'Pink': A powerful message-based film

'Pink'- a Bollywood film that talks about a lawyer with wild mood swings helps three women sue the men who attacked them.

'Pink' is a contemporary youth-centric film with a strong socially relevant message about the choices young women of today make and about respecting those.Image via Twitter

Amitabh Bachchan as Deepak Sehgall, the aged defence lawyer, shines as always, in a restrained, but powerful performance. Image via Twitter

Replete with contemporary instances and issues, centring around women and their safety, the film, through its potent dialogues, takes a dig at society and its stereotypical norms and prejudices towards women. Image via Twitter

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Director Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury extracts natural performances from all his actors, and makes a meaningful film devoid of any unnecessary commercial trappings, never once deviating from the core theme.Image: Twitter

Three young working women, Minal (Tapasee Pannu), Falak (Kirti Kulhari) and Andrea (Andrea Tairang) are flatmates in Delhi and good friends. An untoward incident one night at a resort in Surajkund, involving some boys, among whom is Rajveer (Angad Bedi), who comes from a politically well-connected family, proves to be life changing for the trio. Image via twitter

With moderate production values, Cinematographer Abhik Mukhopadhay's lens captures the drama in a realistic manner. Image via Twitter

The strength of the film, apart from its great performances, are its taut screenplay and dialogues. Image via Twitter

Taapasee Pannu, as the protagonist Minal Arora plays the brave, present-day Delhi girl with convivial ease. Image via Twitter

'Pink' grabs our collective biases and age-old notions about permissible boundaries for feminine behaviour by the shoulder and shakes them hard. Image via Twitter

Amitabh Bachchan who holds the key to this remarkable film's incontestable power and efficacy. Image via Twitter

Published: Sun 18 Sep 2016, 3:11 PM

Last updated: Sun 18 Sep 2016, 6:19 PM