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STORY: When a 10-year-old girl Pihu gets embroiled in the web of human trafficking, spearheaded by a stone-hearted pimp Bali (Sumeet Kant Kaul), the long-buried conscience of Pakhi (Anamika Shukla) comes alive and thus begins the conflict between the weak and the powerful.
REVIEW: Just like many girls in India, who are either poverty-stricken or are flicked away and tricked into prostitution by people with malicious intent, Pakhi, too, was once an innocent girl with big dreams and a lover she trusted a little too much. Days turn into nights in the maddening whorehouse of Bali, until one day, a little girl comes along with her big sister and awakens the collective conscience of the people dwelling there.
‘Pakhi’ makes an attempt to render a humane angle to the otherwise grey and gory world of flesh trade, but the actors fail the social drama and how. Sumeet Kant Kaul has hammed all through the film and he is supposed to be the principle antagonist. Anamika Shukla, though slightly better than the hilarious portrayal of Bali, needed someone who could do justice to the plight of girls who are forced into prostitution.
The cinematography of ‘Pakhi’ is below average and the lack of dialogues (and a solid screenplay) does the film no good. Goes without saying that this social drama was made with a noble intent, but director Sachin Gupta could have turned it into a hard-hitting film on this glaring issue had it not been for those novices of actors and a loosely written script.
If you want insight into the sad world of brothels and sex workers, ‘Pakhi’ will not prove to be that informative.
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Pakhi
Directed bySachin Gupta
Screenplay bySachin Gupta
Produced bySushma Gupta and Rashmi Bansal.
StarringSumeet Kaul, Anamika Shukla, Anmol Goswami and Pihu Datta
Music byShivang Mathur
Production
company
Release date
September 2018
Running time
100 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Pakhi[1][2](translation: a bird) is a 2018 Indian crime drama directed and produced by the award-winning playwright and theater director Sachin Gupta under Chilsag Entertainment Network in association with London Players.[3][4] It is produced by Sachin Gupta, Sushma Gupta and Rashmi Bansal. The film stars Sumeet Kaul, Anamika Shukla, Anmol Goswami and Pihu Datta in the lead roles.[5][6][7] The film is based on a true story of a 10 year old girl with a focuses on child trafficking, flesh trade, child marriage, and rape.

Plot

The narrative begins with Suhani, a young girl conned into the flesh trade operated by a goon called Bali. Circumstances make the brutal Bali believe that Suhani brings him luck, which is why he gives her royal treatment compared to the other girls in his coterie. Several months later, Pihu, her brother Maulik and her elder sister land in Bali's den after their uncle sells them to Bali. While the elder sister escapes the trauma by killing herself, Pihu is subjected to a Hyderabad's business man's gaze, who is keen to marry her. Later Suhani helps Pihu and her brother escape from Bali's clutches which forms the crux of the tale. It has a running time of 100 minutes.

Cast

  • Sumeet Kant Kaul as Bali
  • Anamika Shukla as Pakhi
  • Anmol Goswami as Maulik
  • Sikandar Khan
  • Tanmanya Bali
  • Vijyant kohli
  • Komal Khanna
  • Gital Patel

Music

The music for the film was composed by Shivang Mathur and the background score was done by Nikhil Koparde. The lyrics were written by Shayra Apoorva.

Track listing

No. Title Lyrics Music Singer Length Produced Mastered
1. Andhere Shayra Apoorva Shivang Mathur Prateeksha Srivastava 3:54 Aman Agarwal Aman Agarwal
2. Khabrein Garam Shayra Apoorva Shivang Mathur Tanisha Datta 3:52 Rishit Chauhan Atharva Joshi
3. Gum Hain Kahan Shayra Apoorva Shivang Mathur Prateeksha Srivastava 7:58 Aman Agarwal Aman Agarwal
4. Gum Hain Kahan (Duet) Shayra Apoorva Shivang Mathur Aditti Mehrotra & Prateeksha Srivastava 13:22 Aman Agarwal Aman Agarwal

Censorship

The movie faced hard criticism from the Central Board of Film Certification for their item song. The movie was considered too dark and serious as it tackled the concept of sex trafficking. The film received an 'A' certificate from the Central Board of Film Certification because it was said to be very intense and serious.[8][9] They were also asked to remove the item song, 'Khabare hot',[10] to replace the word 'Kali' wherever 'Kali Puja' is used and to replace 'Ministerji' with 'Netaji'[11][12][13][14] The director started a movement with the hashtag #JusticeforPakhi to get the movie approved by CBFC without any cuts.[15][16] The movie was supposed to release on August 10 2018 but was finally released in September 2018 after all the necessary cuts were made.[17][18][19]

References

  1. ^ verma, Ajay. "Human trafficking based film 'Pakhi' touching millions of hearts. | Today Express News". Retrieved 2020-01-29.
  2. ^ Service, Tribune News. "Breaking the shackles". Tribuneindia News Service. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
  3. ^ "Sumeet Kaul & Anamika Shukla starrer Pakhi is all about child trafficking | Bollywood Town | Bollywood News". bollywoodtown.in. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
  4. ^ "NATIONAL AWARD WINNER DIRECTOR SACHIN ANNOUNCES UPCOMING FILM PAKHI". www.face2news.com. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
  5. ^ "Short Film Pakhi By National Award Winner Sachin Gupta Set To Release". Ghaint Punjab. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
  6. ^ Pohal, Poonam (2018-07-30). "Gupta's team for "Pakhi" address media at Chandigarh". Buzzing Chandigarh. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
  7. ^ Sharma, Yugantika (2018-08-13). "Sachin Gupta's Directorial Pakhi Got The Refusal Of Censor Certification". Kachcha Chittha. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
  8. ^ Sep 13, TNN |; 2018; Ist, 5:35. "Film on child trafficking gets 'A' certificate, filmmaker protests | India News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2020-02-03. {{cite web}}: |last2= has numeric name (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  9. ^ "'Pakhi' made on child trafficking gets 'A' certificate by Censor Board". Devdiscourse. Retrieved 2020-02-03.
  10. ^ "Sachin Gupta's Pakhi facing the trouble of censor certification - Bollywood Galiyara English". Dailyhunt. Retrieved 2020-02-03.
  11. ^ न्यूज़, एबीपी (2018-09-06). "चाइल्ड ट्रैफिकिंग पर बनी फिल्म 'पाखी' को 'A' सर्टिफिकेट, आइटम सॉन्ग सहित मिले कई कट". www.abplive.com (in Hindi). Retrieved 2020-02-03.
  12. ^ IANS (2018-09-05). "Film on child trafficking gets 'A' certificate". Business Standard India. Retrieved 2020-02-03.
  13. ^ "PressReader.com - Your favorite newspapers and magazines". www.pressreader.com. Retrieved 2020-02-03.
  14. ^ "Film on child trafficking titled Pakhi denied certificate by CBFC". The Statesman. 2018-08-10. Retrieved 2020-02-03.
  15. ^ "#justiceforpakhi Instagram posts (photos and videos) - Picuki.com". www.picuki.com. Retrieved 2020-02-03.
  16. ^ "#pakhithemovie hashtag on Twitter". twitter.com. Retrieved 2020-02-03.
  17. ^ Service, Tribune News. "Story of survival". Tribuneindia News Service. Retrieved 2020-02-03.
  18. ^ "Film on child trafficking gets 'A' certificate". OdishaTV. 2018-09-06. Retrieved 2020-02-03.
  19. ^ In exclusive conversation with the cast of film PAKHI, retrieved 2020-02-03
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