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A must-see flick

Film: Ningi Nela Naadhe

Cast: Lei Qingyao, Yang Jing, Qina Ritu

Direction: Feng Zhenzhi

Ningi Nela Naadhe is a must watch. Few movie going experiences will offer as cathartic and extraordinary a journey as one finds in the dubbed version of the Chinese film “Invisible Wings”. It is a true story of Lei Qingyao who as Zhi Hua plays her real life role on reel, a teenage girl who loses her hands after a high voltage electric shock. Intelligently and effectively executed by director Feng Zhenzhi, it is a saga of friendship, love, personal fortitude, en durance and above all the triumph of human spirit.

Zhi Hua helps her parents make kites for a living and one day while at play, she attempts to disentangle a kite on an electric pole, and is electrocuted, loses her arms. Her parents shower affection and encourage her to lead an independent life but somewhere they feel insecure about their daughter’s future. Meanwhile she learns to eat with chopsticks, writes, brushes her teeth with her foot with amazing alacrity. She even cycles her way to the boarding school, picks flowers, cooks and does everything that a normal human does without any trace of being morose and upset. She not only overcomes her physical disability but also mental and emotional inadequacies and becomes a pillar of strength and support to her family. The 93-minute film has a universal appeal, is a celebration of human persistence, it has won the Golden Elephant at the 15th International Children’s Film Festival.

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