Lend me your eyes, Baltazars- a Hungarian film with a message to the Indian public According to a recently published WHO study one in four people in the world are affected by mental or ncurological disorders at some point in their lives. Mental disorder is among leading causes of ill - health and disability worldwide ln India at least 13.7 % of the pop suffers from various mental disorders (National Mental Health Survey). the ulation Nearly two-thirds of people with a known mental disorder never seek help from a h professional. Stigma, discrimination and neglect prevent care and treatment from reac people with mental disorders ealth Baltazar Theatre, founded in January 1998, is a professional theatre company in whose members are actors and actresses living with mental disability (down syndrom theatre tries to break new ground by putting actors' disabilities in the background emphasizan their talent. They aim to create conditions for disabled people to express their talent an ensure that social judgement on mentally disabled people changes. Running a regular theatre company that puts on stage plays with actors born into mental disability appearing together w well know stage and cinema actors is a unique initiative. Baltazar Theatre Company is. therefore, a unique cultural institution with a highly important social mission international comparison. Budapest e). The d to ith even in The Company has been living in the attraction of India right from its inception. They practice yoga, some of their performances are linked to Indian culture. Since the foundation of the company the actors had a dream of travelling to India. This travel came true in January 2015. The documentary entitled ,Lend me your eyes, Baltazars" records this journey to the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and to the temple of Vaiteeswaran Koil The film lets us see faith through the filter of art and monitor how the mentally challenged artists of the Hungarian theatre embrace the spirituality of India In January 2018 the film won the best director's prize in documentary film category at the Jaipur International Film Festival. With the support of the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade the film has just been dubbed in Tamil and Hindi languages. Ms Karisma Kapoor while introducing the documentary emphasized, that the film carries a message and shows an example people in India should definitely be listening to as well: each one of us, every single one of our fellow citizens has been born to this world with a talent to develop. Discovering this talent and creating an opportunity to express it greatly contributes to the social acceptance of our fellow human beings with special needs.
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