Pink (2016)

When three young women are implicated in a crime, a retired lawyer steps forward to help them clear their names.

Director:

Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury

Writers:

Shoojit Sircar (story), Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury (story)

Stars:

Tapsee Pannu, Amitabh Bachchan, Kirti Kulhari

Top Rated Indian Movies #57 | 8 wins & 14 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Tapsee Pannu	...	Minal Arora
Amitabh Bachchan	...	Deepak Sehgal
Kirti Kulhari	...	Falak Ali
Andrea Tariang	...	Andrea
Piyush Mishra	...	Prashant Mehra
Angad Bedi	...	Rajveer Singh
Vijay Varma	...	Ankit Malhotra
Raashul Tandon	...	Dumpy
Tushar Pandey	...	Vishwajyoti Ghose
Dhritiman Chatterjee	...	Judge Satyajeet Dutt
Mamata Shankar	...	Sara Sehgal
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Amit Baisoya	...	Waiter Mukesh
S.K. Batra	...	Neighbour Sinha
Prashant Bhagia	...	Dr. Uday
Arjun Chakraborty	...	Ritwik

Storyline

Deepak is a lawyer suffering from bipolar disorder who experiences frequent mood swings. One night, Rajveer and his friends get drunk and try to molest Miss Arora and her two roommates leading to an accident. The film revolves around how Deepak fights the girls' case against these influential boys.

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Plot Keywords:

courtroom drama | lawyer | intimidation | courtroom | attempted rape | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

Wikipedia

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi English

Release Date:

16 September 2016 (USA)

Also Known As:

Розовый

Filming Locations:

New Delhi, India

Company Credits

Production Co:

Rashmi Sharma Films,Rising Sun Films,Saraswati Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

136 min

Color:

Color (HD)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Producer Shoojit Sircar informed that Amitabh Bachchan accepted the role and Tapsee Pannu was their first choice.

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Goofs

When Tapsee Pannu goes to jog in the park for the first time she had earbuds in both her ears and she stops for stretching when we see her from Amitabh Bachchan's POV she had earbud only in her left ear but when we see Amitabh Bachchan in the same shot in Objective Shot with Tapsee Pannu in Foreground she had earbuds in both her ears.

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Quotes

Deepak Sehgal: 'No' means no and when someone says No, you stop.

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Soundtracks

Pink (Title Track)
Lyrics written by Irshad Kamil
Music composed by Anupam Roy
Sung by Jonita Gandhi with rap written and sung by Santhanam Srinivasan Iyer ( aka EPR Iyer)
Arranged and Performed by Kuntal De
Musicians: Kishore Sodha (Trumpet), Rhythm Shaw (Guitar)
Mix & Mastered by Shomi Chatterjee

User Reviews

Dyeing our conscience

When a girl says NO, (she could be anyone, your girl friend, your date, your wife or even a sex worker)…. it means a NO. This is exactly the point which PINK drives to the audience, all the while shaking up our conscience and questioning ourselves.

Minal Arora (Taapsee Pannu) Falak Ali (Kriti Kulhari) and Andrea (Andrea Tariang) are three friends and room mates who choose to go to a rock concert and run into Rajveer Singh (Angad Bedi) and his friends. The girls are invited for dinner which they choose to accept and it is implied that Rajveer and his friends tried to act fresh with the girls and Minal in an act of self defense hits

Rajveer with a bottle, making him almost lose an eye. Both the parties choose not to go to the law enforcement authorities and few days later, the girls are threatened by phone calls and their house owner is given threats to have the girls thrown out. Minal goes to the police and reports the incident which happened that night and an FIR is filed. But to her shock, she is arrested on the charges of prostitution and murder attempt.

Steps in Deepak Sehgal (Amitabh Bachan) a once famous elderly lawyer who has quit practice mainly due to his bipolar disorder. Sehgal offers to defend the girls in a case which almost appears to be a lost cause as the girls are subjected to humiliation and are portrayed as criminals.

Amitabh Bachan as Sehgal gives once again a magnificent performance, his gas mask, his blank stares in the courtroom all add up to his fantastic portrayal of the character.

Taapsee Pannu gives the best performance of her career, her body language, her mumbling, frightened looks and especially the scene where Sehgal calls her to the stand, make it the most outstanding performance of the year.

Kriti Kulhari need s a special mention, especially in the breakdown scene on the stand.

Angad Bedi is good as well and actually makes us loath the character, especially in the final cross-examination scene which brings out the double standards the society is into.

Screenplay by Ritesh Shah deserves applause and especially the dialogues when Sehgal lists out the safety standards for women/girls.

Direction by Aniruddha Roy Chowdhary is classy and does not deviate from the plot with inane sub plots. Right from the word go, he ensures every scenes grips our conscience and tugs us into self- examination.

I would not recommend it to anyone who wants to watch flashy item songs, or duets set in Switzerland or out of the world costumes. This movie is for patrons who are into serious cinema and can appreciate good performances.