Drishtant becomes first Marathi film to cast visually challenged artistes

Director Abhijit K Zanjal’s Drishtant is the first Marathi movie to feature a visually challenged main cast. The film stars Hemendra, Yogesh Rao, Babita Roy and Shubham.

The film is produced by Sambhav Davar, Harshvardhan, Tanmay Telang and Tripur Singh while the story, screenplay and dialogues have been written by Radha and Harsha Tijare.

The makers said in a statement that the film was shot in Goa and revolves around the lead character Ajinkya played by Hemendra.

'The movie touches upon the importance of life and other social messages,' said the statement. 'Another unique feature of the film is that the makers want to cater to all demographics which includes the deaf and the blind. Hence, the film can be heard by the blind and seen by the deaf, apart from the normal viewing for a regularly abled audience.'

The makers added that the film promotes a noble cause. 'The film’s objective is to get people to open their eyes to the world around them and see the beautiful things they have, which brings the subject of organ donation, a noble cause that the film promotes to help the biologically less fortunate,' their statement said.

Drishtant is currently in post-production. The film brings to mind the Hindi movie Shadow (2010) in which Nasser Khan, a visually challenged actor, played the role of a man who has perfect vision.