Donât stereotype, donât lampoon: Hindi films and SC verdict on portrayal of differently-abled
Differently abled and derision has often gone hand in hand in mainstream Hindi cinema with numerous instances of impairments, visual, speech, physical and others, being used to get laughs â mostly unkind. A trend activists and lawyers hope will end with the Supreme Courtâs recent âgame changingâ verdict. Stereotyping differently-abled persons in cinema perpetuates discrimination…