PINJAR (2003)
FILM REVIEW
CAST:UrmilaMatondkar,
Manoj Bajpai, Sanjay Suri, KulbhushanKharbanda, IshaKoppikar, Farida Jallal,
SandaliSinha and PriyanshuChatterjii
Director:
Chandra PrakashDwivedi
Music:
Uttam Singh
REVIEW:
Chandra
PrakashDwivedi brings yet another awe inspiring story to the big screen, based
on a novel by Amrita Pritham called ‘Pinjar’. The film consists of some very
familiar faces, who managed to do a splendid job portraying their characters
rather very illustratively.
The
movie depicts the story of a Punjabi woman, Puro (UrmilaMatondkar), whose life
turns in to a rollercoaster, when suddenly her life seems to come to a
standstill when she has been abducted by a Muslim man, who does so just to
settle an ancestral feud between two families. Puro’s family faces a lot of
hardships after puro’s untimely disappearance, especially after fixing her
marriage with Ram Chand(Sanjay Suri), from a promising family. On the other
end, Puro faces hardships of her own when she is forced to marry Rashid(Manoj
Bajpai), her abductor, she is forced to change her name and Puro soon is
conceived with a child from rape.
But
soon the tables turn as the year of independence is attained which is followed
by the untimely partition, which gave birth to two countries India and
Pakistan. This partition brings about various changes affecting Puro , Rashid,
Ramchand and their families. Soon Puro’s hatred for Rashid resided as Rashid’s
love for Puro had raptured him immensely that he did everything to help Puro out
of her distresses. Some instances also lead to her finally meeting her fiancé
who she had never met personally. As time went by, Puro actually finds herself
falling in love with Rashid, will Puro accept his love for her?
Some
of the factors that let down the movie was the music, as few of the songs
weren’t suitable pertaining to some scenes, they were extremely long which led
me to twitch uncomfortably in my seat. The movie is solemnly revolves around
the cruelty and the violence against women, loss of humanity and ultimate
surrender to essential fate. The movie is nearly a four hour movie, so there
were instances where I was left disinterested in certain scenes. But the movie
on the whole is a worth watch as it portrays the scenario during the pre and post-independence
ages. The movie takes you through a journey, to revisit which is a completely
different experience. The direction and cinematography lacked in certain areas.
The costume designs blended in perfectly and the set design was made as
realistic as possible, which was a good effort.
Despite
the films minor shortcomings it truly depicts a rapturing experience through a
journey back to the past in a time machine, suspense filled and definitely
worth paying the whole ticket price.
By NivedhitaAndhapakalaVenkatesh
1st CEP
1313124
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