These days our protagonists are depending on various physical and mental defects to become a hero on silver screen. Memory loss patients, anger-struck guys, and blind persons are the characteristics even our big heroes are loving to portray. But there is a thing about playing a blind person role on silver screen, and how audiences received those films.
Often we see some top directors carving out comedy scenes out of blind persons. Recently Raj Tarun being a hero played himself blind in Andhagadu but the movie hasn’t done well. In the past, some films like Sirivennela, Preminchu, and Seenu Vasanthi Lakshmi received accolades from the audiences though the main leads are blind in the movie, why such result is not repeating now? As Mass Raja Raviteja is also coming up with a blind person’s role in Raja The Great movie, here comes an interesting discussion.
Actually, in those films like Sirivennela and Preminchu, the protagonists are completely blind through the film. There is no cinematic twist to the story by suddenly making the lead character get back eyes and behave quite dramatically. Audiences completely loved those characters and showered love. But recent films like Andhagadu have their heroes only half-blind, we mean, they are blind for the first half while in the second half they get eyes and showcase heroism. That led to utter disbelief and lack of conviction as well, while the result spoke for itself.
Even in a recent Hollywood hit like ‘Don’t Breathe’, the lead character though a villain of sorts, is totally blind, and throughout the film, he’s that way. With Raja The Great touted to be an inspiration from that flick, we have to see if Raviteja will be completely blind or only blind for half of the film. Then we have to see if the sentiment also works or not.
