Click to play videoNew Delhi: Forrest Gump, which examined American history through the mind a man with an IQ of 75 gave Tom Hanks the Oscar for Best Actor in 1994, along with five other Oscars, including Best Picture.
Characters with disability have always challenged actors with ability in Hollywood, resulting in outstanding performances.
In 1988, Dustin Hoffman won an Oscar for his portrayal of an autistic person in Rain Man. The film won three other Oscars that year.
In 2001 Sean Penn was nominated for Best Actor at the Oscars in I Am Sam for his portrayal of a mentally challenged man fighting for the custody of his seven-year-old daughter.
Daniel Day Lewis in My Left Foot, played the artist and writer Christy Brown who overcame a devastating case of cerebral palsy. It is said Lewis stayed on his wheelchair even between takes. The result was another Oscar.
In A Beautiful Mind, Russel Crowe got into the schizophrenic mind of math prodigy John Forbes Nash. While Nash went on to win the Nobel Prize, A Beautiful Mind took home four Oscars.
In short, the tougher the odds for the characters, the better the odds at the Oscars. So will this tear jerker on a dyslexic child from Mumbai work at the Oscars? Indians are certainly keeping their fingers crossed.
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