I bleed PINK

“Where the walls are not the limits, but the protective power;

Where the tape is the strangling weapon of Beauty;

Where the color of his lips does not attract, but frightens the Beast;

Where the nails with all their moles, notches and scars the bad meat and they throw it to the trash of the sins;

Where the drink has no sparkling sensual hues, but washes the social mind;

Where the color takes away my fear; I would love to bleed ROSA. “

‘Pink’ is a feminine color, and there is no logical reasoning behind it, except for other scholastic and authoritative information from our society; in fact, children who wear ‘Pink’ are a stigma; tarnishes his masculinity. The shade that embellishes the roses and marks the meat as fresh; the one that sweetens the cotton candy and bubbles the blood of the sacrificial goat, becomes yet another metaphor for effeminate qualities, thanks to our well-versed and extremely intellectual society.

The ambiguity of ideas related to Pink has been well narrated in a stage version by Shoojit Sircar and Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury. The story is quite simple and predictable; revolves around three working women of the current era, sharing a flat for rent, free from personal and social prejudices, in short, with all the characteristics of so-called ‘extroverted and inflexible’ women rather than independent and individualistic women in society. In fact, they get into trouble with some wealthy and influential chauvinistic dudes and thus follow an episode of sexual abuse with an elaborate tryout session (which is the real part of the plot), of course, from the girls, not from the boys.

The girls file a complaint and, in return, are forced to stand on the deck with conflicting charges against them. Does the idea sound familiar to you? Yes, indeed it is; We have faced such crude and realistic court sessions with women, in more serious situations like Dahan (1997) by Rituparno Ghosh, Insaaf Ka Tarazu (1980) by BR Chopra, Adalat O Ekti Meye (1982) by Tapan Sinha, and without forget the real story. of Suzette Jordan, victim of the Park Street incident in 2012. Both the aforementioned fictions and the actual incident draw a plausibility of ideas, where the victim herself was asked for the testimony of her character, in the medical examination room, in the police station and finally in the court. Rather, the movie showed what its trailer showed, unlike movies like Drishyam., who had already revealed the story through his trailer, but had saved something ‘yet to know’, through his plot structure. Also, the questions that are being asked and asked today are synonymous with those that were asked 30 years ago, so what has changed? But despite this being true, Pink (2016) stands out among them, in several respects-

1. The story is part of a contemporary society, the characters are relevant, they are real and they have the ability to fight their fears. It is true, we are afraid of taking a step forward in the face of crime; the unfair seems pretty demonic.

However, not only brave girls oppose their fears, but also an old man, who had lost all hope for himself and his profession (due to his inappropriate psychological disposition), has the opportunity to demonstrate his expertise, and it does. skillfully, fighting her fear in the process. Here comes the excellence of Sree Amitabh Bachchan, who subtly manages to give her expressions as a willing but weak person. (due to age and mental health issues) When the courtroom session begins in the second half, we expect Amitabh Bachchan to face the prosecution immediately, but unfortunately, the elderly Mr. Sehgal has the finesse of a lawyer, but lacks the confidence to present his case, due to the long span of time and the disconnect from the practice, he gradually develops and prepares himself through the procedures, which is commendable.

2. The film closes the mentality gap between the past and the present; it falsifies the notion that people of the past generation have orthodox ideas about social norms, which is basically a promotion of patriarchy; In this film, a 74-year-old lawyer, Deepak Sehgal, believes in and defends the three young women for truth, justice and righteousness, while most of the so-called enlightened and scholarly contemporary society is still in the dark of the corruption. assumptions, regarding what a girl should do and what not to do.

3. The director constantly intrigues our senses with contradictions and open situations. The film has been named ROSA, which is a creative contradiction to the operative thought process of society, that the color symbolizes weakness, shyness, submission, grace, elegance and anything delicate. From the ironic title, we know that what he is going to show will be the complete opposite, and it IS the story of bravery, courage, honesty and all the qualities that mean strong. Minal’s sexual abuse is kept as a ‘?’, And I think this has been done on purpose to keep us on our toes, the open nature of this incident has been emphasized with cinematography as well as through the lawyer’s dialogue delivery Sehgal. Who mistakenly calls her ‘raped’ first and then corrects her to ‘molested’, so that we, as an audience, are not sure what the actual fact is, whether she is raped or molested? Also the open beginning of the film, where the actual event of the rock concert night is never clearly shown, until the end, stimulates the public’s thought process.

4. Unlike the other films, mentioned above, this one shows a positive start for society; justice is finally done; note, dahan’s pink saree, became a weak point for the court proceedings, the pink rays of sunset in Gopalpur, marked the shameful and humiliating test of an enlightening but defeated woman in Adalat O ekti Meye, but Minal’s pink bra made us all proud as women, she defended herself with courage and enthusiasm; it preserved lives, and so the movie is different, despite being the same.

Pink is different because it shows defending. Minal doesn’t succumb to his fate, but he hits the bottle with the brat, which is a great thing; The instinctive fear of moving, the fear of standing up, the fear of pushing and the fear of hitting hard that a woman absorbs into her, when she is being seriously touched by a man, has been erased in this film. A girl for the first time does not submit to patriarchal beliefs, but beats them hard until they bleed a lot; the courage to break the bottle is important; when you are under attack, the natural defense mechanism is important; the consequences will follow; Now imagine, if Minal had lost strength in the hotel room and had been raped, would that save her some social humiliation, the one she was having now, after being accused of attempted murder? No. Things would all be the same; society would mock her and question her character even then, history proves it; So why not fight and face it? Take the beating and then pay for it, instead of being trampled on and still paying the price. Death must be of glory and not of shame; “It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog.” – Mark Twain

Women, you must keep the fire burning inside, so that you can fight with honor before dying; Fear will try to scare you, but it will never back down, it will never back down the battle of life, use the color Pink as your strength, as your weapon to brutally decapitate all ugly minds.