Papeeha

Papeeha
Directed by Sai Paranjpye
Starring Milind Gunaji, Winnie Paranjpe, Raghubir Yadav
Music by Bhupen Hazarika
Release dates
  • 1993 (1993)
Running time
 150 minutes
Country India
Language Hindi

Papeeha (Hindi: पपीहा ; English: A Cuckoo) is a 1993 Hindi film depicting a genteel love story involving a young anthropologist and a forest officer in the backdrop of a theme of tribals out to save a forestland.[1] Directed by Sai Paranjpye, the film stars Milind Gunaji, Winnie Paranjpe and Raghubir Yadav in the lead roles.[2]

Plot

Jia, an anthropologist comes to the forests to study tribals where she meets Kabir Sagar, a forest officer. Fiercely protective of forest, Kabir initially resents Jia's visit, taking her to be another pretentious expert on an excursion. Jia returns the cold vibes but takes a liking to his assistant Bichhua, a local tribal. Who takes her to where he lives in the interiors. There she comes to know the designs of timber mafia out to axe trees in the forest and a local landlord Mangeram in cahoots with a multinational company out to acquire the forest land. Jia and Kabir too come close. Kabir presents her an ornate comb, a tribal man's way of professing his love. But she wards off any ideas of romantic involvement. Meanwhile men in the village are coaxed into cutting trees but women plan to defy them aided by Jia and Bichhua. As men come with axes to cut trees they are confronted by women from their own families clutching on to a tree each. The forest is saved and Bichhua's wedding festivities are on when Jia, who has been offered a scholarship to study abroad, in the meanwhile, makes a surprise appearance wearing the comb in her hair.[3][4]

Cast

References

  1. ↑ "Sai prefers social themes". Civil Society. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
  2. ↑ Saibal Dutta. "Papeeha-Overview". Apun Ka Choice. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
  3. ↑ Shruthi (16 August 2006). "Papeeha - The first whiff of romance". Hallucinations. Retrieved 2012-08-05.
  4. ↑ "Papeeha". MuVyz. Retrieved 2012-08-05.

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