PARCHED MOVIE: A GOOD END TO A PROBLEMATIC JOURNEY…

TIL Desk/Bollywood: “Parched” is a Indian drama film written and directed by Leena Yadav and produced by Ajay Devgan. It premiered at the Special Presentations section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival.

*Parched Movie Review: Radhika Apte is Outstanding as the Battered Lajjo- NDTV Movies

*Parched feels like it’s unsettled, struggling between wanting to tell a real story, but also keen on concocting a fairytale happy-ending-Deccan Chronicle

*Academy-Award winning cinematographer, Russell Carpenter has captured the arid landscape beautifully. Parched is a roadmap for our oppressed female population who have been victims of a misogynist mindset for eons. Tannishtha and Radhika are terrific, but it is Surveen who your heart bleeds for- Times of India

Plot: The film revolves around four women living an unwanted life in a village of Rajasthan in north-western region of India, which still suffers from old, age-ridiculed traditions like forced child marriages and other social issues like financial difficulties, spousal and familial rape, and physically and emotionally abusive alcoholic husbands.

Directed by: Leena Yadav
Produced by: Ajay Devgan
Written by: Leena Yadav

Starring:

Tannishtha Chatterjee
Radhika Apte
Surveen Chawla
Adil Hussain
Lehar Khan
Sayani Gupta

Music by: Hitesh Sonik
Cinematography: Russell Carpenter
Edited by: Kevin Tent
Production Company:Ajay Devgn FFilms
Release dates: 12 September 2015 (TIFF) | 23 September 2016 (India)
Language: Hindi

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