Pink-Movie Review

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 Film: Pink
Year: 2016
Genre: Social Thriller
Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Taapsee Pannu, Kirti Kulhari, Andrea Tarian, Piyush Mishra, Dhritiman Chatterjee
Director: Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury

We had watched Pink immediately after the release because of the trailer and the sensitive subject. And we loved Shoojit Sircar's all films be it his directions or productions. There will always be content in his films. After re-watching it again we thought of jotting it down.  

Plot: Three women, Minal Arora (Taapsee Pannu), Falak Ali (Kirti Kulhari), and Andrea Tariang (Andrea) are roommates staying in South Delhi. They meet three men at a rock concert, one among them is Minal's schoolmate. They go out for dinner at a resort in Surajkund. A guy starts molesting Minal and she smashes a bottle on his head. The girls ran off, and injured man is admitted to the hospital by others. The girls refrain from complaining to the authority thinking they will just move on. However, the boys start harassing them and threatening them. They even kidnap Minal for a brief period and molests her in the moving car, which was witnessed by Deepak Sehgal (Amitabh Bachchan). When the girls are contemplating about the future course of action, an FIR is registered against Minal of attempt to murder and soliciting money for prostitution. And others are co-accused.

Deepak Sehgal, a neighbor and retired criminal lawyer comes to the rescue of the girls. His formidable opponent is Prashant Mehra (Piyush Mishra) whose single point agenda is to prove the girls as prostitutes. Hence starts the gritty courtroom drama. All personal and intimate questions are asked to build and assassinate the character of each girl. We will all know how it ends because our beloved Bachchan cannot lose and we don't want him to. The onward journey is thrilling, bold, and insatiable.

WeReflect: Performance by each and everyone is outstanding. It is nice to see Taapsee in a commendable role which eventually gave her a strong footing in Hindi cinema. After seeing her in many Southern movies playing almost similar roles, we wrote her off as just another pretty face. we were wrong. The girl can act, brilliantly in fact. Kirti Kulhari is amazing in the role of Falak as a docile, simple woman who was in relationship with a much older man. No one could have done justice to the role of opposition lawyer as Piyush Mishra. He is menacing, formidable, and evokes instant dislike effortlessly.

There is absolutely no words to describe Bacchan's performance. If "PINK" is going to be a social movement, no one we say 'NO ONE" could have conveyed the message beautifully. He is a powerhouse of acting.

The whole movies boils down to one single point "Consent". When a girl says no, she could be your girlfriend, friend, date, sex worker, or even your wife, it means "NO" in bold. We don't know how many people are aware of the word consent in this country. If they are ignorant of this fact, let this movie enlighten them. And nothing going to change the feudal mindset because they are prisoners of misguided tradition and we can only pray for their mental well being.

This movie is a tight slap on the patriarchal society who condemn, judge, and degrade women on the basis of length of their skirt, time to return home, living alone in a big city, her habits, her lifestyle. Pink is an exceptional movie with a strong social message; however; it never is preachy with its solid screenplay. We even feel this film should be included in school syllabus to teach children about the importance of 'CONSENT'. 

Do yourself a favour and watch PINK if you have'not already. It is not every day you get to watch something like this. What actually transpired between the men and women is shown as end credit roles, so be patient until the end.