Pinjar (film)
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| Hindi | पिंजर |
| Directed by | Chandra Prakash Dwivedi |
| Screenplay by | Chandra Prakash Dwivedi |
| Story by | Amrita Pritam |
| Based on |
Pinjar by Amrita Pritam |
| Starring |
Urmila Matondkar Manoj Bajpayee Sanjay Suri Kulbhushan Kharbanda Isha Koppikar Farida Jalal Sandali Sinha Priyanshu Chatterjee |
| Music by | Uttam Singh |
| Cinematography | Santosh Thundiyil |
| Edited by | Ballu Saluja |
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Release date
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24 October 2003 |
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Running time
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188 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language |
Hindi Punjabi |
Pinjar (Hindi: पिंजर, Urdu: پنجر, Punjabi: ਪਿੰਜਰ; English:The Cage) is a 2003 Indian period drama film directed by Chandra Prakash Dwivedi. The movie is about the Hindu-Muslim problems during the partition of India. The film is based on a Punjabi novel of the same name, written by Amrita Pritam.Urmila Matondkar, Manoj Bajpayee and Sanjay Suri are in the lead roles. Besides critical acclaim, the film also won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration.
Pinjar is set in the time of the 1947 partition. Puro is a young woman of Hindu background, who lives a happy, comfortable life with her family. She is betrothed to a wealthy, kind young man, Ramchand, who is from a promising family. While on an outing with her younger sister Rajjo, Puro is suddenly kidnapped by a mysterious man, Rashid. Rashid's family has an ancestral dispute with Puro's family. In the past, Puro's family had made Rashid's family homeless by taking over their property. Puro's grand-uncle had even kidnapped Rashid's grand-aunt and then released her after defiling her. The task of extracting revenge is given to Rashid, and his family tell him to kidnap Puro, in order to settle the score.
Rashid goes through with the kidnapping but cannot bring himself to be cruel to Puro, since he is drawn to her. One night, Puro manages to escape and return to her parents. Her parents woefully turn away their daughter, explaining that if Puro were to stay, Rashid's extended clan would slaughter everyone in their village. Left with no support, Puro returns to Rashid who is well-aware of Puro's escape; he knew she wouldn't be let in by her parents and had been waiting for her nearby. After a few months, Puro's family marries their son Trilok to Ramchand's younger sister, Lajjo, while Rajjo is married off to Ramchand's cousin. Meanwhile Rashid marries Puro, and they settle into an uneasy routine of husband and wife, during which time Puro becomes pregnant but miscarries.
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