Phullu
Phullu is a 2017 Indian drama film directed by [2] Abhishek Saxena. Produced by Pushpa Chaudhary, Dr. Anmol Kapoor, Kshitij Chaudhary and Raman Kapoor under the Kapoor Film Inc Kc Production Pvt. Ltd banner. The film was released worldwide on 16 June 2017.[3] The film stars Sharib Hashmi, Jyotii Sethi and Nutan Surya and is inspired by the life of Arunachalam Muruganantham, a social activist from Tamil Nadu.[4][5]
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| Directed by | Abhishek Saxena |
| Produced by | Pushpa Chaudhary Dr. Anmol Kapoor Kshitij Chaudhary Raman Kapoor |
| Starring | Sharib Hashmi Jyotii Sethi Nutan Surya |
| Music by | Vickky Agarwal & Troy Arif |
Production company | Kapoor Film Inc Kc Production Pvt.Ltd |
| Distributed by | Kapoor Film Inc Kc Production Pvt.Ltd |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi [1] |
Phullu is about Phullu, an errand boy who eventually makes low-cost menstruation pads.
Plot
Phullu the titular character (portrayed by Sharib Hashmi) that's the typical good guy. Phullu's mother sells quilts because he doesn't have a job. He helps out his mom by procuring all the raw material for the quilts from the nearby town. In addition, he also he picks up whatever the women in his village may need.
When Phullu gets married, he realises that his wife keeps taking away pieces of red cloth from the material he gathers for the quilts. He wonders about it, but doesn't connect the dots as he knows nothing about menstruation. Neither his wife or mother explain the concept to him.
The women in his life also want Phullu to move to a big city and find work. But he's adamant about staying in the village.
Finally, a turning point in Phullu's life comes when he finds out about menstruation through a female doctor at a chemist's shop on one of his city visits. He finally begins to understand why his wife needs the cloth, and why she suffers from itching every night.
He then takes rather drastic step of using all the money reserved for the last installment payment for his sister's jewellery to purchase a lot of sanitary pads. His furious mother kicks him out of the house, saying that he's wasted the money she earned with so much difficulty. When he tries to protest that the sanitary napkins are more important, his mother says her grandmother used wood to get rid of the itching and went on to live for 102 years, so pads are irrelevant.
Phullu goes to the city, where he gets in touch with the doctor who'd educated him about menstruation. He manages to create a sanitary napkin of his own. However, his mother and sister refuse to test it, as do the other women in the village for whom he used to run errands in the city. His wife is pregnant at this time, so she can't help him out either.
See also
References
- Sharma, Devansh (16 June 2017). "Phullu movie review: This 'small' film delivers a big message about menstrual hygiene". First Post. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
- Bollywood Hungama. "Phullu Review - Bollywood Hungama". Retrieved 13 July 2017.
- Catch News. "5 reasons 'period film' Phullu should get anything but an Adult rating". Retrieved 13 July 2017.
- "'Phullu' film review: Good intentions regarding unmentionables, but creaky execution". scroll.in. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
- Deccan Chronicle. "Phullu movie review: Bad blood turns good". Retrieved 13 July 2017.