Journalist-turned-director Mahesh Bhatt on Sunday said it was easy shooting with 13 deaf children for his debut film, The Silent Heroes.
Sharing his experience shooting with the children in the Himalayas, Bhatt said: “The best part is we did not face any problems with these kids. In fact, the problems were with the real artistes who call themselves professional actors, theatre actors with experience of so many years.
“We had a tough time with these actors but with the deaf kids, we did not have any problem,” he said.
“We used to get ‘One Take OK’ shots. After that, there used to be tears in everyone’s eyes on the set.”
Bhatt added: “I feel there is no problem in working with the deaf community as far as you have the passion and the emotions to work with them. One should have the art and capability to listen to silence.”
The film’s teaser was recently released and showed deaf children drawing on the misty glass window of their school and then going mountaineering on the Himalayas.
Produced by Kamal Birani and Bhatt, presented by Hans Productions and Reality Films, The Silent Heroes is slated to release in September.
