
Pinjar
In the days leading up to Partition, a Hindu woman is abducted by a Muslim man. Soon, she finds herself not only forced into marriage, but living in a new country as the borders between India and Pakistan are drawn.
- Runtime
- 3h 8m
- Released
- 2003
- Country
- India
Details
Release year: 2003
Storyline
In the days leading up to Partition, a Hindu woman is abducted by a Muslim man. Soon, she finds herself not only forced into marriage, but living in a new country as the borders between India and Pakistan are drawn.
Top credits
Urmila Matondkar — Puro, Hamida
Manoj Bajpayee — Rashid
Sanjay Suri — Ramchand
Sandali Sinha — Lajjo
Did you know
• The director of this movie has also directed Chanakya. The most acclaimed tv series in doordarshan era
• Manoj Bajpai was furious with the producers for keeping his face off the film's CD and cassette covers. He knew this was done due to his bad run at the box office. His reasoning was that he was the leading man of the film opposite Urmila. He deserved equal publicity .
• Manoj Bajpai was angry that he was nominated in the Screen Awards Best Supporting Actor category . He stated he was the male actor in the film and it was not a supporting role.
Box Office
Gross (Domestic): $66,290
Opening Weekend (Domestic): $16,617 (2003-10-26)
User reviews
Excellent!
Different Bollywood
Breathtaking and deeply emotional saga...(keep a box of tissues handy though)
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- DTS, Dolby Digital
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
- Color
- Color
















