Bhakshak

Positive: The dialogues pack a powerful punch, delivering a strong message for society. Viewers can take away valuable lessons for their daily lives. The negative characters are portrayed excellently, with special commendation to Red Chillies for presenting such impactful content. The director has executed their role effectively, and Sanjay Mishra delivers a solid performance as always. Overall, it's a must-watch movie.

Negative: Unfortunately, the acting, particularly by the lead actress Bhumi, falls short and feels mismatched for the roles. Her performance comes across as dull and doesn't meet expectations. Additionally, the emotional aspect of the movie lacks depth, failing to connect with the audience as effectively as movies like Article 15 by Anubhav Sinha.

This is one among the many movies on investigative journalism of social ills .It shows how hapless girls in a shelter home in Bihar are subjected to molestation and assault by cruel males both within the organisation and outside it. It is upto a brave and dedicated journalist Vaishali Singh ( Bhumi Pednekar ) to investigate the issue at the peril of her life and those of her relatives. Very naturally her husband/ relatives do not encourage her in her mission considering it unnecessary, foolhardy and dangerous. She however carries on with grit and determination with the help of her associate/ cameraperson Bhaskar Sinha( Sanjay Mishra).

The movie is definitely gripping with an inspired performance by Bhumi Pednekar as the lady journalist overcoming all odds through sheer grit to expose the perpetrators of child abuse and bring them to justice. She gets the support of the local police chief in her crusade. Sanjay Mishra is good as usual as her associate giving her moral support too.

Director Pulkit presents a taut narrative and some sequences have a raw intensity which is disturbing but then the subject probably demanded this degree of frankness in order to send the message across. As the ruthless oppressor Bansi babu, Aditya Srivastav of CID fame puts in a chilling performance. He has no remorse for his cruel actions. As the helpful police chief, Sai Tamhankar puts in a spirited performance.

I don't watch Hindi movies much. They are all masala, macho, mumbo jumbo nonsense. I liked Bhakshak movie. The acting is decent, the direction is done well and the story is strong enough to grip your attention.

The story however is heart wrenching. It's not easy to watch the plight of the girls. Though it's a fictional story it makes you wonder if there are places like this in our country where children are suffering. I like the social message of this movie. I strongly think journalism is dead in our country compared to the west. I hope aspiring children of our future will give this field the respect it deserves.

I would vote to see more movies like this.

This is the real India OMG. Thank you Gauri Khan for producing such a realistic movie. The actors were excellent illiciting such reaction in me . I hope there are Indians who were upset at what is going on in Bihar and other states . What does the government do. Making railway lines better railways is no feat when you cannot look after your citizens. Thank you Ms Gauri for producing such a great and very much realistic movie.there is not much to mention in writing about this movie, please get your member of parliament to watch this movie and see what is going on in the Country of India. This is not a fiction but The FACT .Thank you Mr Pulkit for writing such a realistic move . May God Bless you and grant you a long productive life. May you feel better soon. I can write much more but his is so repulsive this is. Congratulations to the person who selected the actors to do this story.

Pulkit is a director of a different genre, we can understand by watching his "Bose: Death/Alive". He is a very brave director. In this film too, he showed that deadly brave direction.

He tried to find solutions to the burning problems in several parts of India. The director shook the society and the Indian system very hard.

The best part of the movie is the content and the script. Bhumi pednekar and Sanjay Mishra's acting has taken the movie to perfection. But streaming the movie was possible.

I highly recommend everyone to watch this movie based on the exploitation of poor and helpless girls.