Mumbai, Oct. 4 -- National Award-winning filmmaker Sumira Roy has said that the petition filed by Mumbai's elderly Lavate couple seeking the right to die together with dignity has triggered a growing trend of similar appeals, bringing the sensitive issue into wider public discussion.
Roy, whose documentary 'Bhangaar' (Obsolete) won the Best Non-Feature Film award at the 72nd National Film Awards, said several people approached Narayan Lavate seeking copies of his petition to file similar applications.
"After his appeal, many people wrote to him asking him to send them a copy of the petition, so that they could use the legal language he had used and petition themselves. At that time, it became a rising trend for many people to appeal," Roy...