Pinjar (2003) :
Brief Review -
Emotionally and Dramatically Tough but Technically and Mathematically Rough. Pinjar didn't made it clear till the end that what was the actual motive of the script writer? Was it a love story beyond religious hatred or was it about ending Religious hatred that took place in partition era or was it a national drama trying to deal with cliche topic like Hindu-Muslim? There have been so many things in just one script that not a single ine got enough exploration and justice. Well it could be called a plus point on contrary to the earliee statement that the film explored multiple topics at once. However, the overall impact remains quite rough because the narrative doesn't give enough time to settle and get enough till the core to those multiple dimensions. Positively Pinjar is toughon emotional and dramatic portion because topics like woman slaving and hindu-muslim riots are never going to look bad or crap. It's just about how it is presented unless there's something new and innovative coming out of it. Pinjar deals with several serious issues but the essence isn't derived by settled segments which makes it look unstable on mathematical and technical level. The best part of Pinjar is acting by all the actors especially Urmila Matondkar, Manoj Bajpayee, Sanjay Suri and Sandali Sinha. Technical features like Cinematography, Editing, Sound, Background Score all are average in best case but what hurts the most is it's screenplay which doesn't completely prove any single topic despite long runtime of 183 minutes. Chandraprakash Dwivedi could have handled it better but before that it needed improvisation in on paper script. Gadar (2001) made on similar topic came out better than Pinjar despite massy elements. Overall, Pinjar is Graduation Level Film told on Matriculation Level. A very good film but could have been a Classic.
RATING - 7/10*
By - #samthebestest
Emotionally and Dramatically Tough but Technically and Mathematically Rough. Pinjar didn't made it clear till the end that what was the actual motive of the script writer? Was it a love story beyond religious hatred or was it about ending Religious hatred that took place in partition era or was it a national drama trying to deal with cliche topic like Hindu-Muslim? There have been so many things in just one script that not a single ine got enough exploration and justice. Well it could be called a plus point on contrary to the earliee statement that the film explored multiple topics at once. However, the overall impact remains quite rough because the narrative doesn't give enough time to settle and get enough till the core to those multiple dimensions. Positively Pinjar is toughon emotional and dramatic portion because topics like woman slaving and hindu-muslim riots are never going to look bad or crap. It's just about how it is presented unless there's something new and innovative coming out of it. Pinjar deals with several serious issues but the essence isn't derived by settled segments which makes it look unstable on mathematical and technical level. The best part of Pinjar is acting by all the actors especially Urmila Matondkar, Manoj Bajpayee, Sanjay Suri and Sandali Sinha. Technical features like Cinematography, Editing, Sound, Background Score all are average in best case but what hurts the most is it's screenplay which doesn't completely prove any single topic despite long runtime of 183 minutes. Chandraprakash Dwivedi could have handled it better but before that it needed improvisation in on paper script. Gadar (2001) made on similar topic came out better than Pinjar despite massy elements. Overall, Pinjar is Graduation Level Film told on Matriculation Level. A very good film but could have been a Classic.
RATING - 7/10*
By - #samthebestest