Pulkit’s ‘Bhakshak’, on Netflix, dives into a sexual abuse case with disappointingly predictable results
- Trinity Auditorium
- Feb 9, 2024
- 1 min read
The film stars Bhumi Pednekar as an intrepid small-town journalist. The story takes no risks in the telling, and we are left with a simplistic variation on the David-Goliath template.
In Pulkit’s Bhakshak, Bhumi Pednekar plays a journalist named Vaishali, who runs her own TV channel in Patna. There is one other person in her team, and that is her cameraman, played by Sanjay Mishra. The channel has not really taken off in its three years of existence, a fact pointed out by Vaishali’s husband. She replies that we give the government five years to make good on their promises, so why should she get only three! On the personal front, things are no better. The extended family does not think much of Vaishali’s attempt to work, and they keep asking when she is going to have a baby. But Vaishali is determined to do something – not just for personal fame and glory, but because she believes she can make a difference. At one point, she is told, “Hum patrakar hain police wale nahin…” But her logic is that the police are not doing anything and someone has to.
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