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Pinjar (transl. The Cage) is a 2003 Indian Hindi-language historical drama film 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. Urmila Matondkar, Manoj Bajpayee and Sanjay Suri portray the lead roles.
Pinjar is widely considered one of the outstanding works of Indian fiction set during the period of the Partition of India. Main characters. Puro (later, Hamida)-main protogonist; Rashid- Muslim boy who kidnapped puro; Ramchand -fiance of puro; Lajo - sister of ramchand & wife of trilok; Trilok - brother of puro; Rajjo - younger sister of puro
Mar 22, 2024 · Poet and writer Amrita Pritam’s Punjabi novella, Pinjar, is set at the time of the Partition of India. Young Puro belongs to a Hindu Sahukar or moneylender family in a village called Chatto.
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.
Pinjar: A gripping tale of love, loss, and resilience set during the Partition of India, where one woman's journey reveals the complexities of human relationships.
Oct 9, 2021 · Amrita Pritam was 31 in 1950 when she wrote Pinjar, a fictional account of the horrors of Partition that came with Independence in 1947. Pritam herself left Lahore for India that year.
Pinjar is the story of Pooro, a Hindu woman abducted by a Muslim man, just before her wedding. She is renamed Hamida and is forced to marry Rashid who had abducted her to settle...
‘Pinjar’ means ‘skeleton’. A skeleton with neither a face, nor mind, nor a will, nor identity. Pinjar is set in the era of India’s independence from British rule, specifically, the time when the country was partitioned to form the nation of Pakistan.
Set during the time of Partition between India and Pakistan, Pinjar focuses on a Punjabi girl who becomes the victim of societal and cultural attitudes toward the treatment of women in her time.
As an undivided India becomes a thing of the past, rich man and aspiring poet Ramchand becomes a refugee overnight when the nation is partitioned. Sandali Sinha plays a new bride who must deal with the crisis facing the nation.
