Hearing impaired will soon experience reel magic by just clicking the mouse. They will have a chance to select from a wide range of options including short films, feature films and animations to docudrama.
All This, thanks to Mook Badhir Mandal (MBM) - a NGO working for the hearing impaired. To start with, MBM has made a three–hour feature film Mr. 420' written, directed, produced and enacted by hearing impaired.
The film will be showcased on occasion of World Deaf Day celebration on Sunday at CC Mehta Auditorium in which over 1,200 people from across country will participate. The day–long celebration will include screening of Mr 420', launching two websites for the community and another one for short films. They will also announce initiation of interpreter training programme for professionals, policemen and doctors to help in communicating with hearing impaired community.
"We have taken inspiration from popular Hindi movies, especially the blockbuster Sholay', which people from our community could not enjoy. It's a comedy film made to entertain people who can't just walk inside a cinema hall to enjoy a film," director of the film Rajesh Ketkar explained through sign language.
Mr 420' was made on a shoe–string budget of Rs 60,000 and shot in and around Vadodara district. The film has all ingredients required for a hardcore commercial film. "The cast and crew worked for free and cooperated in making the film despite some of them got injured during the shoot," added action director Imran Sheikh.
The NGO will also start making short films in Indian sign languages and upload them on the website. "We are creating a special site where films will be uploaded. Short films will be used to generate awareness amongst the community on issues such as AIDS/HIV, deaf women empowerment and sign languages.
MBM will also come out with interactive Indian sign language dictionary. These will be available in compact disc as well in printable version to aid in grasping the sign language.
Reference : http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Interesting concept. Just curious. As a hearing-impaired person, who doesn't read sign language (ASL or Indian SL). Is there going to be closed caption provided as well? I am looking forward to the time when closed captions are a part of all on-line videos.
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