Urmila Matondkar, Manoj Bajpayee, Sanjay Suri, Priyanshu Chatterjee, and Sandali Sinha in Pinjar (2003)

Pinjar

Original title: Pinjar: Beyond Boundaries...
Movie20033h 8m
Drama
7.9 / 10(3,143)

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

Cast
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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

9/10

Excellent!

👍 15 · 2/16/2004
9/10

Different Bollywood

👍 14 · 12/30/2004
9/10

Breathtaking and deeply emotional saga...(keep a box of tissues handy though)

👍 10 · 1/24/2004

Technical specs

Sound mix
DTS, Dolby Digital
Aspect ratio
2.35 : 1
Color
Color
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