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Synopsis
Prakash Shaw-directed ‘Market’ takes a look at the tragic life of a girl named Muskan Bano (Manisha).
Muskan comes from a poor family in Hyderabad. Her father marries her off to a rich middle-aged sheikh of Dubai at the tender age of
15. After using Muskan for his bodily pleasure for seven days, the sheikh divorces her, leaving her in lurch.
Muskan’s father lodges a complaint against the sheikh with police, but the influential Arab greases the palms of the Judge and the
police and walks out scot-free. Feeling guilty for ruining Muskan’s life, her distressed father commits suicide, leaving her to fend
for herself.
With no one in this life to take care of her and burdened with the responsibility of self sustenance, Muskan takes up prostitution in
the brothel of Mehndi Bazar, a famous red-light area of Hyderabad.
Meanwhile, Muskan takes the Sheikh to court for raping her. She finances her case by selling her body. But when the jury reaches the
final verdict after eight years, the sheikh is acquitted and Muskan loses the case.
Muskan then comes to Mumbai where she meets a pimp Juicy who introduces her to two high-class call girls Lisa (Suman Ranganathan) and
Isha (Shweta Menon). The two groom Muskan for flesh-trade business in high society. And thus Muskan is rechristened as Malika in
Mumbai Market.
In Mumbai Muskan meets Babu Pandey (Aryan Vaid), a hard-core criminal, who falls for her beauty. Muskan, however, doesn’t reciprocate
his feelings.
Twist in the story comes when Malika, along with Lisa and Juicy, go for a dance show in Dubai, where she bumps into her former husband
sheikh and decides to take revenge. On the other hand, the Sheikh hires a hitman to kill Malika.
Muskan has lost two times to the sheikh in her life. Will she succeed in taking the revenge this time?
Review
Unlike many other Bollywood films ‘Market’ is more realistic and takes a candid look into the lives of sex workers. Director Jai
Prakash creates an authentic ambience against the backdrop of a brothel in Hyderabad. Even the language that the characters speak in
the movie captures the flavor of the setting.
There are some sequences in the film that moves a viewer. These include the one when a minor Manisha is married to an aged Sheikh and
used by the brute Arab for his sexual pleasure only to be dumped later on like a used piece of linen. Another sequence that hits you
is when Manisha is forced into prostitution and suffers the mental and physical torture.
Manisha Koirala delivers a noticeable performance and rightly conveys the trauma a young girl undergoes when she is left alone in this
world to fend for herself. The actress has paid meticulous attention to several details like the body language, the speech and the
entire look of a prostitute.
In side roles, Suman Ranganathan and Shweta Menon add for some oomph factor while Aryan Vaid leaves an impression in the second half
of the movie.
On the whole, ‘Market’ is a gripping movie, but it is not meant for family viewing due to explicit dialogues and its subject.