Public places must be accessible to differently-abled people: Hrithik Roshan

Hrithik Roshan wants multiplex chains to improve infrastructure to provide easy access to differently-abled people; says he’s ready to help with efforts towards the cause.

Earlier this year, Hrithik Roshan got much critical acclaim for his outing as a visually-impaired man in the Sanjay Gupta directorial, Kaabil. Around that time, the actor went on record to say that thanks to his part, he developed a deep connection and a sense of understanding with differently-abled people.

Hrithik Roshan was last seen in Kaabil, in which he played a visually-impaired man.

Now, HT has learnt that the actor wants to promote better infrastructure for differently-abled people so that they can have greater accessibility to public places — especially in multiplexes, as he belongs to the film fraternity.

Hrithik Roshan’s performance in Kaabil got him loads of critical acclaim.

Speaking about the issue, Hrithik says, “Through my film’s characters, I have acquired a deeper understanding of differently-abled people’s lives and the challenges they face. One thing that has been playing on my mind is the need for our public places to be easily accessible to these people. It is a larger thought, but it is surprising that it hasn’t happened yet, even with over 20 million differently-abled people in India.”

At the time of Kaabil’s release in January, Hrithik had said that “personally, Kaabil was a different experience”. He had also asserted that an “invaluable understanding” would remain with him more than the accolades and the film’s box-office success. “I perhaps realised for the first time that the phrase ‘differently-abled’ is not just a polite word for disabled people. They are actually differently-abled… How I look at them has changed forever,” he had said.

Follow @htshowbiz for more