A real life Barfi visits the sets of Cine Stars Ki Khoj

A Hearing and Speech impaired ‘Cine Stars Ki Khoj’ aspirant touches Anurag Basu’s heart with a tribute to his film Barfi!

Allahabad boy Kartik Vyas may not be able to hear and speak like the rest of us but he can communicate volumes with the dexterity of his sharp mind and his natural flair for creatively expressing a wide range of emotions. Scoring way above many other Cinestars Ki Khoj aspirants last week, he had left guest judge Parineeti Chopra, resident judges Sonali Bendre and Victor speechless with his impressive mimicry of the styles of Shah Rukh Khan, Anil Kapoor, Hrithik Roshan and Nana Patekar. While giving Kartik feedback after his act, both Parineeti and Sonali's fought back tears as it was overwhelming to see the young actor's passion to tide over his physical challenges and still perform and act.  

This week, the third judge of Cinestars Ki Khoj joined the bandwagon and was left completely blown away by Kartik. Anurag Basu, completely unaware of his speech and hearing challenge, watched him present a touching sequence from his own film Barfi'. It was only at the end that it hit Basu that the boy has a disability when he gave him feedback and Kartik could not react verbally. The fact that it was a real-life deaf-mute actors enacting one of Ranbir Kapoor's strongest scenes from the film so convincingly brought tears to Anurag's eyes.

A visibly choked Anurag said, "I salute the spirit of this young man who hasn't let setbacks and challenges deter him. His undiluted love and passion for acting has brought him this far in the competition. This has almost been like meeting a real life Barfi. God bless you, Kartik!"

The upcoming episodes of the acting talent hunt show see the genius film-maker in a whole gamut of moods - from being deeply touched to laughing out loud to pulling contestants' legs to joining them up on stage to participate in all the drama.

 

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Comments (29)

i like the theme of this photo shoot...its so fun and retro. FYI imran and PC r not together its just for the mag! and when a guy looks older than a girl its "romantic" but if its the other way around its "eww"..whats eww is the "pedophilic" way of thinkin "double eww"

12 years ago

imran khan looks best anywhere in eny style

12 years ago

Imran & Priyanka look nice together...like PC's footware...they're cool.

12 years ago

they make a cute couple and should do movie together!

12 years ago

LOVE U IMRAN KHAN!!!
MUAHHH!
IK ROX

Aashi <3

12 years ago

LOVE THIS LAYOUT!!! THe colors rock, both of them pop out! Amazing fashion! I dont really care that they are on cover together, but both are rocking!

12 years ago

ew.. why is priyanka with imran!? am sorry.. but she looks way older than him.. and her outfit is a drag

12 years ago

ok
reallly priyanka with imran ru guys kidding me

they both look really ugly
no offence look at priyanka's face

12 years ago

whats with Imran's coat...it cud have been a lot better sans those buttons!!

but still liking the pic :)

12 years ago

That's a wonderful shot! They look cute-hot!
But I feel this shot would've been better if Priyanka was slightly more covered from the top.

12 years ago

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