About the film
I Am Special is a 2017 Indian English-Manipuri-language docu-fiction film written and directed by Priyakanta Laishram and produced by Harendra Laishram under the banner Priyakanta Productions. It is regarded as the first English-language docu-fiction film by a Manipuri filmmaker. The film explores disability through six interconnected stories, blending documentary elements with fictional narratives.
It incorporates the real-life experiences of the director's mother, Jibanlata Laishram, who lived with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and Girish Asotra, a boy diagnosed with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, alongside four fictional stories.
From the film's Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA 4.0).