Page 3 (2005)

Director:

Madhur Bhandarkar

Writers:

Nina Arora (screenplay)
Madhur Bhandarkar (dialogue)

Release Date:

21 January 2005 (India)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

The inside story

Plot:

'Page 3' takes a behind-the-scenes look at A-list celebrity lifestyles through the eyes of a female entertainment journalist...

Plot Keywords:

Celebrity | Dead Body | Underwear Model | Funeral | Neglected Wife

Awards:

4 wins & 7 nominations

Cast

Konkona Sen Sharma	...	Madhvi Sharma
Atul Kulkarni	...	Vinayak Mane
Sandhya Mridul	...	Pearl Sequiera
Tara Sharma	...	Gayetri Sachdeva
Boman Irani	...	Deepak Suri
Bikram Saluja	...	Rohit Kumar
Upendra Limaye	...	Inspector Arun Bhosle
Jai Kalra	...	Tarun
Soni Razdan	...	Anjali Thapar
Anju Mahendru	...	Ritu Bajaj
Suchitra Pillai-Malik
Kunika
Navni Parihar
Madan Jain
Suhasini Mulay	...	Pratima Bharve

Also Known As:

The Society Page (UK) (TV title)

Runtime:

139 min

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

India:A | UK:15 | India:UA

Filming Locations:

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Company:

Lighthouse Entertainment

Trivia:

The role of Madhvi was first offered to Kareena Kapoor, but she declined.

Quotes:

Madhvi Sharma: I don't know what has happened to journalism.
Vinayak Mane: Who told you that you are a journalist? This is what you write in the page 3 column isn't it? Who went in whose party, with whom who went... And with whom who came back... What one wore, ate and drank what... And what one didn't wear. Miss Madhavi Sharma, this is called entertainment, not journalism.

Movie Connections:

Followed by Traffic Signal (2007)

Beautifully themed, directed and acted movie. A must watch.

Madhur Bhandarkar has given it all raw. But the best part is he hasn't forgotten to give the ingredients. It has come short and crisp to the viewer and it is the audience to make the choice now. Page 3 is a revelation of the naked truth irrespective of the crudeness attached to it.

Madhavi (Konkan Sharma) is a journalist and enjoys her work. A simple and peaceful life adores her with a caring boyfriend and a nice roommate Pearl. She covers the Page 3 (Celebrity Page) of Nation Today, where she has a very supportive editor Deepak Suri (Boman Irani.) But life takes turn for her as she hits the first bump and takes herself away from Page 3 and goes into Crime bit. Omigosh! a whole new world was waiting for her there. She is shocked, excited, stunned with the revelation. Her reaction has resulted in losing the job. At the end she is back to Page 3. Now when she meets any celebrity in a party, she knows the actual looks of each, hidden under the illusive face.

The movie has a message and it is crude. The audience needs to get it in their own color. The theme and the screenplay was fantastic. There are some very good thoughts applied to prepare the audiences. Like the foreplay-club is shown before the pedophiliac exhibition, the short suspense before gay-actions in bathroom. The dialogs are strong and the actors are really good at delivering it. Charu Mohanty's 2 words speaks volumes and he is very successful in uttering those two words with such ingenuity, it leaves an impact. The set selections could have been better. The songs don't stand anywhere; but they were needed in the background. Atul Kulkarni has a small role with high-impact. There were a few flaws visible. Atul Kulkarni explaining Konkan Sharma that honesty should be tagged along with intelligence. There could have been a better dialog as this sounds like a preach. The meeting between Thapar and his daughter doesn't call for acting. That scene looks very unprofessional.

Overall it is a must-watch movie with selective options before the pedophilia incident. That may spoil your mood.