Pink is a rare Bollywood film that goes beyond gender even while champ

Pink is a rare Bollywood film that goes beyond gender even while championing feminism

Aniruddh Roy Chowdhury's Pink has rightly been garnering more than the usual level of attention a small film about women's issues would get (because people tend to assume Indian Goddesses are always Angry).

The reason for Pink's near-universal connect is that it talks about every bit of moralising, judgement and outright physical harm that a woman in India faces or is likely to face on a daily basis.

Combine the topicality of the issue with the feisty young women of the film and the gravitas Mr Bachchan brings to his sermonizing lawyer role; and suddenly Pink's success doesn't seem too much of a surprise.

Yes, the film has also received flak for being a tad over-the-top about the issue it speaks about (because let's face it - the film could easily have been more subtle, but that would also most certainly have diluted its impact).

Here's the thing, though. You can clearly tell that the intent of Pink wasn't ever to milk feminism for the deluge of opinion and outrage it can engender, but to make a film that shows us what feminism truly means.

And to know that, you've to look beyond the pain that we sense the three girls in, or the over-cooked courtroom scenes involving Mr Bachchan and the terrific (but hammy) Piyush Mishra. Because the true essence of feminism in Pink, lies in something that may or may not be dismissed as mere passing detail.

What the feminist movement really strives for is equality at every level. In Pink, you see glimpses of this movement; not the "bra burning" "feminazi" stereotype that is carelessly attached to feminists time and again.

Source: firstpost