Dwivedi, Chandraprakash

Pinjar : beyond boundaries ... - New Delhi: Eagle Home Entertainments Pvt. Ltd., 2003. - 4 3/​4 in. - 1 videodisc (DVD)(ca. 183 min.) : sd., col. ;

Based on the novel by Amrita Pritam.

Pinjar is a saga of human strength during trying times and a metaphorical representation of the partition of India and Pakistan. It is the story of this division as seen and experienced by a young woman, Puro. She is a victim of circumstances, who overcomes the wrath of a hostile community and rewrites her destiny.


Amrita Pritam, 1919-2005 -- Film and video adaptations.
Partition of India (1947)
Women -- Social conditions -- India -- Drama.
Motion pictures, Indic.
Pakistan -- History -- Drama.
India -- History -- Partition, 1947 -- Drama.

791.4372 / DWI