Pink Saris

Director: Kim Longinotto
Starring: Renu DeviSampat Pal DeviNiranjan Pal
Run time: 96 mins | Recommended Certificate: 12A

Meet the Gulabi Gang, a group of women dressed defiantly in PINK SARIS, railing against
India’s patriarchal caste system. They are led by Sampat Pal, a former child bride who now
fights the subjugation (and institutionalized beating) of women. A divisive figure, she is at
once a saviour for the mistreated, as well as a shameless self-promoter acutely aware of her own celebrity.

UK filmmaker Kim Longinotto (Rough Aunties, MIFF 2008) refuses to deify Pal for her good
deeds or condemn her for her faults, opting instead for an objective and complex portrayal.
Social injustices collide with larger-than-life characters as Longinotto reveals a side of India too often ignored.

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