State award winner MB Padmakumar's film Roopantharam has entered the Indian Panorama section at the on-going 47th International Film Festival of India (IFFI), Goa.
The film has veteran actor Kochu Preman and new face Bharat Chand in its lead roles.
"The story is an unusual one, about the emotional bond between Raghavan, who is visually impaired and Abdulla, who is speech and hearing impaired, both disabled from birth. Language is non-existent in the lives of these people and the focus is on the visuals rather than the dialogues," says Padmakumar who has directed My Life Partner earlier.
While the director is on cloud nine as the film has been selected for the IFFI, he is equally disturbed at the fact that it was declined by the jury of the upcoming IFFK. "Though the film achieved huge recognition at the prestigious film festival of Asia, it has been neglected at my home film festival," Padmakumar adds.
Meanwhile actors Kochu Preman and Bharat Chand say they feel honoured at the recognition in their acting life. "Raghavan is a 65-year-old visually challenged person. Though we have seen many other blind roles in our industry, Raghavan's is unique. After his eye transplant he feels alien to the world and realises that eyes are mere instruments for the experiences which are stored in the mind. It was a break from my comedian characters," says Kochu Preman.
For newbie Bharath Chand, the film turned to be an acting school. "Portraying a speech and hearing impaired person convincingly was a difficult task. To understand the character I had visited and interacted with the students of Government School for Deaf and Dumb at Jagathy, Trivandrum. The kids, along with the director, moulded the Abdullah in me," he says.
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