Audiences OTT Appreciation for Disabled Characters?

I've noticed over the past few years, that whenever an actor plays the role of a disabled/autistic or any character that has some kind of condition- that performance is AUTOMATICALLY liked and appreciated.

Whether its Rani in Black, Priyanka in Barfi or SRK in My Name is Khan or even Hrithik in KMG - they all got lots of love for those roles.

I may be in the minority but I find a lot of these roles are overrated and a lot of them actually insult and degrade people who suffer from that condition. The worst has got to be SRK in MNIK and Priyanka in Barfi, I just find both extremely overrated and not sure why everyone talks so highly of those performances. Im not saying it wasnt a good performane but, its praised too much.

Your thoughts? It just doesn't sit well with me, that just because a character is disabled that it should be praise to the skies, something about that logic just seems wrong to me.

Most disabled people want to be treated just like any other person, at least that's why my country believes. So for me, I wouldn't like these performances any differently than a performance of a character with no disability. The thought to elevate these performances annoys me.

ummm i kinda dont know how to respond to this post. i agree with you that people with disabilities want to be treated the same as everyone else. but such characters are so rarely shown on film, so whenever an actor is brave enough to portray a character with a disability and do a good job, it is something to be commended. its obviously harder to portray a person with a disability than someone who is not disabled which is why such portrayals are appreciated. i dont think anyone with a disability would feel bad that an actor playing a character with a disability is praised. the portrayal of these characters creates awareness and understanding of people with disabilities.

I respect your views but I don't think any one mocked their disability at all

they all conveyed the pain of being disabled quite well actually and in all good taste

I think Rani and Ranbir had played their parts to perfection in Black and Barfi respectively. SRK's character was quite difficult to play in MNIK. PC looked very adorable in Barfi as well. Amitabh Bachchan did a fantastic job in Paa. For the actors, these characters are hard if we compare these performances to typical candy floss romance or action movies. Its not about treating physically challenged people differently. Its about portraying their pain which is quite difficult and for a healthy individual to do that so convincingly is applause worthy.

Tha can be simply said about any similar type of roles by picking up the succesful and appreciated performances
-Biopics (PST, TDP or BMB), Deglam Middle Class (Queen, Do Dooni Chaar or English Vinglish), Femme Fatales (7 Khoon Maaf or Kangana in Krrish 3), Prostitues (Umrao Jaan, Chameli, Talaash, Devdas) or Patriotic Characters (Lagaan, Chak De India) etc.
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If tommorrow KRK stars as a Blind guy or something I suppose he will be equally praised

Most well liked characters are normal ones. A few differently-abled characters are also appreciated that too if its commercially successful like Barfi, Black etc. Those films hardly have any hype due to prejudice that it'll be depressing movies so the fact that they do well shows how much people liked the movie.

As a counter, why shouldn't people appreciate Priyanka's Jhilmil as much as a Rani or Silk? Its far removed from their normal self and needs a lot of effort to play it convincingly.

Originally posted by: Shaitan-Haiwan

Most disabled people want to be treated just like any other person, at least that's why my country believes. So for me, I wouldn't like these performances any differently than a performance of a character with no disability. The thought to elevate these performances annoys me.

W*f did I read? They were loved because the performances were convincing and beautiful.