Parineeta (2005 film)

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Parineeta
Directed by Pradeep Sarkar
Produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra
Rajkumar Hirani (creative producer)
Written by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay (novella),
Vidhu Vinod Chopra,
Pradeep Sarkar,
Rekha Nigam
Starring Saif Ali Khan,
Sanjay Dutt,
Vidya Balan
Raima Sen
Dia Mirza
Rekha
Amitabh Bachchan
Music by Shantanu Moitra
Distributed by Vinod Chopra Productions
Release date(s) 2005
Language Hindi
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Parineeta (Hindi: परिणीता, Urdu: پرنیتا, translation: The Married Woman) is a Bollywood musical adaptation of the 1914 Bengali novella, Parineeta by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay. Directed by debutant Pradeep Sarkar, based upon a screenplay by Vidhu Vinod Chopra, the movie featured Saif Ali Khan as Shekhar, Sanjay Dutt as Girish, Vidya Balan as Lalita, and Amitabh Bachchan as the narrator.

This movie was well received all over India and abroad [1].

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[edit] Plot

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

This film adaptation of Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's 1914 novella, Parineeta, places the story in Kolkata of 1962. This adaptation (which deviates slightly from the original storyline of the novella [2]) centers around a young woman, Lolita (Vidya Balan), who was orphaned as a child. She lives with the family of her uncle, Gurucharan (Achyut Potdar). Gurucharan has a daughter, Koel (Raima Sen), who is very close to Lolita/

When Gurucharan had a heart attack three years prior, he had to borrow a large sum of money from his neighbor, Navin Rai (Sabyasachi Chakravarthy). If Gurucharan does not pay the money back, he will lose his home to Rai, a situation which creates the central tension of the film.

A still from Parineeta
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A still from Parineeta

Rai's son, Shekhar (Saif Ali Khan is rebellious and musically inclined, spending his days playing the music of Rabindranath Tagore or Elvis Presley and composing his own songs with Lolita, rather than becoming part of his father's socialite world. Part of this rebellion involves resistance to meeting Gayatri Tantia (Dia Mirza), the beautiful but devious daughter of a wealthy family whom his father would like Shekhar to marry into. Instead, Shekhar is in love with Lolita, and she with him, though neither of them admit it.

Meanwhile, Lolita meets a relative by marriage, Charu's (Smita Malhotra) brother, Girish (Sanjay Dutt), who is visiting from London. Girish falls in love with Lolita as well. The resulting love triangle, and Navin Rai's deviousness, forms the climax of the film.

Spoilers end here.

[edit] Cultural allusions

Cinematic works by Vidhu Vinod Chopra (such as Lage Raho Munna Bhai) often contain allusions to other important films and works of literature. Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay, the author of Parineeta, was a contemporary of Rabindranath Tagore; both authors documented Bengali life and social issues at the turn of the century. The 2005 cinematic version of Parineeta pays homage to this relationship by referencing Satyajit Ray's film Charulata, which itself is based upon Tagore's noted novella, Nashtanir. Parineeta 's Lalita is dressed to resemble Nashtanir/Charulata 's Charu (Madhabi Mukherjee), particularly during the song "Soona Man Ka Aangan", which incorporates Tagore's song "Fule Fule Dhole Dhole." In both Parineeta and Charulata, "Fule Fule Dhole Dhole" is sung while Lalita and Charu are each on a swing [3], [4]. The film continues the above connection by placing Saif Ali Khan on the same train used in the film Aradhana which featured his mother, Sharmila Tagore (a relative of Rabindranath Tagore and a favorite actress of Satyajit Ray) [5].

[edit] 2005 Awards

[edit] Filmfare awards

Parineeta won five Filmfare Awards. It was also nominated for an additional nine awards:

Winners:

Nominated:

[edit] Star Screen awards

Parineeta won two Star Screen Awards.

[edit] Zee Cine Awards

Parineeta won three Zee Cine Awards.

[edit] Additional awards

[edit] CD soundtrack listing

The soundtrack to Parineeta was released in April 2005 to positive reviews [6].

  • Music: Shantanu Moitra
  • Lyrics: Swanand Kirkire
  • Singers: Shreya Ghoshal, Sonu Nigam, Chitra, Swanand Kirkire, Sunidhi Chauhan, Rita Ganguly
  1. "Piyu Bole" (4:21)
  2. "Kasto Mazza" (4:36)
  3. "Soona Man Ka Aangan" (4:20)
  4. "Kaisi Paheli Zindgani" (4:03)
  5. "Raat Hamari Toh" (5:19)
  6. "Dhinak Dhinak Dha" (3:53)
  7. "Hui Main Parineeta" (2:32)

[edit] DVD

The DVD of Parineeta was released in September 2005. It has subtitle options in English, Arabic, Spanish, German, Italian, Malay, and French. An additional disc includes interviews with the actors and a behind the scenes look at the making of the film [7], [8].

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://planetbollywood.com/Film/Parineeta/
  2. ^ http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl2215/stories/20050729001908300.htm
  3. ^ http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050611/asp/nation/story_4854277.asp
  4. ^ http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/mag/2005/08/07/stories/2005080700510500.htm
  5. ^ http://in.rediff.com/movies/2004/dec/23saif.htm
  6. ^ http://www.planetbollywood.com/Music/Parineeta/
  7. ^ http://store.nehaflix.com/pasdudvd.html
  8. ^ http://www.futuremovies.co.uk/review.asp?ID=356

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Vidhu Vinod Chopra
Films Eklavya: The Royal Guard | Mission Kashmir | Kareeb | 1942: A Love Story|Parinda | Khamosh | Sazaye Maut | An Encounter with Faces
Vinod Chopra Productions Eklavya: The Royal Guard |Lage Raho Munna Bhai |Parineeta |Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. |Mission Kashmir | Kareeb | 1942: A Love Story|Parinda | Khamosh | Sazaye Maut | An Encounter with Faces
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