Pink

Nowadays I see there has become a trend in Bollywood, that every other film is either trying to raise awareness over something, has a disabled protagonist or trying to portray the life of poor people. I like to call such "content driven filmmakers" as "gareeb" directors. If you have seen that "Main gareeb hoon!" video, you have a good idea of what I mean. Imagine that kid saying he is poor, and that is the whole script. They are trying to "relate to the audience and change their mindset" with these kinds of films. Earlier there were just Black and Paa, so I had no problem with it. But now Pink has even been declared the best Amitabh Bachchan film. Now I do like this film, but it's nowhere even close to being his best.

Pink is a story about three girls who were out with three boys, out of whom one was related to a politician. They were about to have sex, but then they refused. But the boys were no longer listening, and so they molested them. They filed a case against them, in which on a simple glance it seemed like they had filed a fake case on them, but then from their perspective it's a question of their life, as one of them gets raped by the boys in an SUV. Meanwhile a lawyer has been seeing them all the time who didn't really like them (and neither they liked him), but when he saw their condition he decided to defend them in the courtroom. The message that the film wanted to give was that the character of a person should not be the thing to decide what a person's dignity is. It doesn't matter whether the woman is your friend, girlfriend or even your wife, if she does not consent then you shouldn't force yourself on her.

The acting of all the characters was great, especially Amitabh Bachchan. This is his coolest look of all time in my opinion. The story was also made very nicely. There were no songs, so that's also a big plus. Also there was no unnecessary filler other than when the relations of the characters had to be fleshed out. However, there were two things about this film that I didn't like. Firstly the molestation scene that was shown in the credits. It was done with like, a 5 FPS camera. I don't know if it was supposed to add some "impact", because it really failed to do that. Also imagine sitting and watching a film with your family and they really like it, but then the credits roll and now the family is watching a rape scene together. Quality time, maybe? And secondly there was the cinematography. The lighting, the camera angles, the shadows were all wrong. This is something I don't like about Shoojit Sarcar. While trying to make scenes realistic he makes them ugly.

Pink is one of those films that give you an important message, unless you're a literate person in which case you already know the message. I'd put it in the same category as Fan - if you had made this film ten years ago, probably it would have been relevant. But now those who would watch this film already believe in the message and those who don't believe in the message won't want to watch such an educated film. But then again, it's free on Hotstar so what goes in seeing it? I mean it's Amitabh Bachchan for skin's sake! Do watch it if you want to see the coolest version of him.

Pink (2016)

"No. No, your honor. 'No' is not a word. It is a complete sentence. It doesn't need any further explanation. 'No' simply means 'no'. My client said no', your honor and these boys must realize that 'no' means 'no' whether the girl is an acquaintance, a friend, girlfriend, or a sex worker. Or even your own wife! 'No' means no'! I want someone says so, you stop."

The Good: * Makes important statements regarding social issues includes consent, double standards for females and males, inherent biases, molestation, misogyny, rape, self defense, social strata, and violence against women. This is especially relevant in India, where rapes often go unreported for to fear of public shame and possibly (as portrayed in the film) having it backfire. It is still frowned upon by some for a girl to be independent, outspoken, willful, or to drink or go anywhere in private with a male. * Amitabh Bachchan, due to his seniority, was originally first listed in the credits. However, to show gender equality, he requested to have his name listed after the three leading ladies. It is great to know that the actor was as passionate about gender quality as his character was in the film. * A clever creative choice was showing the scene of what actually happened that night, in slow motion, during the credits. Be sure to wait for that.

The Bad: * Great acting overall by the three leading ladies, but they were quite melodramatic. It alternated between an impressive performance and a performance completely overdone. * Bachchan may have had a powerful presence, but he was also creepy. Whatever the reasons, his breathing mask, combined with his mysterious demeanor and harsh voice, made for more of a creepy presence. Add to that the angles that made his eyes look white in many scenes, he was straight up scary. Supposedly he had bipolar, but I do not even know why that was a detail.

The Ugly: * Unrealistic portrayal of a court debate. These lawyers would not be a allowed to intimidate and yell at the witnesses on the stand, practically coercing them into a false confession. Likewise, they would not be allowed to preach on topics irrelevant to the case. The case becomes a stage for feminism, narrated by Bachchan. * Makes important points, but crosses the line very early on into preaching. To the point that I might call this propaganda. * Unrealistic to the point that I could not take it seriously and became bored in the second hour of this unnecessarily long film.

Conclusion: Many memorable lines, overall good performances,, made a valuable case for many important social issues; but excessive in length, portrayed court cases unrealistically, and it became preaching (practically) propaganda.

More than half of the seats empty in the theater at an afternoon show of "Pink" gives us the message whats exactly wrong with Bollywood. Replacing the movie with Dabangg or other such worthless crap, shows would be house-full. Pink is a masterpiece and lives up to it's expectations. Powerful and world-class performances given by Amitabh Bachchan sir (once again) and Piyush Mishra makes this movie a gem. This is one of the career best performance by Big B. He runs the whole show. Tapsee's acting could have been so much better; but still, it was a job well done.

The movie deals with what we read daily in our newspapers. MOLESTATION. This movie depicts the corrupt system and shows it in a brutally honest way (personal experience).

I'd say go for this movie, you'll surely love it. Fans of Amitabh will get =a bombastic surprise! ;)

Yes, its finally here.The movie i was waiting for so long. first of all,i will like to finally say this thing that after a long leap of time i felt goosebumps watching a Bollywood film.Last time was for "Titli". And it was an Honour to see Mr.Bachchan in such a terrific role. every one was just phenomenal. Piyush Mishra did a good job as well. and those three girls Of course,what a great privilege for them to share screen with the Shehanshah himself.:) The movie will be having a good grip on you through out the Runtime The movie is not "Damini" of modern age. This is a tight slap on all those so called "Sanskari uncles and aunties" that judge girls by what they wear. Every person not just a male,but this is was for every gender. It asks just a single question to the society i.e "WHY" why don't you just let girls do whatever they want to do. At least let them smile or laugh for god sake. please don't just wait for someone to point out some faults in your daughter,sister or mother. If you can worship "female gods" then for god sake just respect the ones you have in your society.

Just seen PINK the movie and I would like admit that nothing has moved me so much as this movie did. Superb Acting by Tapsee Pannu She is probably the best we got in bollywood, Amitabh Bacchan did a very intense and powerful character and uplifted the role in his own charisma, His acting skills shows the reason why he is the biggest bollywood star ever. Director precisely enlights the deep rooted problems and harassments faced by women specially in metros and the immaturity of the society who blindly judge a woman's character by the way she dresses, talk or work. We badly needs these kind of movies to awake the generic thoughts of people who thinks that they can Objectify women and Misuse the power against them. I recommend all of you to watch this great movie. It's a Thought Provoking and a giant leap in movies what we usually watch in bollywood.