Pink (2016 film)

Pink
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAniruddha Roy Chowdhury
Written byRitesh Shah
Story byShoojit Sircar
Ritesh Shah
Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury
Produced by
  • Ronnie Lahiri
  • Rashmi Sharma
  • Sheel Kumar
Starring
CinematographyAbhik Mukhopadhyay
Edited byBodhaditya Banerjee
Music by
Production
company
Release date
  • 16 September 2016 (2016-09-16)
Running time
136 minutes[1]
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹30 crore[2]
Box officeest. ₹157.32 crore[3]

Pink is a 2016 Indian Hindi-language legal thriller film directed by Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury and written by Shoojit Sircar, Ritesh Shah and Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury.[1] The film is produced by Rising Sun Films on a total budget of ₹30 crore, with screenplay by Shah and music composition by Shantanu Moitra and Anupam Roy.[4] Pink features an ensemble cast, which includes Amitabh Bachchan, Taapsee Pannu, Kirti Kulhari, Andrea Tariang, Angad Bedi, Tushar Pandey, Piyush Mishra, and Dhritiman Chatterjee.[5]

Pink was released in worldwide cinemas on 16 September 2016.[6] The film received widespread critical acclaim for the cast performances, execution, story, screenplay and direction.[2] Pink emerged as a surprising commercial success earning over ₹157.32 crore globally.[3] The film completed a 50-day run theatrically.[7]

At the 64th National Film Awards, Pink won the category of Best Film on Other Social Issues.[8] Pink received 5 nominations at the 62nd Filmfare Awards, including Best Film, Best Actor (Bachchan) and Best Supporting Actress (Kulhari), and won Best Dialogue (Ritesh Shah).

The film is remade in Tamil as Nerkonda Paarvai (2019) and in Telugu as Vakeel Saab (2021).[9]

  1. ^ a b "Pink (15)". British Board of Film Classification. 9 September 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Pink Box Office: Amitabh Bachchan film records impressive opening weekend". catchnews.com. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  3. ^ a b "Special Features: Box Office: Worldwide Collections and Day wise breakup of Pink — Box Office". Bollywood Hungama. Archived from the original on 18 September 2016.
  4. ^ "Pink is a social thriller: Amitabh Bachchan". 11 September 2016.
  5. ^ Groves, Don (14 September 2016). "Amitabh Bachchan Thriller Set To Clash With Horror Movie Starring Emraan Hashmi". Forbes. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  6. ^ Joshi, Namrata (15 September 2016). "Pink: The girls are alright, but the boys?". The Hindu.
  7. ^ "Amitabh Bachchan starrer Pink completes 50 days in theatres". indiablooms.com. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  8. ^ "64 th National Film Awards, 2016" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. 7 April 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 June 2017. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
  9. ^ "'Pink is not a film, it is like a movement' – Amitabh Bachchan". Deccan Chronicle. 19 September 2016. Retrieved 30 November 2016.