FILMS CAN MAKE MASSES AWARE ABOUT DISABILITY ISSUES ?

Endorsing the WE CARE film festival being organized in the coming December by two Delhi based NGO’s ? Tamana Welfare Society and Brotherhood ? the well known media educator and researcher Prof. Sandeep Marwah said that film and television are indeed powerful mediums of mass communication. It is thoughtful on the part of the organizers of this film festival to support the cause of the mentally and physically handicapped persons through films on disability issues, he added Prof. Sandeep Marwah offered to make available the facilities at Marwah Studios to the film professionals willing to support this cause through their work.
The president of Tamana Welfare Society Dr. Shyama Chona suggested that well made films on the subject may be screened at the schools and colleges to sensitize the youth about this issue. The director of WE CARE film festival Satish Kapoor said that the masses must be made aware about their duty to lend all possible support to the handicapped persons. The proposed film festival is a modest effort in this direction, he added. Prof. MM Alex, renowned film-actor Atul Kumar and Babli Singh of Shemaroo group were also present at the curtain raiser for the film festival being organized.