New Delhi: As he picked up the sensitive story of an Alzheimer's affected woman and her daughter as the subject of his latest film, director Amol Palekar was certain about one thing - for all its agony and pain, the film would still present a positive picture of hope and resilience.
With 'Dhoosar', his latest Marathi film that hit the screens recently with English subtitles, Palekar has tried to explore the life of a person living with the debilitating disorder and that of those who are closely attached to her, yet blurring in her memory.
But the "streak of light at the end of the tunnel", as he calls it, is something the filmmaker strongly believes in.
'Dhoosar' or 'blurred', is the story of Suhasini, played by Reema Lagoo, who when afflicted by dementia starts losing the vital clues to her life, though she never loses the art of her poetic expression, and her daughter Suniti (Smita Tambey) who returns home to find her mother losing count of her past.
"We as filmmakers try to bring out the positive spirit while living life. This has been a strong point of 'Dhoosar' script! I personally believe in looking for the streak of light at the end of the tunnel. We, as a team, sincerely hope that our films do give the audience some resilience to tackle
the intricacies of life," Palekar told in an interview.
However, the 67-year-old director of films like 'Daayraa', 'Kairee' and 'Paheli', who feels that most of our films dealing with disorders are lost in Bollywood-style "melodrama" and "artificially-trumpeted emotions", wanted to be perfectly sure about the authentic portrayal of the disease.
Therefore, he also shared his script with veteran neurologists to be sure that the certain artistic liberties taken in the film are not unscientific.
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