The opening of a film focusing on the rare progeria disorder is the latest in a spate of Bollywood films about health disorders. The BBC's Prachi Pinglay in Mumbai looks at why India's film industry is departing from its traditional formula to tackle weighty issues such as autism and Alzheimer's disease.
Auro is 13, but looks 65. He has progeria - a rare disorder which accelerates ageing in children.
Pia has been married to a man for over 20 years but she does not always remember him. She has Alzheimer's disease.
Ishaan, eight, is a gifted painter but messes up his numbers and letters. He is dyslexic.
Sanjay Singhania cannot remember how his wife was killed, yet he wants to take revenge. He suffers from "short-term memory loss", a type of amnesia developed after a traumatic incident.
What links these people?
They all have neurological conditions, and are the protagonists of mainstream Hindi films released in the last two years.
'Social change'
Bollywood has long been known for stories with predictable beginnings and endings.
But now film-makers are exploring seemingly different plots with films such as Taare Zameen Par (Stars on earth); U, Me Aur Hum (You, me and us) and Apna Aasman (Our sky) over the last two years.
Auro is 13, but looks 65. He has progeria - a rare disorder which accelerates ageing in children.
Pia has been married to a man for over 20 years but she does not always remember him. She has Alzheimer's disease.
Ishaan, eight, is a gifted painter but messes up his numbers and letters. He is dyslexic.
Sanjay Singhania cannot remember how his wife was killed, yet he wants to take revenge. He suffers from "short-term memory loss", a type of amnesia developed after a traumatic incident.
What links these people?
They all have neurological conditions, and are the protagonists of mainstream Hindi films released in the last two years.
'Social change'
Bollywood has long been known for stories with predictable beginnings and endings.
But now film-makers are exploring seemingly different plots with films such as Taare Zameen Par (Stars on earth); U, Me Aur Hum (You, me and us) and Apna Aasman (Our sky) over the last two years.
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