By - Amit KumaR Agarwal
#Pink always said half of the problems in the world will be solved by #GoodParenting other half, if #politicians
improved! Ironically, some very prominent politicians recently
commented over rape incidents in India, "Ladke hain galti ho jaati hai"!?? Like
really, if the fathers' in 60's, supposed to be mature, have such a
thought-process; one can well imagine their sons' thought-process, in
spite of #education.
Would like to point out, the perception of the men is same
worldwide. I don't drink, in #France,
a liberated country, I asked for a tequila shot & a sprite - the
barman promptly served my friend Sprite & me TS - I told him, it's the other
way around! Similarly, while walking with a model wearing a mini-skirt
in LA (yes, it was a few inches up) guys were looking at her! Guess,
it's really on to a man, how he treats a woman and that comes through #parenting!
Each of the girls in #Pink gets a different track with societal significance - Tapsee's 'liberated
girl', Kirti's salt 'n' pepper relationship, Andrea's NE girl - as also the
religious integration - Hindu, Muslim, Christian - girls living under
one roof! Was it conscious?
The characters of boys portrayed in the film, are taken from real life -
all such 'gangs' have a buffoon (Bumpy) who feels cool because of the
power-connections of a 'silent' dude (Rajveer), the dirty brain (Ankit)
who actually instigates a trivial issue, into a full-blown war!
Ironically, some of these boys will be the audience, as well, but will
they get the message or just hoot through the film?
Pink has shades of Damini (though latter was more populist), point is even after 25 years, has anything changed for women or has the
harassment increased? Laws have been drafted, but only a handful of
crafty women are taking advantage, which the crafty girls took since time
immemorial - thereby casting a doubt on all the girls! The points - Are women safe? If they do decide to seek justice, how easy is the way?
Mostly a fine movie, I found a few anomalies in the characters in #Pink, though, as an
audience you are absorbed. The film could've trimmed by 10 minutes. I don't feel
there was a need for Bachchan's ailing-wife track or his character's
mental-disorder track (which anyways isn't established because of
incoherence & inconsistency of actions through the film); but in
spite of these characterization flaws #Bachchan rises to deliver an #AwardWinning
act.
The girls are all pitch perfect - Taapsee, Kirti, Andrea, all shine in their respective acts. Piyush Mishra is good, but veteran, Dhritiman Chatterjee, as judge is better! Vijay Verma's Ankit is menacing, an FTII graduate, I would have loved, if he found a better defined character. Raashul Tandon is a revelation as Dumpy - he played a soft-character in Heropanti, here again, he makes his presence felt.
In spite of hiccups, I would recommend Pink, mostly to politicians & the guy 'gangs' - better parenting & respecting women is a small step we can take, to make India better!
