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Pink

पिंक · 2016

Three Delhi flatmates are prosecuted after defending themselves, and a retired lawyer takes the case.

Director
Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury
Year
2016
Genre
Legal · Drama
Cast
Amitabh Bachchan, Taapsee Pannu, Kirti Kulhari, Andrea Tariang

Why it's in the canon

'No means no' entered mainstream Indian discourse through this courtroom.

Three Delhi flatmates are prosecuted after defending themselves, and a retired lawyer takes the case.

Pink sits in the 2010s alongside Gangs of Wasseypur and Masaan — a decade this canon treats as formative.

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The essentials

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