3 Deewarein (2003)

Directed by

Nagesh Kukunoor

Genre

drama film, prison film

Country

India

Runtime

2h

Rating

7.6 of 10 from 17 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A documentary filmmaker goes to a prison to make a movie about three men serving sentences. As she works with them, she finds a way to deal with her own unhappy marriage.

introspectiveemotionalsomberhopefulslow-burncontemplativepoignantredemptivecharacter-driven

What happens

3 Deewarein (transl. 3 Walls) is a 2002 Indian Hindi-language crime film written, directed, and co-starred by Nagesh Kukunoor. Juhi Chawla, Jackie Shroff, Naseeruddin Shah, Gulshan Grover, and Sujata Mehta form the rest of the cast. The film narrates the story of three prisoners and a documentary filmmaker who, while filming their reformation story in the prison, finds redemption with her own troubled marriage. The film was showcased among the Indian Panorama section, at the 2003 International Film Festival of India. The film was also premiered at the Kolkata Film Festival. After having been screened at the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles, where it was well received, the film was screened at the Commonwealth Festival in Manchester, where it was nominated as one of the top five films, at the gala presentation. Nagesh Kukunoor has also received the Filmfare Award for Best Story. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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