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The story of Pinjar is set in the backdrop of riots during the partition of India & Pakistan. It s a gripping tale of human spirit to overcome hate with compassion and love. Intolerance, cruelty, kidnapping and rape of women rendered thousands of innocent lives as destitutes, yet love and humanism blossomed.
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19 of 20 people found the following review helpful
By ex nihilo
Format:DVD
Against the background of the traumatic partition of Pakistan and India, this movie tells the story of a woman (Puro/Hamida)whose life is swept away by events that she does not control or understand, but who refuses to surrender entirely to them. Puro (a hindu girl) is kidnapped by Rashid (a muslim man)the day before her marriage as an act of vengeance in a feud between their two families. As a hindu of her cast, Puro's life is finished because she has been tainted by the kidnapping and her family reject her. She must now accept the marriage offer of Rashid, her captor, who is in love with her. However, Puro makes it clear that this marriage is an act of desperation and that she absolutely hates her captor/husband. This way begins her new life as Hamida. And from this point Rashid begins his efforts to win his wife's heart and to find redemption for the sin which he feels he has committed against her. The opportunity to prove his worth comes with the brutal events of the partition, when some hindu victims of the ethnical violence are in need of the help that he generously provides because he feels moved by their tragedy. In this troubled time, however, Hamida is not passive, but also helps as she can, sometimes to the point of risking her life; all this with the total support of her husband, Rashid. And when the oportunity to reach a final decission about her own life finally comes, she finds she has changed ... This movie is a beautiful love story, as well as a denounce of the lack of control over their own lives that most Indian women have. The music is not-so-Bollywood, but very beautiful, and the acting is superb. Don't miss it!!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This is a feminist drama set in Punjab during the holocaust of the partition of India in 1947,it is adapted from the short story of the eminent urdu writer Amrita preetam ,who has given a deep and intellectual insight into the themes of honour and revenge in context with the local culture.
The story revolves around the forceful abduction of women for both personal feuds and latter the mass kidnappings and rapes which followed the partition .
It is a very sensitive view of a tremendous tragedy ,and it has given a balanced and proportional account of the atrocities committed without taking sides or judging any community .
Urmila Matondkar as the Hindu girl who is abducted by a Muslim man in lieu of an old family feud is brilliant ,and Manoj Bajpai plays the repentant Muslim youth who genuinely falls in love with his Hindu woman and their relationship levitates despite the initial trauma in beautiful shades of grey m elancholy ,it is one of the highlights and driving forces behind the subtle drama and is easily one of the most intriguing,sacred and touching portrayals of hindu-muslim marriage on screen ever.
Thought provoking ,well made cinema with authentic cultural details and mellifluous score with soulful poetry by Gulzar ,about a very mature and complex issue ,where the maker has tried to heal the communal wounds inflicted in recent past with subtle passion and extremely powerful performances from the main leads in the haunting climax .
I have seen it multiple times and it is as affective as the first time always ,reflecting on the power of art to communicate across communal differences and promote harmony and peace to heal the wounds inflicted in barbaric fury of past human failures .
The story revolves around the forceful abduction of women for both personal feuds and latter the mass kidnappings and rapes which followed the partition .
It is a very sensitive view of a tremendous tragedy ,and it has given a balanced and proportional account of the atrocities committed without taking sides or judging any community .
Urmila Matondkar as the Hindu girl who is abducted by a Muslim man in lieu of an old family feud is brilliant ,and Manoj Bajpai plays the repentant Muslim youth who genuinely falls in love with his Hindu woman and their relationship levitates despite the initial trauma in beautiful shades of grey m elancholy ,it is one of the highlights and driving forces behind the subtle drama and is easily one of the most intriguing,sacred and touching portrayals of hindu-muslim marriage on screen ever.
Thought provoking ,well made cinema with authentic cultural details and mellifluous score with soulful poetry by Gulzar ,about a very mature and complex issue ,where the maker has tried to heal the communal wounds inflicted in recent past with subtle passion and extremely powerful performances from the main leads in the haunting climax .
I have seen it multiple times and it is as affective as the first time always ,reflecting on the power of art to communicate across communal differences and promote harmony and peace to heal the wounds inflicted in barbaric fury of past human failures .
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
By Paul
Format:VHS Tape
This is an excellent movie set in the Punjab during the Partition of India & Pakistan (1947). Very unlike a Bollywood 'formula' movie, Pinjar tells the true story of a Hindu girl - Paro - who is re-christened Hamida, after she is kidnapped by a muslim farmer Rashid. The acting is superb, especially the lead actors Urmilla Matondkar ( Paro / Hamida) and Manoj Bajpai ( Rashid). The movie leaves you thinking about the trauma that people go through in such life changing events, and you begin to understand the scars that are left on the survivors these events.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Good, but not great
The film is OK, as it is set against the backdrop of Partition, but looking at the cover would suggest a highly emotive and charged story around this, except it isn't. Read more
Published on 13 Jan 2011 by Bobby Bangher
3.0 out of 5 stars
Too long and too dramatic, but good
It's a nice film. The story is special, but the whole film is too long. I have seen a lot of Bollywood movies, but I think that the female lead has overacted here and there. Read more
Published on 21 Jun 2010 by Bollywood-Girl
5.0 out of 5 stars
Pinjar: an epitome of women's hard fate
A must seen movie.
It's about history (India / Pakistan Partition) cultural differences, primitive feud, relations, honor, love, ethics, morality, but mainly is about... Read more
It's about history (India / Pakistan Partition) cultural differences, primitive feud, relations, honor, love, ethics, morality, but mainly is about... Read more
Published on 26 April 2009 by Athanasios Panagopoulos
5.0 out of 5 stars
Must Watch
A must see movie, not the usual Bollywood film, and keeps you enthralled from beginning to end.
Published on 1 Nov 2005
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