Pink (2016 film)

Pink
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury
Produced by	Rashmi Sharma Shoojit Sircar Sheel Kumar
Written by	Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury, Shoojit Sircar, Ritesh Shah
Starring	Amitabh Bachchan Taapsee Pannu Kirti Kulhari Andrea Tariang Angad Bedi Dhritiman Chatterjee Piyush Mishra Mamata Shankar
Music by	Shantanu Moitra Faiza Mujahid Anupam Roy
Cinematography	Abhik Mukhopadhyay
Edited by	Bodhaditya Banerjee
Production company	Rashmi Sharma Telefilms Limited
Distributed by	NH STUDIOZ
Release dates	16 September 2016
Running time	136 minutes[1]
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	₹23 crore[2]
Box office	₹107.32 crore[3]

Pink is a 2016 Indian courtroom drama film directed by Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury, written by Ritesh Shah, and produced by Rashmi Sharma, Sheel Kumar ^[4] and Shoojit Sircar.^[5][6][7]

It stars Amitabh Bachchan, Taapsee Pannu, Kirti Kulhari, Angad Bedi, Andrea Tariang, Piyush Mishra, and Dhritiman Chatterjee.^{[8][9][10][11]} It was released on 16 September 2016.^{[12][13][14][15][16]} The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) granted the film a U/A certificate with four verbal cuts.^[17] The film was appreciated by both the audience and the critics.^[18]

The film was specially screened for the Rajasthan Police so as to train them to be sensitive and sensible about women's rights and dignity.^[19] The film was also invited for a special screening at the United Nations headquarters in New York City.^[20][21]

On 4 November 2016 the movie completed a successful 50 day run at the movie theatres.^[22]

Plot

Minal Arora (Taapsee Pannu), Falak Ali (Kirti Kulhari) and Andrea (Andrea Tariang) are staying together as tenants in a posh South Delhi locality and are working professionals in their respective fields. One night, after a rock concert they accept a dinner invitation from Rajvir (Angad Bedi), who is the nephew of a powerful politician from South Delhi, and two others to a resort in Surajkund, Faridabad district, Haryana. Rajvir is known to Minal through a common friend. Rajvir and his friends get drunk, and so do Minal and her friends. Seeking the opportunity, the three men separate the three girls from each other. Rajvir then tries to have intercourse with Minal, despite her telling him no. Minal picks up a bottle and smashes it on Rajvir's eye, leaving him bleeding.

Seeking revenge, Rajvir and his friends try to vacate the girls from their houses by threatening them and the landlord. Minal is even kidnapped and molested by Rajvir's friends in a moving car. Minal (with the support of her friend) is finally forced to approach the police with the intention of filing an FIR against Rajvir and his friends. However, knowing Rajvir and his family, the female police officer on duty does not register the complaint. Upon realization, Rajvir lodges a false FIR against the girls, labeling them as prostitutes, using his powerful contacts. Minal is then charged for attempted murder and for soliciting, where she could face imprisonment for more than 10 years, if convicted. The other girls are labelled as co-accused.

Deepak Sehgal (Amitabh Bachchan) is a retired lawyer suffering from bipolar disorder who experiences frequent mood swings and has an ailing wife (Mamata Shankar). He is also a neighbor of Minal, Falak and Andrea. He witnesses their troubles and after consultation with his wife, represents the girls in the court as their defense counsel. The film revolves around how Deepak fights and wins the girls' case against the influential boys.

Cast

• Amitabh Bachchan as Deepak Sehgal
• Taapsee Pannu as Meenal Arora
• Kirti Kulhari as Falak Ali
• Andrea Tariang as Andrea Tariang
• Angad Bedi as Rajvir Singh
• Raashul Tandon as Dumpy a.k.a. Raunak Anand
• Tushar Pandey as Vishwa a.k.a Vishwajyoti Ghosh
• Mamta Malik as Haryanvi cop Sarla Premchand
• Dhritiman Chatterjee as Judge Satyajit Dutt
• Piyush Mishra as Prashant Mehra
• Vijay Verma as Ankit Malhotra
• Mamta Shankar as Sara (Sehgal's wife)
• Vinod Nagpal as Kasturilal
• Sudhanva Deshpande as Javed
• Pawan Mahendroo as Minal's Helpless Father
• Jogi as Police Inspector Shaukeen
• Swaroopa Ghosh as Uma Di
• Arjun Chakrabarty as Ritwik
• Vinod Rai as Andrea's Father
• S.K. Batra as Neighbour Sinha
• Alka Chatwal as The Female Constable In Court
• Rajeev Pandey as Manager Ramakant Vijay
• Ritesh Shah as Falak's Boss
• Radha Khandelwal as The Female Constable
• Sushil Dahiya as Ranjit Sherawat
• Savita Sharma as Falak's Mother
• Rita Kapoor as Mrs. Sinha
• Johar Kango as Neighbour Gupta
• Sakshi Mehta as Suman
• Amit Basoya as Waiter Mukesh
• Arun Poorie as Andrea's Boss

Production

In early March 2016 Amitabh Bachchan revealed that he was shooting a film in Delhi. It was rumoured that the film was titled "Eve".^[23] On 13 March Bachchan denied the rumours and announced through Twitter that the film is titled Pink.^[24]

Director-producer Shoojit Sircar informed that Amitabh Bachchan accepted the role and Tapsee Pannu was their first choice.^[25] Andrea Tariang was also selected to play the role of one of the girls in the film.^[26][27] Tushar Pandey, Raashul Tandon and Arjun Chakraborty are making their debut with this film.^[28]

Filming

The shooting of the film began in New Delhi on International Women's Day, 2016.^[13] The looks of Amitabh Bachchan in the movie was created by Shoojit Sircar however the idea of wearing the mask was suggested by Amitabh Bachchan since Delhi is very polluted.^[29]

During the shoot, Amitabh Bachchan wandered the streets of New Delhi while wearing a costume in which public cannot recognise him.^[30] Amitabh Bachchan finished filming his scenes in April 2016.^[31]

Taapsee often broke down on the shooting sets as she felt her character was very strong and challenging.^[32] She suffered from viral infection during the court scenes and wanted to dub later, however Shoojit felt that her illness would add more authenticity to the scenes.^[33] Despite the hardships Taapsee enjoyed and had lots of fun while filming the scenes.^[34]

The original climax of Rajvir and his friends winning the case was modified so as not to hurt the sentiments of the audience.^[35]

A special screening of the film was held for Amitabh Bachchan's co stars and the leading ladies of Bollywood.^[36] However Amitabh Bachchan could not attend the screening due to health issues.^[37] Taapsee also arranged a special screening of the film for the Telugu film industry at Hyderabad.^[38]

Bishan Singh Bedi, father of Angad Bedi, arranged a special screening of the film in Delhi which was attended by cricketers like Kapil Dev, Virender Sehwag and Yuvraj Singh.^[39]

Marketing

Shoojit Sircar and Amitabh Bachchan questioned their fans on twitter as to what they think the film title "Pink" is all about.^[40] Times of India had opened a contest in which 5 lucky winners would get a chance to meet Amitabh Bachchan and other 10 winners would get free movie tickets of the movie -Pink.^[41] The winners were announced on 15-September-2016.^[42]

The world television premier was held on 23 – October 2016 on Star Gold and to commemorate the same, Amitabh Bachchan's house Jalsa, Carter Road Promenade and SNDT Women's University were illuminated in pink colour.^[43]

The title of the film has no relationship as being the favourite colour of girls but rather conveys that, women should have the freedom to speak and walk freely at night.^[44]

Soundtrack

Pink
No.	Title	Music	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Jeenay De Mujhe"	Faiza Mujahid	Faiza Mujahid	03:58
2.	"Kaari Kaari"	Shantanu Moitra	Qurat-ul-Ain Balouch	06:27
3.	"Tujhse Hi hai Roshni"	Anupam Roy	Anupam Roy	04:28
4.	"Pink"	Anupam Roy	Jonita Gandhi, Epr Iyer	03:47
Total length:				18:40

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
The Times of India
CNN-News18
Mid Day
Hindustan Times
DNA News
The Statesman
India Today
Filmfare
Mumbai Mirror
The Indian Express

Meena Iyer of The Times of India and Shubha Shetty Saha of Indiatimes gave the film 4.5 stars.^[45] Mayank Shekhar from Mid Day gave the film 4/5 stars, saying, "The film, up until the closing credits, does not even visually describe the said incident. It grips you still with a gently piercing background score, moments of silence and dialogue, building up the tension, while the audience wonders what really could have happened one unfortunate night when three girls found themselves in a Surajkund resort with three guys."^[46]

Anna M.M. Vetticad of Firstpost called Pink a powerful film.^[47] Filmfare, India Today, Mumbai MIrror, Hindustan Times, The Statesman, and DNA have given 4/5 stars, highly appreciating the superlative performances, especially of Amitabh Bachchan. Critics like Anusha Iyengar and Mayank Shekhar called it movie of the year. Namrata Joshi of The Hindu also praised the film.^[12] Shubhra Gupta of Indian Express gave the film 3.5 stars.^[48]

Rajeev Masand from CNN-News18 rated the movie as 4.5/5 mentioning that "I left the cinema, my mouth dry at the end of Pink. This isn’t just an important film, but also excellently made. It’s a giant leap for Hindi cinema, and easily the best film this year".^[49]

Box office

Pink grossed approximately ₹4.32 crore on first day in India.^[50][51] The first weekend collection was ₹21.51 crore.^[52][53]

At the end of 7 days the domestic box office collection was ₹35.91 crore.^[54] Pink grossed ₹50 crore in first 10 days in India.^[55][56]

The lifetime box office collections in India is ₹68 crores.^[57]

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External links

• Pink at the Internet Movie Database
• Pink at Bollywood Hungama
• Pink on Twitter
• Pink on Facebook