India, May 19 -- Tushar Hirnandani's Srikanth is another entry into the overflowing list of biopics made in Bollywood where the central character is valourised to such an extent that they cease to feel less like a real human being, and more like a headline. The film has little to say about the man himself, much less on the aspect of disability itself. In that regard, watch Anand Gandhi's Ship of Theseus, a film that threads together three stories about identity and mortality. The first of these three stories is certainly one of the most compelling studies of disability I have ever seen on screen. (Also read: After The Idea of You, watch May December: A sordid, deeply uncomfortable film on age-gap relationship)

It tells the story of Aliya...