whether Bhuvan should sport a villagers , ncluding the one when moustache . Aamir argued that a they come looking and calling out village boy of the age of Bhuvan ' bhuvan '...' bhuvan kaun hai ' after 100 years ago was apt to have a

Bhuvan accepts the bet

. Since this moustache ; however Ashutosh film was shot in sync sound , preferred a clean shaved

Bhuvan

15 Park Avenuee ( 2005 ): Depicts relationship between Meethi ( Konkona Sen ) suffering from schizophrenia and her sister Anu ( Shabana Azmi ). Won the national film award . Barfi ( 2012 ): The story of Barfi ( Ranbir Kapoor ) a deaf and mute boy ) and his relationship with Shruti ( Illeanaa D ’ Cruz ) and Jhilmil ( Priyanka Chopra ) Guzaarish ( 2010 ) : Story of Ethan ( Hrithik Roshan

) who is paralyzed from neck down and his request for his own mercy killing ( Euthanasia ). Khamoshi ( 1969 ): Remake of the Bengali film Deep Jwele Jai , is the story of ( Waheeda Rehman ) who takes care of a chronic maniac ( Rajesh Khanna ) and succeeds in curing him but herself falls into depression . Koi Mil Gaya ( 2003 ): Played by

Hrithink Roshan a role of 21 year old with brain of a seven year old . Koshish ( 1972 ): A landmark in Hindi films . The story is of a deaf and mute couple and their struggle to live a normal life of love and hope despite their disabilitiess . My Name is Khan ( 2010 ): Shahrukh khan and Kajol in the lead and directed by Karan Johor

, khan is suffering from Asperger ’ s syndrome who faces prejudices because he is a Muslim post 9 / 11 . Pa ( 2009 ): Amitabh Bachchan is a 12 year old child suffering from accelerated ageing ( progeria ) won him his third national award . The Taare Zameen Par ( 2007 ): Amir Khan ’ s directorial debut tells the story of an eight year old boy Ishaan ( played by Darsheel Dafftary ), who is dyslexic . Ishaan ’ s new arts teacher at school ( played by Amir ) comes to his rescue and put him back on track with compassion .