pink is a 2016 indian hindi-language social thriller film directed by aniruddha roy chowdhury, written by ritesh shah, and produced by rashmi sharma telefilms (pawan kumar and rashmi sharma), sheel kumar and shoojit sircar. it stars amitabh bachchan, taapsee pannu, kirti kulhari, andrea tariang, angad bedi, tushar pandey, piyush mishra, and dhritiman chatterjee. it was released on 16 september 2016. the central board of film certification (cbfc) granted the film a u/a certificate with four verbal cuts. the film received widespread critical acclaim, and garnered the national film award for best film on other social issues.