Pankh

Bipasha Basu Maradona Rebello

The film is the story of the repercussions that have happened to a boy a child artist who once played girl roles in films as Baby Kusum once he becomes an adult and wants to be launched as a hero. Baby Kusum is a child star, a cute little girl. In reality, Baby Kusum is a boy, masquerading as a girl. He was named Jerry, and then renamed Master Jai for the movies. He and his mother Mary Lilette share a turbulent relationship. The boys family is poor and they want to make it big. The pressure of parents and ridicule make it a very sad situation for him. He becomes a drugabuser who has never been to school and spends all his time at home. Eventually he creates an imaginary character he is in love with named Nandini Bipasha Basu who taunts him, fights with him, and questions his every move. Jerry is made to face the camera again as a young man, which leads to the final catastrophe. The film highlights the common practice in the Indian film industry of casting children in role contrary to their natural genders.Initially, Sudipto Chattopadhyaya narrated the script to Rohit Roy but he denied the film. Then he went to Sanjay Gupta who after aminute narration signed him for the film. According to an interview with Times of India Chattopadhyaya drew inspiration from a documentary titled Children Of The Silver Screen by Dilip Ghosh in which child artistes are interviewed as adults and expressed their trauma. The protagonist Jerry, always imagines Bipasha to be a diva and director, Sudipto Chattopadhyay, who has styled the actress look in the movie, says that this idea was executed by Rocky S and Gavin Miguel. Rocky wanted Bips to look like two divas Sophia Loren and Liza Minnelli from Cabaret. Bipasha reportedly cut her hair for a song, as the wig didnt fit her. ........

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