Abhishek Bachchan interview | ‘I want to jump off buildings, ride bikes, dance in Switzerland and sing beautiful songs’
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It’s a strange thing to wonder: how do Indians dispose of their own? The 2019 Tamil film KD took a comic look at thalaikoothal, the ritual practice of senicide (simply, killing off the elderly) in certain districts of Tamil Nadu. For the film’s upcoming remake, Kaalidhar Laapata, transplanted to the Hindi heartland, director Madhumita was in search of a comparable phenomenon.
The Hindi heartland obliged. “In a lot of the states up North, there is the practice of leaving one’s loved ones if they are aged or unwell at the Kumbh Mela. It is believed that God will take care of them and their last days will be close to Heaven,” Madhumita says.
source:thehindu.com
