Presented by Ajay Devgn and Produced by Seeds Of Awareness, Phoga Aur Munni, a story on gender discrimination and the struggles that a boy and a girl of the family go through not only in the society, but even at home, captures the real issues intricately with an exceptional screenplay, moving dialogues, and a well-crafted direction.
The film is directed by Leena Yadav, who is one of the prominent filmmakers around, known for writing and directing internationally acclaimed drama film, Parched, comedy-drama, Rajma Chawal, and is riding high on her recently released Netflix documentary, House of Secrets: The Burari Deaths. The dialogues and screenplay have been written by the talented Jaidev Mishra, who has worked on the characters pretty well.
Phoga Aur Munni is a story about a family that has comfortably adjusted itself to the thought of only the son to be the torchbearer, whereas the daughter of the house is expected to follow the age-old path that has been carved for her since the time she was born. The story touches that aspect of life which people have become conditioned to, and that’s resting their inabilities on the shoulders of women. Its heart-wrenching dialogues like “Pyaar Karta hei isiliye to Peeta hei” or “Tere pass hei Tere Pati ki permission?” go on to demonstrate the state that a girl and a woman is in, even today. And on top of it, the fact that females have become accustomed to it is even more distressing.
A hard fact that seeds of gender discrimination in our country are sown right from home is something one has to reflect upon while watching this beautiful tale of the struggles of life and the struggles that one goes through within.
