Banner: Rashmi Sharma Telefilms Limited
Producer: Rashmi Sharma & Shoojit Sircar
Director: Anirudha Roy Chaudhary
Star Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Taapsee Pannu, Kirti Kulhari, Andrea Tariang, Angad Bedi, Piyush Mehra, Dhritiman Chatterjee et al
Music: Shantanu Moitra
Anirudha Roy Chaudhary is a celebrity director of Bengali films and he successfully makes his Bollywood debut with producer Rashmi Sharma & Shoojit Sircar’s Pink. There have been films galore woven around a courtroom drama, the recent one being the Akshay Kumar starrer Rustom, and Pink happens to be one more perfect addition to it.
The scripted scenario of Pink kick starts as a simple story about the complex problems & issues like the inequities & the hypocrisies the women in India face everyday. Meenal Arora (Taapsee Pannu), Falak Ali (Kirti Kulhari) & Andrea (Andrea Tariang) are introduced in a tensed up ambience, alongside the “silent” introduction of a tired & retired advocate Deepak Sehgal (Amitabh Bachchan). Meenal, Falak & Andrea live together as paying guests in Delhi, earning their respective livelihoods. These girls lose their smiles & peace of mind because of a terrible incident that threatens their lives. The incident takes place when Rajveer (Angad Bedi) forces himself upon Meenal & she hits him hard with a glass bottle injuring him seriously. After this incident, the girls come under attack from all sides as Rajveer happens to be a poltician’s nephew. Soon his friends start threatening the girls. When the incident gets registered with the police, it leads to an array of investigations, interrogations & character assassination of the 3 girls. With no lawyer ready to represent their case, the girls find their sole ray of hope in advocate Deepak Saigal, who volunteers to fight their case, despite having given up his law practice.
Debutant director Anirudha Roy Chaudhary’s excellent directorial treatment embellishes profound interest in the entire proceedings of Pink. Besides he has extracted a very superlative performance from his entire starcast. Not to speak of the superb support he got from his entire team of technicians including some of his Bengali brethren.
Performance wise the outstandingly towering performance has been delivered by none other than Amitabh Bachchan. He is in superb form once again as he literally lives the role of a lawyer fighting tooth & nail for the justice against molestation of 3 innocent girls. Next in line is of course Taapsee Pannu who delivers a heartfelt act of a seriously wronged girl. Her act is certainly worthy of many awards. Kirti Kulhari is picture perfect as one the girl. Andrea Tariang is impressive. Angad Bedi is terrific as the molester. Watch out for this young dude in the villianous role in future Bollywood projects. Piyush Mishra proves that he is way beyond perfection. And moreover Dhritiman Chatterjee delivers a sincere act in his brief role.
Tail Piece: Pink is a compelling film which also happens to be a realistic cinema and moreover a celebration of justice for womanhood.
