Hi,
Some of you must have seen promos of a forthcoming Hindi movie – Golmal 3 YouTube - Golmaal 3 [dialogue promo] These promos portray stutterers in a very bad light, like they are dim-wits of people with less intelligence.
I consider myself quite thick-skinned and am not usually offended. But this was plain tasteless and offensive. I would be very uncomfortable if I watch it with my kids. What they will think about me?
These kind of trashy movies aren’t my scene and I haven’t seen any movies from this director; but my wife told me that this director has a history of making fun of people’s handicaps. In his earlier movies, he had used a blind couple and a guy who cannot speak as props.
We cannot let this go on forever. Somewhere we will have to take a stand, and put a stop to this kind of crap. I am a founder trustee of an NGO - The Indian Stammering Association (Welcome to The Indian Stammering Association) and we are filing a petition to stay the release of this movie.
Other than this we are also running an online petition against it. Please read and sign the petition and forward it to your friends/family/colleagues. We need as many signature as we can to make an impact.
Petition - Humiliating portrayal of a person who stammers in Golmal 3 Petition
Regards
Nitin
Some of you must have seen promos of a forthcoming Hindi movie – Golmal 3 YouTube - Golmaal 3 [dialogue promo] These promos portray stutterers in a very bad light, like they are dim-wits of people with less intelligence.
I consider myself quite thick-skinned and am not usually offended. But this was plain tasteless and offensive. I would be very uncomfortable if I watch it with my kids. What they will think about me?
These kind of trashy movies aren’t my scene and I haven’t seen any movies from this director; but my wife told me that this director has a history of making fun of people’s handicaps. In his earlier movies, he had used a blind couple and a guy who cannot speak as props.
We cannot let this go on forever. Somewhere we will have to take a stand, and put a stop to this kind of crap. I am a founder trustee of an NGO - The Indian Stammering Association (Welcome to The Indian Stammering Association) and we are filing a petition to stay the release of this movie.
Other than this we are also running an online petition against it. Please read and sign the petition and forward it to your friends/family/colleagues. We need as many signature as we can to make an impact.
Petition - Humiliating portrayal of a person who stammers in Golmal 3 Petition
Regards
Nitin