Pinjar is a novel written by Amrita Pritam, writer and senior journalist Khushwant Singh has edited it in English. Amrita Pritam has been the first women writer in Independent India who has extensively wrote on themes of partition, national harmony, women and grassroots issues of Punjab. Khushwant Singh, the contemporary of Amrita Pritam who shares the same view. Khushwant Singh also has written books like The Train to Pakistan and many other books on Partition, national harmony and social issues. Chandra Prakash Dwivedi a television director turned film director has made his debut film Pinjar in 2003. This film is adaptation from Novel to Cinema. Film focuses on a girl character Pooro and her life. It narrates the tragic tale of partition and Pooro's life. Amrita Pritam the prominent Indian writer who has witnessed the partition and has lived in undivided Punjab province has seen the ups and downs of many lives. We find Pinjar as objective correlative of Amrita Pritam.
Pinjar is a film of objective co-relativity of Amrita Pritam, J A Cuddon has written the definition of objective co-relativity in Dictionary of Literary terms, "The only way of expressing emotion in the form of art is by finding an 'objective correlative'; in other words, a set of objects, a situation, a chain of events which shall be the formula of that particular emotion; such that when the external facts, which must terminate in sensory experience, are given, the emotion is immediately evoked.
According to Salma Malik (assistant professor from Islamabad), "All Partition films broadly belong to the genre of historical films. They narrate Partition as the novel. They seem like historical narratives with particular ideologies. They prove to be a film version for national histories." Pinjar is a partition film which goes much beyond the pangs of partition 1947 and touches the lives of people across the border.
As the province of Punjab faced and witness the trauma of Partition, the writers belongs to this region responded in their writing. Punjabi novels have a long list of writers like, Nanak Singh's Khoon De Sohle (1947),and Mazdhaar (1949). Amrita Pritam's Pinjar (1948), Bhairav Prasad Gupta's, Bhagwaticharan Verma's Bhule-Bisre Chitra (1961), Vishnu Prabhakar's, Nishikant (1958), Kamleshwar's, Laute Hue Musaphir (1971), Bhisham Sahni's Tamas (1973), Yashpal's Meri Teri Uski Baat (1974) and Zootha Sach (1969), Ramanand Sagar's Aur Insaan Mar Gaya (1948), Rahi Masoom Raza's Aadha Gaon (1966), and Os Ki Bund, Acharya Chatur Shastri's Dharam Putra are some of the widely acclaimed works. These novels narrated many heart-wrenching stories of abductions and rapes during Partition. Writers like Khwaja Ahmad Abbas' narrated it in Revenge. Manto's wrote it in the Reunion and Toba Tek Singh and Bedi's Lajwanti. Today we refer to their books, novels, dramas to study as historic references.
Amrita Pritam's Pinjar portrays the character of 'Puro' with her existential dilemma of women during the Partition. It is reflected at community and individual level. Puro, a Hindu girl abducted by Rasheed, a Muslim guy. Abandoned by her family, she finally accepts her fate and settles in Pakistan. During the chaos of Partition, Puro grows on psychological plane, we find her reaction after her Muslim name(Hamida) is tattooed on her hand, the same tattooed name help her while saving Laajo. This proves the growth of a character of Puro. Puro (Hamida) finally chooses to stay with Rashid in Pakistan. This point proves the secular spirit of nationals Somdatta Mandal (Professor of English & Head. Department Shantiniketan) discusses these similarities in detail in her Film and Fiction: Word into Image. She begins saying, "handling of time and space plays important role in film and fiction, the use of flashback and flash forward is potential tool of focusing and event." Amrita Pritam's Pinjar and the film begins with central character Puro, We focus on her action and go in flashback, and it starts with her adolescent age and ends in tragic. The use of flashback is mostly for 'dreams' or 'streams of consciousness. Pinjar film and novel has linear narration, events and episodes unfold in chronological manner.
Theorists like George Bluestone calls film as a combination of space/time art and Prose fiction immortalize the time as art. "The novel renders from point to point in space". (1966:61) As both films and novels follow determined sequence to unfold the events. These art forms develop "plot", sub plot and characters to push the story further." Pinjar movie develops and follows the character of Puro closely, Rashid, abductor and husband character id developed over the events takes place in movie. The progress of Rashid character from an abductor, husband, caring family person, companion to philanthropic is a journey we witness in Pinjar. The character of Puro and her love towards family remains intact, even though she is been abandoned by her father and mother. This particular offers us the glimpses of the culture and sociology.
Pinjar is a movie adaptation from novel Pinjar by Amrita Pritam. Film is based on Indian partition 1947. The character of Puro plays vital role in the movie. Film narrates the historical milieu of undivided India. This paper has analyzed how the adaptation of novel to film holds strong essence of novel. Pinjar as a move passes strong message of national integrity, social harmony and humanity. Undivided India had secular society and some fanatics who had their vested interests. Movie has portrayed history with unbiased point of view. The message of secular society goes strong with the liberal characters like Puro, Ramchand, Lajjo, Trilok the new generation. This film is a best example of historical reference for national integrity, social harmony and secular society.
Pinjar is a film of objective co-relativity of Amrita Pritam, J A Cuddon has written the definition of objective co-relativity in Dictionary of Literary terms, "The only way of expressing emotion in the form of art is by finding an 'objective correlative'; in other words, a set of objects, a situation, a chain of events which shall be the formula of that particular emotion; such that when the external facts, which must terminate in sensory experience, are given, the emotion is immediately evoked.
According to Salma Malik (assistant professor from Islamabad), "All Partition films broadly belong to the genre of historical films. They narrate Partition as the novel. They seem like historical narratives with particular ideologies. They prove to be a film version for national histories." Pinjar is a partition film which goes much beyond the pangs of partition 1947 and touches the lives of people across the border.
As the province of Punjab faced and witness the trauma of Partition, the writers belongs to this region responded in their writing. Punjabi novels have a long list of writers like, Nanak Singh's Khoon De Sohle (1947),and Mazdhaar (1949). Amrita Pritam's Pinjar (1948), Bhairav Prasad Gupta's, Bhagwaticharan Verma's Bhule-Bisre Chitra (1961), Vishnu Prabhakar's, Nishikant (1958), Kamleshwar's, Laute Hue Musaphir (1971), Bhisham Sahni's Tamas (1973), Yashpal's Meri Teri Uski Baat (1974) and Zootha Sach (1969), Ramanand Sagar's Aur Insaan Mar Gaya (1948), Rahi Masoom Raza's Aadha Gaon (1966), and Os Ki Bund, Acharya Chatur Shastri's Dharam Putra are some of the widely acclaimed works. These novels narrated many heart-wrenching stories of abductions and rapes during Partition. Writers like Khwaja Ahmad Abbas' narrated it in Revenge. Manto's wrote it in the Reunion and Toba Tek Singh and Bedi's Lajwanti. Today we refer to their books, novels, dramas to study as historic references.
Amrita Pritam's Pinjar portrays the character of 'Puro' with her existential dilemma of women during the Partition. It is reflected at community and individual level. Puro, a Hindu girl abducted by Rasheed, a Muslim guy. Abandoned by her family, she finally accepts her fate and settles in Pakistan. During the chaos of Partition, Puro grows on psychological plane, we find her reaction after her Muslim name(Hamida) is tattooed on her hand, the same tattooed name help her while saving Laajo. This proves the growth of a character of Puro. Puro (Hamida) finally chooses to stay with Rashid in Pakistan. This point proves the secular spirit of nationals Somdatta Mandal (Professor of English & Head. Department Shantiniketan) discusses these similarities in detail in her Film and Fiction: Word into Image. She begins saying, "handling of time and space plays important role in film and fiction, the use of flashback and flash forward is potential tool of focusing and event." Amrita Pritam's Pinjar and the film begins with central character Puro, We focus on her action and go in flashback, and it starts with her adolescent age and ends in tragic. The use of flashback is mostly for 'dreams' or 'streams of consciousness. Pinjar film and novel has linear narration, events and episodes unfold in chronological manner.
Theorists like George Bluestone calls film as a combination of space/time art and Prose fiction immortalize the time as art. "The novel renders from point to point in space". (1966:61) As both films and novels follow determined sequence to unfold the events. These art forms develop "plot", sub plot and characters to push the story further." Pinjar movie develops and follows the character of Puro closely, Rashid, abductor and husband character id developed over the events takes place in movie. The progress of Rashid character from an abductor, husband, caring family person, companion to philanthropic is a journey we witness in Pinjar. The character of Puro and her love towards family remains intact, even though she is been abandoned by her father and mother. This particular offers us the glimpses of the culture and sociology.
Pinjar is a movie adaptation from novel Pinjar by Amrita Pritam. Film is based on Indian partition 1947. The character of Puro plays vital role in the movie. Film narrates the historical milieu of undivided India. This paper has analyzed how the adaptation of novel to film holds strong essence of novel. Pinjar as a move passes strong message of national integrity, social harmony and humanity. Undivided India had secular society and some fanatics who had their vested interests. Movie has portrayed history with unbiased point of view. The message of secular society goes strong with the liberal characters like Puro, Ramchand, Lajjo, Trilok the new generation. This film is a best example of historical reference for national integrity, social harmony and secular society.