blumdeluxe "Journey of a Woman" tells the story of a girl that moves to the big city in order to make money for her poor family at home. When she arrives, she has to learn the hard way that she'll have to stand up for herself. While she earns enourmous sums through prostitution, her new profession could set her sister's wedding at risk.The story is not very creative, just the basic story of an innocent girl moving to the big city and ending in sin. However, the film looks worthy, the acting is solid and all in all there's no reason for boredom. The singing is not my cup of tea but that's just a question of taste and I guess quite normal for most Bollywood films. What I undoubtedly appreciate is that the film takes a stand for those considered "sinful" and shows the double standards with which they are treated.All in all this is nothing special but it is a beautiful little film that's sure enjoyanble to watch and delivers some solid filmmaking.

CupcakeLovesMuffin I remember when this movie first released, and I was told that I was too young to watch it. My mother told me that the theme of the movie was a little mature for my age, so after huffing and puffing, I decided I would wait a little while.So, about two weeks ago, I decided to finally watch it (late much?) ha ha. And well, it was worth the wait. As the movie opened up on screen, I knew from that moment that it would be amazing.This is a story of a family, this is a story of a boy and a girl, this is a story of two sisters, this is a story about the truth of life and what people do for a living to make an income for themselves.Badki and Chutki (Rani Mukherjee and Konkona Sen Sharma) are living happily with their parents (Jaya Bachchan and Anupam Kher) even though Banaras isn't the most glamorous place in India, and neither is their current lifestyle. But all that changes simply when their father gets a heart attack after a certain string of events.Rani Mukherjee rushes to the city where it can all happen, certain that she will make it big and send her family money for her father's medicines and treatment. She is proved wrong. After her qualifications and language barrier preventing her from doing the jobs she tries out for, she only has one solution-prostitution.Now, this is where the movie takes a big leap forward. And you slowly watch the transformation of a small village girl becoming a high level escort, taking the name of Natasha. lying to her family and sending high amounts of money, causes her father happy, her sister excited, and her mother onto what she is doing.This movie is not a tear-jerker, though some scenes may make you cry if you cry easily. Note the scene where Konkona finds out about Natasha and follows her to the hotel and then the breakdown which follows. Or the scene where her life is unfolding in front of her eyes. Or maybe the scene in which she lets the manager of the company take full advantage of her. They all leave a lasting impact on you, even after the movie has finished.Rani Mukherjee proves once again-she can act. We've seen her in many different characters, each with a different state of mind and under different circumstances. Konkona Sen Sharma also acted exceptionally well as the little sister. Kunal Kapoor is very convincing. Abishek Bachchan is just wasted. Anupam Kher is very good. Jaya Bachchan is alright.Definitely worth a watch, but watch this alone, not with family.

bluejaspanic I read the user comments before I saw this movie and I have to say after watching it I was pleasantly surprised. The movie is about a sister who turns to prostitution to support her family. Some users criticized how the main character ends up in prostitution and others criticized the outcome (skip this next line if you don't want to know the end of the movie-namely that her family and to-be-fiancée finds out and accepts her anyway). They said the movie was woman bashing. I did not find this to be the case. The film wasn't saying that all women end in prostitution if they have no job skills, it was merely saying that some women end up getting tricked into prostitution. That is true. I don't think its woman bashing to start with a real problem that happens with women. The outcome of her family shouldering responsibility and not putting all the shame on the main character is again not a sign of women bashing. It is merely implying that women who get involved into prostitution are not fully to blame. There are circumstances and events that end up pressuring women into these situations. Society needs to take their fair share of responsibility. It dealt with the issue of blame and shame. It did not deal with how to get women out of brothels, but not every movie needs to find a solution to a social problem for it to get a good rating. I think it had a good message that prostitution as an industry is degrading and harmful for women, but women are not solely to blame, those who had a hand in sending women into prostitution should also take there share of the shame. As for other parts of the movie, I find the acting to be good. Some of the songs were rather enjoyable, others could have been edited. All in all, it was good film with skilled actors, nice scenery, and a decent message. I think most viewers could enjoy this movie.

mazharusman Well, I have watched this movie yesterday and I am really disappointed. Firstly in doesn't happen like this in real life and also no one accept anyone like this. I got the idea of the movie plot from the name and there are may films on the same issue. I think there should be a movie which really guide to get rid of such situation rather to guide what happened in this movie. There should be some different concept like chukde India or like black. The movie makers should concentrate on how to take someone out of that market and struggle rather making a path for it. I am really disappointed and its a really waste of time of watching movie on same issue without any solution to it.