Seção 375

Direction: After B.A.Pass, Ajay Bahl is back with hard hitting topping Section 375. His direction was mature enough that he engage the audience since from beginning to the climax. Movie started from one end and stop on other end. This is sheer beauty of direction.

Performances: Akshaye Khanna and Richa Chadda have stolen the show with power-pack performances. Meera Chopra looks innocent in her role. Rahul Bhat's acting was good. Kishore Kadam and Kruttika Desai added more justice to the script. Small but great performances by Shrikant Yadav, Shriswara and Sandhya Mridul.

Script: Manish Gupta has done brilliant job as he made engaging court room drama like we have always cherish court room drama of Pink movie. Climax has some ground reality which is another great inclusion. Similar approach was discussed for Pink but finally Manish left the audience puzzled at the end of movie.

Dialogues: Dialogues are the food for any good script. Ajay Bahl has written some great and punches dialogues with inclusion of great fact and analysis. This act as value addition to the script.

Box-office: This court room drama opened with lower collection on day 1. It has collection 1.45 crores on day 1. Day 2 has witness great growth and collection jump to 3.07 crores. Now all eyes on Sunday's collection. It will be 4-5 crores as word of mouth is so much positive for this movie. Life time collection must be in the range of 30-50 crores.

Last words: Don't miss this master piece by Ajay Bahl. I repeat Don't miss this.

First of all, this movie is deeply disturbing both psychologically and physically. It has details of how the alleged victim has been raped with some graphic content occurring frequently. It shows a major loophole in our law and how easily can any woman exploit it to extract revenge. You cannot support both the prosecutrix and the accused in this movie as both the people are at fault, and this movie brilliantly showcases the 'what if' such complicated situation arise? The law sides with whom? This is the first Akshay Khanna movie I have watched, and oh boy, he is bloody brilliant. He plays the character with such intensity, such suave that it makes your jaw drop. Richa chadha is average at best, with her monotonous dialogues. Overall, a powerful and gripping movie.

Section 375 - A rape is registered, a woman is violated and trampled by a person in superior position, and for the ease of understanding, it's the film industry that's in focus. Harvey Weinstein, Kevin Spacey and others are people against whom the #MeToo movement began in Hollywood that later spread like a wildfire in India too. The film director in Section 375 played by Rahul Bhat strongly denies the allegations of the junior costume designer but there is almost infallible evidence against him, good enough for his conviction.

With a running time of 125 minutes, the narrative keeps you on the edge of your seat as the courtroom drama swings from one end of the spectrum to the other. Truth is often stranger than fiction and lawyers are in the business of law, not justice. Akshay Khanna delivers yet another superlative performance in the role of the suave, smooth talking and convincing defense lawyer, fighting a case that's all but lost, battling public and media fury on the one hand and opposition at home too. Richa Chadha is not exactly spectacular as the public prosecutor, somewhat undermined by her flawed dialogue delivery that sounds monotonous, but quite formidable in her upright mannerisms and conviction of the rape. The director manages to unfold the suspense slowly and logically, keeping the consequence and judgement open to debate, interpretation and it's for you to take sides.

Section 375 is deeply disturbing with graphic violence, uncomfortable interrogation of the victim in the courtroom, a botched police investigation and a judiciary under social turbulence. The subject is contemporary and of significant relevance in workplace, any for that matter. It has a message that needs to be absorbed amid all the throbbing drama where sympathy may change sides. If you don't enjoy depth and detail or are looking for entertainment, give Section 375 a miss. But if you like serious narrative, in-depth analysis, crevices of law and human psychology, please watch the film for a very rewarding mental stimulus.

A movie director is accused of raping a costume assistant working on his film.

While he is sentenced to jail by the Sessions Court, the case is reopened in the High Court then 2 lawyers battle it out.

The film is a gripping watch with a crisp runtime and top-notch performances.

Akshaye Khanna is intense, He is simply brilliant as he owns every minute that you see him on screen.

Richa Chadha follows up with same intensity.

'Section 375' is an bold effort. It is a good film that tackles a complex issue and one that will engage, inform and open up debates.

Good court room intense drama.

Akshey Khanna the most underrated actor in Indian cinema delivers yet another powerful performance. How law sometimes overpower justice, that's the theme of this movie. Watch it and learn it.