Salaam venky

Salaam Venky is an Indian movie scheduled for release in December 2022. It’s based on the book The Last Hurrah, published by Shrikant Murthy in 2005, and it tells the story of a mother and her son, who suffers from a severe form of muscular dystrophy that will lead him to death. It’s a true story that happened in India and triggered an important debate in 2004: in this article, we will discover more about it. You can find the official trailer of the movie below. Salaam Venky: the true story that inspired the movie Salaam Venky is the true story of Kolavennu Venkatesh, a young boy who suffered from Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, a rare form of dystrophy that will bring him to death. He died in 2004, and his death sparked a national debate about euthanasia in India. The boy was forced into a wheelchair since he was six years old. His mother, K Sujatha, cared for him for his whole life. He became a chess player, making it a relevant thing that gave purpose to his life. But when the disease degenerated, in December 2004, the boy was hospitalized in his city, Hyderabad, and the doctors predicted that he will last only 24 to 48 hours. He spent that time on life support. K. Venkatesh has always been very clear about his situation: his strongest wish was to donate his organs before death will prevent this possibility. For this reason, his mother made an official request to Andhra Pradesh High Court, asking for permission for euthanasia. If the request were accepted, Venkatesh would ...

Mumbai, Nov 28 (PTI) Fear should not override the spirit of celebrating life, says Kajol about her upcoming feature “Salaam Venky”, a film she initially was unsure about becoming a part of. Helmed by actor-director Revathy, the movie is inspired by the true story of the young chess player Kolavennu Venkatesh, who had Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). He died in 2004. Kajol, who is a mother of two, said working on “Salaam Venky” drew so much out of her that she shot the majority of the scenes without glycerine. “It’s not the kind of film that you can ever do without feeling. I wasn’t sure whether I wanted to do the film because it’s a subject that is everyone’s nightmare. It was difficult for me to say yes to it. “The great thing about Revathy is she made it easy as we were in the same situation day in and day out and it takes that fear away, besides ‘Salaam Venky’ is written so beautifully. It is a celebration of life and the film teaches you that life should be a celebration,” the 48-year-old actor told PTI in an interview here. DMD is a genetic disorder which causes skeletal and heart muscle weakness that gets worse with time. Venkatesh’s death sparked a debate about euthanasia, commonly known as mercy killing, in India. Asked about her views on euthanasia, Kajol responded with a dialogue from “Salaam Venky”: “One has the right to live and die with dignity.”“I am in two minds over it not because of anything else, but because we know humanity and there are a ...

There is a scene in Salaam Venky when Venky cries as if in excruciating physical pain and says, as he writhes, that not talking to his mother feels like dying. The reason is a quarrel with his mother, Sujatha, who refuses to entertain a conversation about his euthanasia to facilitate organ donation. This exchange gives us an insight into how close the mother and son are. Salaam Venky is guaranteed to dry your tear ducts; it will even squeeze a tear or two out of the unsentimental viewer. Actor-director Revathy’s film is about 24-year-old Venkatesh, his mother Sujatha, and their fight against a debilitating disease and a system which denies him euthanasia. Kajol is superlative as Sujatha, Venkatesh’s (Vishal Jethwa) mother who takes on the system on his behalf. The film is based on Shrikanth Murthy’s The Last Hurrah, inspired by the real-life story of chess player Kolavennu Venkatesh who, helped by his mother K Sujatha, petitioned for euthanasia so that he could donate his organs. Venkatesh suffered from Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, which causes muscle degeneration and eventually leads to death. He wanted to donate his organs while they were viable to be harvested. The Venky of the film is a happy, Bollywood-loving, chess-playing youngster who has a film dialogue for every occasion. The first half, rather elaborately, introduces us to the characters and their dynamics. His equation with his doctor (Rajeev Khandelwal), nurse (Mala Parvathi), sister (Ridhi Kumar), sweetheart ...

Aamir Khan put his life on stake in the 90s for not attending underworld parties, reveals Bollywood producer Transformers: Rise of the Beasts movie review — Generic & predictable storyline is saved by adrenaline action sequences Euthanasia (or physician-assisted suicide) is a thorny issue for obvious reasons; emotional and legal cul-de-sacs abound, which makes it uniquely difficult to depict onscreen. The first time I saw a depiction was over a decade ago, in an episode of the legal dramedy Boston Legal, where Carl Reiner played a flamboyant lawyer asking to be put to ‘cryogenic sleep’ so that he may be resurrected at a future date, when the reversal of cellular decay is a scientific possibility. Despite Reiner’s assured performance, the episode didn’t work because tonally, the comedic bits felt wildly out of sync with the rest of the plot’s much more sombre dissection of medico-legal quagmires. I can think of the Spanish-language film Mar Adentro (starring Guzaarish among the few movies that have managed the task of talking about euthanasia in a clear-eyed yet empathetic manner, without being schmaltzy or overly analytical. To this list we can now add Salaam Venky, the actor and filmmaker Revathy’s latest film, starring And it is this pair of lead performances that anchor this film ably throughout. Vishal Jethwa, who was downright menacing as the 20-something serial killer and rapist in Mardaani 2, disappears into the challenging role of Venky here. The youngster’s indomi...

Venkatesh, who had suffered from Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy since the age of six, was nearing the final stages of his disease and had moved the Andhra Pradesh High Court with the plea, so his organs could be donated before his disease left them unusable. Alongside Aruna Shanbaug’s case, which finally encouraged the 2018 verdict that legalised passive euthanasia, Venkatesh’s case stirred nationwide debate around the practice. Last year, his story was turned into the movie Salaam Venky, starring Vishal Jethwa as Venkatesh and Kajol as his mother Sujata, who fought her son’s case till his final breath. For one, The Print. Many doctors also state that the practice goes against the Hippocratic Oath of “[doing] no harm”. In Venkatesh’s case, the disease had dominated his life for over 18 years. In muscular dystrophy, which is predominantly seen in males, the muscles waste away and get worse with time, says the US National Institute of Health (NIH). The symptoms include progressive weakness and loss of skeletal and heart muscles, as well as the eventual inability to sit, stand, walk, or speak. By the time he had reached his final days, Venkatesh could not speak or move at all and would barely be able to scribble to communicate his thoughts. His doctor told ABC News that his condition was deteriorating to the point where he would not survive the next 24 hours — he was on a ventilator, had respiratory paralysis, and had contracted pneumonia. In 2018, Aruna Shanbaug’s case finally ...

Revathi's Kajol-Vishal Jethwa starrer Salaam Venky, which hit the theatres today, has left many impressed, primarily because of the performances and the real-life story behind it. The film is based on the book The Last Hurrah by Shrikant Murthy, which is inspired by the true story of Kolavennu Venkatesh, a 24-year-old chess player and film buff, who suffered from Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, and his mother K. Sujata's struggles. Venkatesh was wheelchair-bound since six, and later took to chess. At 24, when he was in final stages, he moved the Andhra Pradesh requesting euthanasia. He died in December 2004 - two days after the court rejected his plea. He had also wanted to donate his organs, but passed away even as the medical and legal fraternity were debating the matter. An expert panel had, anyway, indicated that as per AP Transplantation of Organs Act, which bars organ donation by a non-brain-dead patient, Venkatesh may not be allowed his wish. Venkatesh was, however, able to donate his eyes. Passive euthanasia has been legal in India since 2018. Salaam Venky marks Revathy’s return to filmmaking 18 years after Phir Milenge, starring Shilpa Shetty, Salman Khan and Abhishek Bachchan. The film also stars Rahul Bose, Rajeev Khandelwal, Prakash Raj and Ahana Kumra in pivotal roles. Kajol had, reportedly, rejected the film initially, as the story was every parents’ “worst nightmare”. But Revathi convinced her to take it up finally.

What do you do when a film lays out all its wares before you can properly settle into your seat? Within literally a minute of its opening ‘ Salaam Venky’ kicks into explanatory mode, telling us how its incredibly brave 24-year-old principal character has spent so many years of his life fighting against DMD (Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy), a degenerative disease which has no cure. And how his incredibly brave mother (Kajol) has fought alongside him every inch of the way. Just in case we miss the point, Venkatesh aka Venky (Vishal Jethwa) is to be seen lying on his bed, chatting sweetly with mum, spiralling into a crisis, being taken to hospital, where his supportive doctor (Rajeev Khandelwal) declares that he is out of danger, but that he will never be able to go home again. Nothing I’ve told you can be considered a spoiler, because the film is based on a real-life story of a young man by the same name whose demand for an end to his life took a legal turn, and how he didn’t see euthanasia-caused death as an end, but as a new beginning for a number of desperate organ recipients. Also read | In the 2004 ‘Phir Milenge’, which was about a man fighting against the challenges his AIDS diagnosis saddles him with, director Revathy had given us a stirring story of hope against all odds. In this one, whose subject is a direct tug at the heartstrings, she eschews all understatement. Every sequence is created to fill you with pathos, and leave you teary-eyed. It’s hard to stay sorry for ...