The ‘special’ heroes of Bollywood

Ajay Devgan – Main Aisa Hi Hoon This one would go down as one of the most under-rated and ignore performances of Ajay Devgan ever. He came up with an endearing act in Main Aisa Hi Hoon but let alone the complex part that he played, Read More">majority of audience haven’t even heard of this filmRead More

Ajay Devgan - Main Aisa Hi Hoon

This one would go down as one of the most under-rated and ignore performances of Ajay Devgan ever. He came up with an endearing act in Main Aisa Hi Hoon but let alone the complex part that he played, majority of audience haven't even heard of this film which came and sunk without a trace. A 2005 release, this Harry Baweja film starred Ajay Devgan as Indraneel Thakur who was a grown-up man with the brain of a seven-year-old child. The twist in the tale here is he himself he had a girl child whom he had to take care of. The film did have its emotional moments, especially the ones featuring Devgan (who was terrific once again) with the kid. Notice the scenes he shares with the child - they would truly make you drop a tear or two!

Darsheel Safary, the boy who plays the central character of ‘Ishaan Awasthi’ in Taare Zameen Par, must have had a task in hand! After all, unlike playing a conventional child character, Darsheel didn’t quite have many references points up his sleeves. If promos are any indication, Read More">Darsheel is a winner in hands! In the recentRead More

Darsheel Safary, the boy who plays the central character of ‘Ishaan Awasthi’ in Taare Zameen Par, must have had a task in hand! After all, unlike playing a conventional child character, Darsheel didn't quite have many references points up his sleeves. If promos are any indication, Darsheel is a winner in hands! In the recent times, Darsheel had number of actors for company ranging from Javed Jaffrey to Hrithik Roshan to Raima Sen who were differently abled! Let's have a look.

Darsheel Safary - Taare Zameen Par

Darsheel plays the character of Ishaan, an 8 year old, dyslexic boy. A ‘bindaas’ kid, his interest lies in drawing, painting and playing but ignores homework, takes no efforts to get good marks in exams and his room is a perpetual garbage bin. Give him colors and he will be the happiest kid alive but talk about getting into a boarding school and he would protest!

Javed Jaffrey – Dhamaal Javed Jaffrey’s act in Dhamaal came as a pleasant surprise. A take off on Hrithik from Koi Mil Gaya, Javed was a riot as a ‘30 something man’ who had a mind of a 10 year old. Since Dhaamal was an Indra Kumar enterprise, Read More">as expected there was no ‘rona-dhona’ orRead More

Javed Jaffrey - Dhamaal

Javed Jaffrey's act in Dhamaal came as a pleasant surprise. A take off on Hrithik from Koi Mil Gaya, Javed was a riot as a ‘30 something man’ who had a mind of a 10 year old. Since Dhaamal was an Indra Kumar enterprise, as expected there was no 'rona-dhona' or feeling pity around Javed's ‘boy-man’ character. Instead, this was projected as one of the many selling points of the film with Javed coming up with an impeccable body language, mannerisms and accent of a kid. No wonder, he was the best part about the film and a true hero. Indra Kumar hit gold after a poor Pyaare Mohan and talks are already on for a sequel.

Dhruv Piyush Panjnani – Apna Aasmaan Around 3 months back, Read More">Dhruv enacted the role of a 14 year old boy Buddhi whose character resembled that of Darsheel. A mentally challenged young boy whose interest lied in painting (mere coincidence?) but couldn’t gather attention when it came to studies; Dhruv’s performance in the film was average.Read More

Dhruv Piyush Panjnani - Apna Aasmaan

Around 3 months back, Dhruv enacted the role of a 14 year old boy Buddhi whose character resembled that of Darsheel. A mentally challenged young boy whose interest lied in painting (mere coincidence?) but couldn't gather attention when it came to studies; Dhruv's performance in the film was average. Apna Aasmaan was a serious film about parental aspirations from a child who is unlike others and was a non-starter at the box office.

Raima Sen – Eklavya Wish one sees more of Raima Sen. She has made her presence felt this year in films like Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd, Read More">Yatra and Manorama – Six Feet Under but it was Eklavya – The Royal Guard which made everyone sit up and take notice of her at the beginning ofRead More

Raima Sen - Eklavya

Wish one sees more of Raima Sen. She has made her presence felt this year in films like Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd, Yatra and Manorama - Six Feet Under but it was Eklavya - The Royal Guard which made everyone sit up and take notice of her at the beginning of the year itself. As Nandini, a mentally challenged Princess who is the lone witness to the murder of her mother in the hands of her father, she was impressive in those 4-5 scenes, which she enacted. Just like Ishaan (Taare Zameen Par) and Buddhi (Apna Aasmaan), even Nandini's interest lies in, what else but, painting! The only difference here is that her painting was colored with murder! The film was a disappointment at the box office though Raima may just get a chance to walk the red market if Eklavya - The Royal Guard covers some distance in the Oscars.