Pink Movie Review: 5 times Amitabh Bachchan as Deepak Sehgal stole the scene

Amitabh Bachchan was the outwardly calm, stoic, masculine hero in Prakash Mehra's films in the '70s, who stood up for what was right and just in society. In the National Award-winning septuagenarian's recent release Pink, he plays the same, exact role, this time, as the fierce lawyer Deepak Sehgal. As Sehgal, he is what stands between the film's three heroines, Minal (Taapsee Pannu), Falak (Kirti Kulhari) and Andrea (Andrea Tariang) and a deeply patriarchal and judgemental Indian society which is hell bent on proving that these women are of 'questionable character'.

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Here are five times Amitabh Bachchan stole the scene in Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury's Pink.

1. Amitabh Bachchan wearing the creepy but intimidating training mask looked like a messenger from hell

Something has happened with three girls in the neighbourhood but they can't tell anybody, out of fear of being stigmatised and persecuted. Enter Amitabh Bachchan, the reclusive lawyer next door, who constantly keeps an eye out for the girls. Wearing a training mask, and walking across South Delhi, Bachchan reminds us of a silent guardian who is quietly out to protect without attracting attention.

2. Lost at one second, furious in the next

As Deepak Sehgal, a lawyer who retired from the profession on account of having bipolar disorder, Amitabh Bachchan portrays his sudden changes of mood within the courtroom with ease and grace. Back home, there is Sehgal's sick wife an inch away from the throes of death. In the courtroom, the man whose intentions might be right, but who might not be fit for the job, is trying his level best to keep his wits intact while fighting a feisty, cunning Piyush Mishra.

3. Master of sarcasm

Watching Big B decimate lying, conniving witnesses on the stand is beautiful. When a boy says that since he is committed and from a good, respectable family, he did not want to get into sexual relations with Andrea, who in turn, accuses the boy of forcing himself upon her, Amitabh calls his bluff and objects to his statement saying, "I object... to this awkward performance. He is overacting." Beautfiul!

4. Amitabh Bachchan vs Angad Bedi

Angad Bedi plays Rajveer, the nephew of a politician in Delhi, who thinks girls from 'achche ghar' such as his, don't drink, smoke, go to parties or have sex outside marriage. Watching the rational and liberal Mr Sehgal cut Rajveer down to size till his bile and nastiness has been exposed is beautfiul.

5. The silent scenes with his wife played by Mamata Shankar

Mr Sehgal's wife played by eminent Bengali actor Mamata Shankar, is dying. Big B is sombre, dutiful, hiding sadness behind his face but inexpressive on the outside, in the scenes with his wife in the hospital. Scenes where he is quiet and lays his head by his wife's bedside, perhaps, seeking comfort or company, are touching.