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Shome Makhija: Sonam Kapoor would do one rehearsal with her eyes closed
Updated On: 01 July, 2023 07:36 AM IST | Mumbai | Upala KBR
With Sonam playing a visually-impaired woman in Blind, director Makhija recounts how she prepped with two differently-abled trainers for the role
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Sonam Kapoor Ahuja in Blind
Shome Makhija knew that he would make his directorial debut with a thriller, given his experience as an associate director on Sujoy Ghosh’s `Badla` (2019), `Kahaani 2: Durga Rani Singh` (2016) and `Typewriter` (2019). What he didn’t know was that Sonam Kapoor Ahuja would instantly be a part of his first feature. “When we met at Sonam’s house the first time, we spoke for over a couple of hours about the film. At the time, she hadn’t seen the Korean original,” he says, recounting the inception of `Blind`.
An adaptation of the 2011 Korean thriller of the same name, `Blind` sees Kapoor as a visually-impaired woman who becomes a key witness in a crime and finds herself confronting a serial killer, played by Purab Kohli. For the prep, she relied on “alternate vision coaches” in Scotland. “James Goldsworthy and Nadia Turnbull help people adapt to being visually impaired. Both lost their eyesight at a certain point in their lives. Now, they help people function [on a day-to-day basis],” says the director.
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