Priyanka chopra's portrayal of an autistic girl was so awkward and not genuine. It just emphasised Bollywood high-handedness in actually figuring out symptoms of a developmental disorder and going beyond-
- Making silly facial expressions
- Talking in a funny way
- Awkward walking
- Jerky eye movements and slow blinking.
Priyanka Chopda did not deserve any awards for her blank expressions and awkward movements interspersed with wide-eyed slow blinking, which did not require any acting skills.
The problem is not just in this movie:
Aamir Khan who is supposed to be a good actor made such a mockery of people with disorders in his portrayal of a person with asperger's syndrome. He was so creepy and silly. So much for acting. Pathetic Pathetic.
IMHO, Hrithik Roshan's best role till date was in Koi Mil Gaya. He was a natural at being weird and talking in high pitched squeals and of c slow blinking. I have met several kids with developmental disorders and nobody(!) behaves like this.
SRK in My name is Khan...
No eye contact and head shaking.
The best of the lot yet nowhere close to genuine perfromances like that of
Sean Penn in I am Sam.
People with development disorders are just caricatures in Bollywood movies just like any character which is slightly deviant from 'normal' - like LGBT, south-indians, feminists even.
At least we have progresses from a blanket term of 'pagal' for everything like in the movies of 70s-80s.
Moral of the story: Priyanka didn't deserve it.