Paa, Ghajini, Barfi!: Bollywood films that shed light on rare diseases

Thimmaiah PU

 Sep 5, 2023

Paa (2009)

Amitabh Bachchan plays a boy suffering from a rare genetic disorder that leads to the quick acceleration of the ageing process

My Name is Khan: Disney+Hotstar

Shah Rukh Khan plays a man with Asperger's syndrome, which makes him less interactive and communicative socially

Ghajini: ZEE5

A R Murugadoss' psychological thriller has Aamir Khan as a victim of anterograde amnesia, or short-term memory loss

Barfi!: Netflix

Priyanka Chopra played an autistic girl, while Ranbir Kapoor played a deaf and mute man in Anurag Basu’s film

Tare Zameen Par: Netflix

Aamir Khan made a huge impact by highlighting the problems of dyslexic children in the hit 2007 film

Guzaarish: Netflix

Hrithik Roshan played a quadriplegic patient who is paralysed neck down