3 Deewarein (2003-movie) : Bollywood Hindi Film

3 Deewarein Movie Details :

3 Deewarein is a 2003 Bollywood Hindi crime film writter, directer co-star Nagesh Kukunoor. Juhi Chawla, Jackie Shroff, Naseeruddin Shah & Gulshan Grover 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 at Manchester, 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.

• Directer : Nagesh Kukunoor
• Producer : Metalight Production
• Writter : Nagesh Kukunoor
• Screenplay : Nagesh Kukunoor
• Story : Nagesh Kukunoor
• Starring : Juhi Chawla,Nagesh Kukunoor,Naseeruddin Shah,Jackie Shroff,Gulshan Grover,Ranganath
• Music : Salim-Sulaiman
• Cinematography : Ajayan Vincent
• Edited : Sanjib Datta
• Production Design : Devika Sagar
• Art Direction : Kishore Choksey,Praveen Kumar
• Production Management : Yogesh Tevatia
• Assistant Director : Elahe Hiptoola,Devika Sagar,Shashi Sudigala
• Sound Department : Vikram Biswas,Manas Choudhury,Subir Kumar Das
• Visual Effects : Ramesh Jayaraman
• Production Company : Metalight Productions ,SIC Productions
• Distributors : Schröder Media,MG Distribution,Spark Media,Shemaroo Video Pvt. Ltd.
• Genres : Crime,Drama
• Release date : 1 August 2003
• Running time : 115 min
• Country : India
• Language : Hindi

3 Deewarein Movie Trailer :

Star Cast of The Film :

• Naseeruddin Shah – Ishaan Mirza
• Jackie Shroff – Jaggu (Jagdish Prasad)
• Juhi Chawla – Chandrika
• Nagesh Kukunoor – Naagya
• Gulshan Grover – Mohan Kumar
• Suresh Gera – Doctor
• Elahe Hiptoola – Smriti Prasad
• Vikram Inamdar
• Ayesha Jalil – Nagya’s Mom
• Aditya Lakhia
• Sujata Mehta – Jaggu’s Wife
• Sanjay Sharma – Ishaan’s Lawyer
• Shri Vallabh Vyas – Chandrika’s husband

Story of The Film :

Reporter, Chandrika wants to film a documentary on the life of prisoners and thus seeks permission from Jailer, Mohan Kumar to conduct a study on three prisoners that are soon to be hang – a qualify lawyer, Jagdish Prasad alias Jaggu, guilty of knifing his unfaithful wife multiple times to death, Ishaan Mirza, a con-man, guilty of shooting a pregnant bank teller to death while Naagya causes the death of his wife by pushing her in the midst of a running vehicle.

Production :

During the film’s premiere at the Kolkata Film Festival, writer-director Nagesh Kukunoor explained his thoughts behind the film’s story:

I was intrigued by the feelings of a person locked up somewhere. Momentary excitement can ruin you and confine you to a prison for the rest of your life. In my film, the convicts tell their stories to the film-maker, played by Juhi (Chawla). And, at the end, each story links with the others.

In another interview before the film’s release, Kukunoor spoke about his inspiration from a documentary film on prisoners at the Yerwada Central Jail. After watching this film, he spoke to two ex-convicts who were featured in it. After hearing to their stories, Kukunoor was interested with the premise that a normal person could become a convict so easily.However it took him three years to start writing the script.

Kukunoor wrote the script in English initially and named it as Three Walls. But the producer felt that English title would take away potential audience, who would, otherwise, have watched the film.

The film was made on a budget of 21 million (US$290,000). The budget for this film was comparatively higher than his previous films. Kukunoor reasoned it to cover the cost of three established actors, shooting in a real jail. The post-production was also relatively expensive because of the usage of digital effects and special treatment in shooting prison scenes. Kukunoor also felt that it was important for them to make the film as per international standards because it will reach the crossover audiences. On a certain occasion, Kukunoor said that he has had problems finding funds for making his films. He attributes this problem to sticking out of the stereotype.

Unlike in Kukunoor’s previous films,this film contains 75% of its dialogues in Hindi because the script demanded it. Since the convicts couldn’t possibly speak in English, it was imperative for the dialogues to be written in Hindi.

The film has a background score alone. Unlike other Bollywood films which contain songs that are lip-synced by the actors, Kukunoor felt that songs can interfere with the narrative of the film. Although he chose to use songs in Rockford (1999) and Bollywood Calling (2001), he went against using them in this film.

Film Casting :

Apart from Bollywood Calling, which featured veteran actor Om Puri, Kukunoor’s previous films such as Hyderabad Blues (1998) and Rockford did not feature mainstream actors. In this film, Kukunoor felt it exciting to cast and work with several established actors such as Jackie Shroff, Naseeruddin Shah and Juhi Chawla. While writing the script for the film, Kukunoor kept Chawla in mind for the character of Chandrika. He did so because he wanted Chawla’s “naive honesty” to be fashioned into the character. Though Chawla was typecast in light-hearted roles in her acting career, Kukunoor chose to go against the norm by casting her in a serious role.

The rest of the characters were cast after the completion of the script. Kukunoor did not have to convince the actors for agreeing to be cast in this film. He only depended on his script. Although the character of Ishaan was initially written to be that of a man in his thirties, he could not find a suitable actor during the casting stage.

During the film shooting, Kukunoor’s experienced contrasting working styles of the actors. While Shroff preferred specific instructions from him, Shah came to him with very specific ideas. Kukunoor was full of praise for Chawla because of her suggestions during the shooting.

Film Shooting :

Because the script demanded prison setting, the production team spent several days in search of a right prison. Luckily for them, they found a defunct Musheerabad Jail in Hyderabad which was soon to be demolished. After obtaining a local court’s order to stay the demolition for 36 days, the crew worked hard to complete the shoot within two days of the allotted time. Shortly thereafter, the prison area was demolished and in a few months a newly constructed hospital was opened for public access.

Because of shooting in the prisons, different sections in the film were given separate color treatment. Kukunoor explains this by highlighting the fact that “in prisons, the only source available to them in the nights is the moonlight. One or two lone bulbs burn here and there.” To ensure appropriateness of this scene, Kukunoor used shades of grey and blue deliberately.

Release :

In November 2002, the film 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 at Manchester, where it was the gala presentation and it was nominated as one of top five films the festival’s audience loved. At a special screening in Mumbai’s Sterling Cinema a few days before its commercial release, 800 attendees gave the film a standing ovation. A similar response was seen at a New Delhi theatre while the film was being screened as a part of the CineMaya Film Fest. The response from the initial screening prompted the organizers to include an additional screening to the festival itinerary.

The film was to have its commercial release immediately after the screenings at different film festivals in November 2002. However it got delayed because the producers took time in trying to coordinate a simultaneous release in Indian and the international markets.

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3 Deewarein Movie Review :

This film review are Mostly Positive from Critics, IMDB Public Reviewing site give 7.8 Star Out Of 10 Star with Reviewers are 2221.

This is a very different film from the usual bollywood love and action crap, it might take some influences from the Shawshank Redemption and other American prison films but overall it is a very original and fresh film. Naseeruddin Shah really shines and the ending is good. The film is basically about an amateur filmmaker (Juhi Chawla) that wants to make a documentary about 3 prisoners on death row. They are on death row for murder, accidental or premeditated. As the film progresses you learn more about each of the prisoners and how prison has affected their life. 

Critics Rating by Vivek keshwani, from Times Of India give 3.5 star out of 5 Star.

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