‘Pooja Meri Jaan’ movie review: Mrunal Thakur steers a sterile critique of male entitlement
The film 'Pooja Meri Jaan' is reviewed as a critique of male entitlement and the societal pressures faced by women asserting their autonomy. The review highlights how the narrative challenges traditional Bollywood tropes regarding romantic pursuit.
Why it matters
It reflects shifting cultural conversations in Indian cinema regarding consent, stalking, and gender dynamics.
A timely critique of patriarchal definitions of consent and female agency, Pooja Meri Jaan works like a companion piece to films like Pink and Article 375 . Operating beneath the veneer of failed romance and a courtroom thriller, the narrative interrogates the limits of male obsession and the sharp societal backlash faced by a self-actualised woman asserting her autonomy.
The plot follows Pooja (Mrunal Thakur), a young woman whose firm rejection of her longtime friend Aniket’s (Vikram Singh Chauhan) romantic advances triggers a chain reaction that upends her life.
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