Anurag Basu reveals he will make another film on autism after Barfi!; says, “There is a project in mind…” : Bollywood News

Filmmaker Anurag Basu felt it is his personal responsibility to present stories about autism in order to raise awareness of the condition. In fact, he believed Barfi! did not do it credit, therefore he has promised to explore it in further detail in one of his upcoming projects.

Anurag Basu reveals he will make another film on autism after Barfi!; says, “There is a project in mind…”

Talking about his film Barfi! Basu told Hindustan Times, “When it comes to the story of Barfi!, the story came out when I started working closely with some NGOs. Through my association with the NGOs, I started meeting autistic people, and doing events with kids. It was during that period when I started understanding it.”

Basu further added, “The way they see the world, I tried to see the world through their eyes. It is difficult to see that world, but it is the most beautiful and pure world. That is what prompted me to write the story. Today, the film, with Priyanka Chopra and Ranbir Kapoor, is known as a love story, and is liked by everybody. But we couldn’t go deep in the subject. There was a huge spectrum which could have been covered, but couldn’t because of reasons such as commercial angle. We tried our best, but other people have done better.”

He said he would definitely look into the matter again, “I will do it in the next couple of years. And this time, I will delve deep into it. I will do it. There is a project in mind, and I want to work on it. I will talk about it once closer to time when I am starting to work on it.”

In fact, he calls on people to raise awareness of the issue on World Autism Awareness Day (April 2) by urging them to do so. He said, “I don’t like when people look at autistic people as bechara. It is not the truth. They are not different. We need to understand it. We can do a lot more. For instance, there are not enough trained teachers for them. They need the same amount of attention from us and the government. We need to understand that every autistic kid is different so that will be the way to learn. They go for visually learning.”

“I have formed this personal bond with the issue over the years. There is no single reason or single person for it,” Anurag concluded.

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