Pinky Beauty Parlour
(2023)
★ 8.4 IMDb · 574 votes
Year: 2023
Runtime: 116 мин
Country: India
Director: Akshay Singh
Cast: Arpita Banerjee, Sulagna Panigrahi, Khusboo Gupta, Jogi Malang, Vishwanath Chatterjee, Akshay Singh, Abhay Joshi, Anupama Negi, Balmukund Tripathi
Plot
Two sisters named Pinky and Bulbul own and operate a beauty salon in Banaras. One morning, a dead body is discovered in their parlour, sparking an investigation. As the case develops, the vibrant world of beauty salons and our society's deep-seated obsession with fair skin begin to come to light.
In India, unfortunately prejudice has taken deep roots in the form of an obsession with fair skin, especially with regards to women. Pinky Beauty Parlour is an engaging, entertaining, and a poignant tale of the repercussions this obsession for fairer skin has on a human mind, families and society in general. It is a touching journey of two sisters lives, Pinky and Bulbul, who run a beauty parlor in the by-lanes of Banaras, the holiest of cities in India. The story starts one morning as a dead body is found hanging in the beauty parlor. Police Inspector Jata Shankar and the somewhat slow Constable Sami Akhtar, starts the investigation in their own quirky ways, we enter a unique colorful world of a beauty parlor, and are drawn into a complex and engaging story of inter-mingled loyalties and insecurities. Also leaving a timely message for the audience to take home and chew on.