The Sky Is Pink

The Sky Is Pink
The poster features a family, the couple and their two children, with spring like light green and light pink themed colour in the background. The poster also features the couple at the top. Text at the bottom of the poster reveals the tagline of the film while the text at the bottom of the poster reveals the title, name of the director, name of the producer, name of the distributor, the release date and the rest of the credits.
Theatrical release poster
Directed byShonali Bose
Written byDialogues:
Shonali Bose
Juhi Chaturvedi
Screenplay byShonali Bose
Nilesh Maniyar
Story byShonali Bose
Produced by
Starring
Narrated byZaira Wasim
Cinematography
  • Kartik Vijay
  • Nick Cooke
Edited byManas Mittal
Music bySongs:
Pritam
MEMBA (1 song)
Background Score:
Pritam
Mikey McCleary
Production
companies
Distributed byRSVP Movies
Release dates
  • 13 September 2019 (2019-09-13) (TIFF)
  • 11 October 2019 (2019-10-11) (India)
Running time
143 minutes[1]
CountriesIndia
United States
LanguageHindi
Budget₹240 million[2]
Box officeest. ₹344.1 million[3]

The Sky Is Pink is a 2019 biographical romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Shonali Bose and produced by Siddharth Roy Kapur, Ronnie Screwvala and Priyanka Chopra Jonas under their production companies Roy Kapur Films, RSVP Movies, and Purple Pebble Pictures, respectively, in association with Ivanhoe Pictures. A co-production between India and the United States, the film stars Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Farhan Akhtar, Zaira Wasim and Rohit Suresh Saraf, and is based on the true story of Aisha Chaudhary, who suffered from severe combined immunodeficiency and pulmonary fibrosis, and tells the story of her parents Aditi and Niren as they navigate their marriage while dealing with their daughter's illness. The film marked the last film of Wasim's career prior to her retirement from Hindi cinema.

Aditi Chaudhary approached Bose to make a film based on her daughter's life story. Although intrigued by the story, Bose instead chose to depict the parents' story from Aisha's point of view by incorporating first-person narrative, focusing on their marriage and the effect of their child's illness on their lives and relationship. Bose wrote the screenplay based on the details she gathered through interviewing both of her parents. Nilesh Maniyar wrote the additional screenplay while Juhi Chaturvedi wrote the Hindi dialogues. Principal photography took place in Mumbai, London, Delhi and the Andaman Islands. The film's soundtrack was composed by Pritam while Gulzar wrote the lyrics for the songs. The film explores themes such as death and its acceptance, motherhood, grief and the effect of the loss of a child on relationships, particularly on the parents' companionship.

The film premiered at the 44th Toronto International Film Festival on 13 September 2019 and was released worldwide on 11 October the same year. The Sky Is Pink received positive reviews, with praise for Bose's writing and direction, and the performances of the cast. However, it did not perform well commercially, grossing ₹34.41 crore at the box office against a budget of ₹24 crore. At the 65th Filmfare Awards, The Sky Is Pink received 3 nominations – Best Film (Critics), Best Actress (Chopra Jonas) and Best Supporting Actress (Wasim). The film is now available on Netflix.[4]

  1. ^ "The Sky Is Pink (2019)". British Board of Film Classification. Archived from the original on 10 October 2019. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  2. ^ "'The Sky Is Pink' Has a Slow Start at the Box Office". The Quint. 14 October 2019. Archived from the original on 22 October 2019. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  3. ^ "The Sky is Pink Box Office". Bollywood Hungama. 11 October 2019. Archived from the original on 12 November 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  4. ^ "The Sky Is Pink | Netflix". www.netflix.com. Archived from the original on 17 September 2021. Retrieved 17 September 2021.