Pink Movie Details:
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Genre | Drama Thriller |
| Release date | 16 September 2016 |
| Running time | 2hr 16min |
| Certificate | U/A |
| Starring | Amitabh Bachchan Taapsee Pannu Kirti Kulhari Andrea Tariang Vijay Varma Angad Bedi Tushar Pandey Dhritiman Chatterjee Piyush Mishra Mamata Shankar Vijay Verma |
| Directed by | Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury |
| Written by | Ritesh Shah |
| Story by | Shoojit Sircar Ritesh Shah Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury |
| Produced by | Ronnie Lahiri Rashmi Sharma Sheel Kumar |
| Cinematography by | Abhik Mukhopadhyay |
| Edited by | Bodhaditya Banerjee |
| Music by | Shantanu Moitra Anupam Roy |
| Production Company | Rising Sun Films |
Pink Movie Cast & Characters:
- Amitabh Bachchan as Deepak Sehgal
- Taapsee Pannu as Minal Arora
- Kirti Kulhari as Falak Ali
- Andrea Tariang as Andrea Tariang
- Angad Bedi as Rajveer Singh
- Dhritiman Chatterjee as Judge Satyajit Dutt
- Piyush Mishra as Prashant Mehra
- Vijay Varma as Ankit Malhotra
- Tushar Pandey as Vishwa a.k.a. Vishwajyoti Ghosh
- Dibang as JCP Amod
- Mamta Shankar as Sara Sehgal (Deepak’s wife)
- Vinod Nagpal as Kasturi Lal (Landlord)
- Arjun Chakrabarty as Ritwik
- Raashul Tandon as Raunak Anand aka Dumpy
Storyline:
Deepak is a lawyer suffering from bipolar disorder who experiences frequent mood swings. One night, Rajveer and his friends get drunk and try to molest Miss Arora and her two roommates leading to an accident. The film revolves around how Deepak fights the girls’ case against these influential boys.
Pink Movie Box Office Collection & Budget:
| Budget | ₹30 crore |
| Worldwide Collection | ₹157.32 crore |
About Pink Movie:
In early March 2016 Amitabh Bachchan revealed that he was shooting a film in Delhi. It was rumored that the film was titled “Eve”. On 13 March Bachchan denied the rumours and announced through Twitter that the film is titled Pink.
Director-producer Shoojit Sircar informed that Amitabh Bachchan accepted the role and Taapsee Pannu was their first choice. Andrea Tariang was also selected to play the role of one of the girls in the film. Tushar Pandey, Raashul Tandon and Arjun Chakraborty are making their debut with this film.
The principal photography of the film began in New Delhi on International Women’s Day, 2016. 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.
During the shoot, Amitabh Bachchan wandered the streets of New Delhi while wearing a costume in which the public could not recognise him. Amitabh Bachchan finished filming his scenes in April 2016.
Taapsee often broke down on the shooting sets as she felt her character was very strong and challenging. She suffered from a viral infection during the court scenes and wanted to dub later, however, Shoojit felt that her illness would add more authenticity to the scenes. Despite the hardships, Taapsee enjoyed filming the scenes.
The original climax of Rajvir and his friends winning the case was modified so as not to hurt the sentiments of the audience.
A special screening of the film was held for Amitabh Bachchan’s co-stars and the leading ladies of Bollywood. However, Amitabh Bachchan could not attend the screening due to health issues. Taapsee also arranged a special screening of the film for the Telugu film industry at Hyderabad.
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.
Shoojit Sircar and Amitabh Bachchan questioned their fans on Twitter as to what they think the film title “Pink” is all about. Times of India had opened a contest in which 5 lucky winners got a chance to meet Amitabh Bachchan and the other 10 winners got free movie tickets of the movie -Pink. The winners were announced on 15 September 2016.
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.
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.
Pink was released in worldwide cinemas on 16 September 2016. The film received widespread critical acclaim for the cast performances, execution, story, screenplay and direction.
Pink was made on total budget of ₹30 crore and emerged as a surprising commercial success earning over ₹157.32 crore globally. The film completed a 50-day run theatrically.
At the 64th National Film Awards, Pink won the category of Best Film on Other Social Issues. Pink received 5 nominations at the 62nd Filmfare Awards, including Best Film, Best Actor (Bachchan) and Best Supporting Actress (Kulhari), and won Best Dialogue (Ritesh Shah).
The film is remade in Tamil as Nerkonda Paarvai (2019) and in Telugu as Vakeel Saab (2021).
