Farah Khan: You're not obligated to make social commentary through your art

Whether they want to speak about something or highlight a cause,' Farah told PTI. 'Not everyone is vocal, fiery and feisty. If you feel like doing it, you come out and do it,' she added. The director, however, said films as a medium have often tackled societal stigmas on screen and now with the boom in OTT platform, there are more opportunities. 'To a great extent, Bollywood films do their bit. A film like 'Taare Zameen Par', for example, helped create awareness. Now we have a series of platforms too so we should do it.' She was speaking on the sidelines of the 75th-anniversary celebration of Jai Vakeel Foundation on World Autism Day. Farah said it's extremely important to create awareness regarding intellectual disability in the country where it's considered a huge stigma. 'The awareness regarding autistic children's need is missing in our country. According to last year's data, almost two-three per cent of our population is mentally challenged, which means two and a half crores. Do we see them in the cinema halls, parks, malls? 'Because the stigma is tremendous. The awareness that they need to be included in what we call a 'normal' society is needed. Maybe next time I'll do a dance workshop for these kids because they love arts, painting and dancing,' she added. DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt.http://www.energeticambiente.it/members/sappd.html

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