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Pinjar is a indian film of genre Drama directed by Dr.Chandra Prakash Dwivedi with Urmila Matondkar
Pinjar (2003)
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Add to a movie listPinjar (Hindi: पिंजर, Urdu: پنجر, Punjabi: ਪਿੰਜਰ; English: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 Bajpai 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.
Synopsis
Pinjar tells the story of Puro, a young woman of Hindu background, living a lovely life — circling the time of the partition of 1947 — with her family. Puro is betrothed to a wealthy, sweet young man, Ramchand, from a promising family. Puro's bliss is shattered one day as a leisurely trip with Rajjo, her younger sister, turns traumatic as she is kidnapped by a mysterious Muslim man, Rashid. Rashid's family has an ancestral dispute with Puro's family. Puro's family had made Rashid's homeless by taking over their property. Puro's grand-uncle had even kidnapped Rashid's grand-aunt and then released her after defiling her. Rashid's family made him swear that he would kidnap Puro to settle the score.Actors
Urmila Matondkar
(Puro)
Manoj Bajpayee
(Rashid)
Sanjay Suri
(Ramchand)
Kulbhushan Kharbanda
(Mohanlal)
Isha Koppikar
(Rajjo)
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