“Pink” is largely a triumph – a Bollywood film that talks about a burning topic and finds an entertaining way to do it. If only they had known where to stop the gimmickry and take it down a notch, it would have been a landmark film.

Pink will likely be dubbed an ‘important’ movie, because it is. Its underlying themes of slut-shaming, consent, and societal double standards are impactful enough, despite the consistent lack of subtlety, and are rarely discussed with such openness in Hindi cinema. However, none of this excuses the fact that the end product is a middling, slapdash drama that goes out of its way to dumb itself down and manipulate the audience.

The courtroom scenes have remarkable instances of with that have been woven into the dialogues.
Pink, directed by Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury and produced by Shoojit Sircar, has three superstars: The script, the girls and of course, Amitabh Bachchan.

This movie is what India needs when it is trying to step into the modern world. We need to let go of the archaic rules for women. Watch PINK for the excellent work done by the team in flawlessly portraying a sensitive issue without holding back on the ugly side.

Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury’s film is low on nuance, high on moral certitude

Pink is a relevant film, in a day and age when there are many such cases in the news, when attempts by women at seeking justice are often equated with vindictive litigation. Despite the fact that so many women don’t even have recourse to justice, they are accused of misusing the law.

The movie considerably enriches the screen treatment of sexual assault, but the moment for fewer lectures and greater observation is still some years away.