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Deaf, Dumb, and Blind

I have always admired West­ern films fea­tur­ing the hand­i­capped, such as Chil­dren of a Lesser God, Scent of a Woman, and the clas­sic The Mir­a­cle Worker. So the last week­end, I decided to explore sim­i­lar Indian films. Warn­ing: this post con­tains spoil­ers.
Koshish (Effort) (1972)
Directed by the sen­si­tive Gulzar, fea­tur­ing stal­warts San­jeev Kumar and Jaya Bhaduri, …

October 27, 2007 – 8:50 PM | By Mahendra | Posted in Arts, India, cinema, marathi | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (21)

Blind Love…

I can hear what you sayI sense we’re in a bindI can touch what you saySo what if I’m blind?
I under­stand youBet­ter than most oth­ersEngulfed in your hairSmelling the flow­ers
The per­fume of your hair­Lifts me out of despairThe dark­ness every­whereAsks me, do I dare?
Am I fit to be your lover?Blind, will­ing to bend low­erThis is what tears …

October 23, 2007 – 3:41 PM | By Mahendra | Posted in Arts, My Art, poetry | Tagged , , , , | Comments (12)