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Pinky Beauty Parlour Movie Review

Name: Pinky Beauty Parlour Movie Review
Item: Pinky Beauty Parlour
Rating: 3
Author: Sonali Sharma

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Review for the film " Pinky Beauty Parlour"

Streaming On: Netflix

Runtime: 01 Hour 56 Minutes

Certificate: A

Released: 14-04-2023

Genre: Drama

Similar To: Silence 2, Samosa & Sons, Amar Singh Chamkila, Tom Dick And Harry Returns

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CAST & CREW

Abhay Joshi

Jogi Malang

Pallavi Singhal

Vishwanath Chatterjee

Mayur Tripathi

Rakshit Thantry

Gagandeep Singh

Arpita Banerjee

Sangam Rai

Sulagna Panigrahi

Akshay Singh

Sandeep Singh Bajeli

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Producer:

Bahnishikha Das

Akshay Singh

Music Director:

Chintu Saarthak Kalla

Arbind Lyton

Editor:

Sandeep Singh Bajeli

Director:

Akshay Singh

Supporting Actress:

Sulagna Panigrahi

Sangam Rai

Arpita Banerjee

Sound Designer:

Rakshit Thantry

Director of Photography:

Gagandeep Singh

Executive Producer:

Abdul Rehman Khan

Assistant Director:

Santosh Chand

Priyanka Aich

Kashika Gupta

Background Music:

Rakshit Thantry

Screenplay Writer:

Akshay Singh

Story Writer:

Akshay Singh

Production Designer:

Mayur Tripathi

Supporting Actor:

Pallavi Singhal

Khusboo Gupta

Vishwanath Chatterjee

Jogi Malang

Devendra Gupta

Akshay Singh

Anupama Negi

Abhay Joshi

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Pinky Beauty Parlour is a social drama written, produced, and directed by Akshay Singh Bio coming soon... >> Read More... . Bahnishikha Das has co-produced this film with Akshay Singh. The movie is distributed under the combined banner of Cinepolis and Pen Marudhar Entertainment. Gagandeep Singh Gagandeep Singh is a singer, who is also called by >> Read More... is the cinematographer, while Sandeep Singh Bajeli Sandeep Singh Bajeli is a talented editor who has >> Read More... is the editor of this film. This film stars Sulagna Panigrahi Sulagna Panigrahi is a skilled and renowned actres >> Read More... and Khushboo Gupta Khushboo Gupta is an Indian Actress, who has worke >> Read More... in the lead. The supporting cast of this film includes Arpita Banerjee Arpita Banerjee is an Indian actress. She is known >> Read More... , Vishwanath Chatterjee Vishwanath Chatterjee was born on 5th October, in >> Read More... , Akshay Singh, Jogi Malang Jogi Malang is an Indian casting director who work >> Read More... , Anupama Negi, Sangam Rai Sangam Rai is a Nepali actress well known for Nepa >> Read More... etc. Following several delays, the film finally got a theatrical release on 14 April 2023.

Plot

Sisters Pinky and Bulbul run a beauty parlor of their own in the Lanka area of Varanasi. The two are stark opposites in terms of their skin, as well as their personalities.

One day, a corpse is found within the premises of the parlor. As the case develops, the focus grows more on the beauty salons and our society's obsession with fair skin.

Star Performances

Gagandeep Singh captures the rustic look of Varanasi with his able camerawork.

The soundtrack by Chintu Sarthak Kalia and Arbind Lyton is also meaningful, if not perfect.

Actors Sulagna Panigrahi and Khushboo Gupta have done justice to the roles they portrayed.

Analysis

'Is beauty skin deep' is a question most Indians are familiar with. However, very few dare to even talk about it openly, forget portraying it the way 'Pinky Beauty Parlour' does.

Without meandering the movie gets straight to the point from the word go. Through flashbacks, we get to know the reason why one of the protagonists was facing discrimination while the other just casually went about it without even realizing it. The stark contrast in the two personalities, depicted through the skin color, is quite striking, and on that note, Akshay Singh has done a really good job. Given he had to wait for years for his movie to be released, Akshay ensured that the rustic flavor of the narrative was not missing at all.

The way the protagonist fights multiple battles on a social front is something we saw through the character of Latika, played by Bhumi Pednekar Bhumi Pednekar is Maharashtrian unconventional act >> Read More... in ' Bala Click to look into! >> Read More... .' The only difference between the two is that 'Pinky Beauty Parlour' is more nuanced and realistic in context to the sufferings of the protagonist. For that, full marks to both the lead protagonists Sulagna and Khushboo.

The film is not without flaws. However, they are not that overpowering to ruin the experience of the viewer. Some people, however, will have trouble adapting to the pace of the movie which despite being less than 2 hours long, feels a bit sluggish in some places.

What's There?

Good camerawork by Gagandeep Singh
Earnest performances from Sulagna Panigrahi and Khushboo Gupta
A decent soundtrack

What's Not There?

Minor flaws in editing
Slightly sluggish pace

Verdict

'Pinky Beauty Parlour' is one riveting take on the skin color-based discrimination still prevalent in certain parts of India. It might not be larger than life, but it is engaging and poses several questions to our society. You should watch this film for sure.