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Or, was I watching an extraordinary rendition of the mother-daughter relationship done in shades so distinctive and deep that you leave behind a part of your being with the film when you leave the theatre even as you take home something invaluable with you. Margarita With A Straw, so named because its cerebral palsy-afflicted stubbornly spirited heroine would have the cocktail in a tumbler with a straw, but have she will, is a film that leaves you profoundly enriched.

When I ask you to think of one defining moment from Hindi cinema where a character was a wheelchair user, which one pops up in your mind? Is it Laila (Kalki Koechlin) from Margarita With a Straw sipping from her margarita, enjoying her company with a wide, welcoming smile on her face, or Pandit Omkar Nath Dhar (Amitabh Bachchan) playing a chess-cum-drinking game with Danish Ali (Farhan Akhtar), being in complete control of the game, the life, and the thick plot the movie deals with or is it Ethan from Guzaarish as he argues for ownership over his own life?

Characters that are wheelchair users are quite rare in Hindi cinema. The most recent in my memory was Neil Nitin Mukesh in Bypass Road. A lot of these representations are often defined by the ableism of the filmmaker, making the larger arc of the representation fall flat. Yet, today on International Wheelchair Day, I have compiled five moments from Hindi cinema that rise above the rest in their ambition, and politics. This needs to be reminded that these are moments and may not rank high as representations of disability as a whole.

Ethan immediately becomes pale. Their game reminds him of the lack of control he has over his own body. Tears roll down his cheek, giving him a sour reminder of everything that he is missing, in that one moment. Roshan portrays this moment with the rawness required here, making it a deeply personal, and emotional moment.

The entire sequence is appropriately outlandish, and fun to watch. Swapna uses her wheelchair as her ace against these men in a film that is about her acceptance, and eventual upliftment as someone who feels is disadvantaged in life.

The scene is set in Marine Drive amidst a regular Mumbai downpour. Shyam (R. Madhavan), a non-disabled man proposes to Meenakshi for marriage. Taken aback, Meenakshi goes on to list all the reasons why she is not a good partner to have. From her limited days of life to her lack of control over her urine. Here is a woman so in awe of this moment that she almost pretends like the proposal never happens.

But Shyam remains adamant, planting a powerful kiss on her lips. The camera remains on their kiss, giving us the first memorable inter-abled kiss scene in Hindi cinema. It is evident that the representation of wheelchair-users in Hindi cinema is few and far between. Most of them are not worth mentioning, and as we celebrate International Wheelchair Day today, it is important to dream of a tomorrow where we have more powerful representations of disability in our cinematic culture.