MUMBAI: The deaf and dumb have some hidden qualities. To prove this, some deaf and dumb people have made a movie, Amir Garib, that is set for release on 9 October.

The movie has all the ingrediants of a Bollywood film except sound.

The two-hour long film in sign language has been made by members of the Ahmedabad Behra Munga Mitra Mandal, the association of deaf and dumb. The organisation has been working for the deaf and dumb people in Ahmedabad for the last 45 years.

Says Vice-President of the association and the director of the film GNA Munshi, “As kids, we never enjoyed watching television the way others did. This movie is an attempt to give the deaf and dumb community a chance to have a wholesome entertainment without any external help.”

Adds Karishma Kishorekumar Lamba, the lead actress of Amir Garib: “Through the movie, we are trying to make a point that one should never give up. One should never sit idle.”

Lamba has been to Las Vegas to participate in an international deaf and dumb beauty paegeant.

“We want to make bigger movies for the all-India deaf and dumb community,” says Yasin Chippa, the comedian in the movie who got his inspiration from Kader Khan.