Pinjar (2003)
पिंजर
Beyond boundries
In the days leading up to Partition, a Hindu woman is abducted by a Muslim man. Soon, she finds herself not only forced into marriage, but living in a new country as the borders between India and Pakistan are drawn
- Date of release
- 2003-10-22
- TMDB
- 7.7 / 10 (15)
- Runtime
- 3h 8m
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, Music
- Director
- Chandra Prakash Dwivedi
Casting
- Urmila Matondkar — Puro
- Manoj Bajpayee — Rashid
- Sanjay Suri — Ramchand
- Sandali Sinha — Lajo
- Isha Koppikar — Rajjo
- Lillete Dubey — Mrs. Mohanlal
- Kulbhushan Kharbanda — Mohanlal
- Farida Jalal — Mrs. Shyamlal
- Priyanshu Chatterjee — Trilok
- Seema Biswas — Mad woman
- Alok Nath — Shyamlal
- Sudha Shivpuri — Rashid's mother
Interesting facts
- Based on: Pinjar
Pinjar is a 2003 Indian Hindi-language historical drama film written and directed by Chandraprakash Dwivedi. The film revolves around the Hindu-Muslim problems during the partition of India and is based on a Punjabi novel of the same name, written by Amrita Pritam. It stars Urmila Matondkar, Manoj Bajpayee, Sanjay Suri, Sandali Sinha, and Priyanshu Chatterjee. Upon release, the film received critical acclaim, winning the National Film Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration and the Special Jury Award for Bajpayee.
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