Sudha Chandran - an accomplished Bharatanatyam dancer and actor has expressed her dismay with the airport authorities. The actor reveals how every time she is asked to remove her artificial limb each time she is on a professional trip at the airport for security checks.
She has also appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to issue a card for senior citizens for making their experience better and smooth.
The 56-year-old took her Instagram account and posted a video in which she can be heard requesting PM Modi to issue a specific card for specially challenged senior citizens like her as that can avoid being humiliated by the airport authorities. She further added that she is grilled each time and it ‘hurts’.
Sudha Chandran in 1981, had encountered a road accident near Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu while on her way from Madras with her parents. However, she lost a leg in the accident at a young age, but she didn't give up. She braved the situation and continued her passion for dancing.
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What did she appeal to the Prime Minister?
“Good evening, this is a very personal note that I want to tell our dear Prime Minister Narendra Modi Ji, this is an appeal to the central government, I am Sudha Chandran, an actress and dancer by profession, who has danced with an artificial limb and created history and made my country very proud of me,” she said in the video.
“But every time I go on my professional visits, each time, I am stopped at the airport, and when I request them at the security, to the CISF officials, that please do an ETD (Explosive Trace Detector) test for my artificial limb, they still want me to remove my artificial limb and show it to them. Is it humanly possible Modi ji?,” she asked.
She continued, "Is this what our country is talking about? Is this the respect that a woman gives another woman in our society? It is my humble request to you Modi ji that please give us a card just like senior citizens have."
Looking at the video it seems that the actress has shot the video outside an airport after undergoing the process of removing her artificial limb for security clearance.
"Totally hurt... each time going through this grill is very very hurting....hope my message reaches the state and central government authorities....and expecting a prompt action (sic),” she wrote on her Instagram as she shared the video.
Watch the video here:-
Sudha Chandran career.
Sudhar Chandran is a veteran actor known for playing versatile characters on screen apart from her dancing skills. She has done several TV shows and films in Bollywood, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Telugu and Bengali films. Some of her popular roles are Ramola Sikand in Kaahin Kissii Roz, Yamini in Naagin 1, 2 & 3, Chitradevi in Deivam Thandha Veedu, the Tamil remake of Saath Nibhana Saathiya.
She has received National Film Award Special Jury Award and Mayuri 33rd National Film Awards in 1985 for her role in the Telugu film Mayuri, which was based on her life.