Parched (2016)

Hindi 1 hrs 58 mins Drama
Critics Score
83%
Total Reviews: 34
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Review Summary: Parched is brilliant with a starring performances from Radhika Apte

Average Critic Rating: (3.17)
Cast: Tannishtha Chatterjee , Radhika Apte , Surveen Chawla , Adil Hussain , Lehar Khan , Riddhi Sen , Sayani Gupta , Sumeet Vyas
Director: Leena Yadav
Release Date: 23 Sep 2016
Est. Budget: 20.0 CR
Est. Box Office Collection: 2.0 CR

Plot: The film revolves around four women living an unwanted life in a village of Rajasthan in the 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. Rani Read more

Parched - Top Reviews

Beautiful, erotic and relevant
Full review on Filmfare
Rachit Gupta, Filmfare
Parched gets bogged down by its own good intentions
Full review on BookMyShow
Anupama Chopra, BookMyShow
A fine sign of our times, I'd say, and if the arrow also leads to theatres, yes, it's worth going, and supporting, for sure.
Full review on Mid-Day
Mayank Shekhar, Mid-Day
Rajasthan is probably the heart of patriarchy land, and the villages hide many ugly tales. But three friends are there to support one another and they eventually learn to help each other fight the ugly reality that is their life. Shot beautifully, the film seems much longer than its running time because it is full of cliches about women and the feminist text seems to be borrowed rather than believed.
Full review on Nowrunning
Manisha Lakhne, Nowrunning
Radhika Apte is Outstanding as the Battered Lajjo
Full review on NDTV
Saibal Chatterjee, NDTV
Good way to wrap: you only wish the journey was not as problematic
Full review on Indian Express
Shubhra Gupta, Indian Express
I’m going with three out of five.
Full review on Rajeev Masand
Rajeev Masand, Rajeev Masand

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Parched - All Reviews

Despite the appalling circumstances and events it depicts, the movie's plain and unstinting affection for its lead characters gives "Parched" a frequently buoyant tone.
Full review on NY Times
Glenn Kenny, NY Times
You can see flashes of bawdy comedic brilliance sprinkled throughout Parched, an otherwise grim Indian drama about four women living in a male-dominated village.
Full review on Village Voice
Simon Abrams, Village Voice
If you love woman and care for art and quality in cinema PARCHED is your ticket.
Full review on Glam Sham
Vishal Verma, Glam Sham
The director firmly believes that, if women had the courage to stood up, the situation of her country can change.
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Alberto Luchini, El Mundo
The film focuses on events in these 3 lives, and we gain a sense of the repressive, misogynistic society it is
Full review on Planet Bollywood
Amodini, Planet Bollywood
A radical film - erotic drama, designed to fit into the festival circuit, director Leena Yadav's Parched is a feeble attempt to draw eyeballs, and it succeeds to a certain extent
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शुद्ध देशी औरतों की अनकही कहानी है Parched
Full review on Aaj Tak
Narendra Saini, Aaj Tak
Radhika Apte and Surveen Chawla starrer should be called Sex And The Village instead
Full review on Bollywood Life
Rashma Shetty Bali, Bollywood Life
The film in its quest for emotional liberation quickly jumps to a rather far-fetched ending that leaves more questions
Full review on India Today
Suhani Singh, India Today
Thanks to attentive writing and sturdy performances, the director's characters are so compellingly realized that it's easy to succumb to the film's hopefulness.
Full review on Variety
Nick Schager, Variety
Parched is a powerful women-centric drama but it falters with the underlying themes of sexuality
Full review on Koimoi
Surabhi Redkar, Koimoi
सामाजिक मुद्दों और कुरीतियों पर कई बार अलग अलग समय पर...
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Yadav's manages to entertain while telling the story of four women troubled by caste system, obsolete customs and sexism
Full review on Cinemanía
Carlos Marañón, Cinemanía
"Parched" is vibrantly alive, full of color and light and movement and music. There is sex in this movie, and there is dancing, and there are vibrant fabrics and foods and fire. It's a dry place, but one ringed with beauty.
Full review on RogerEbert.Com
Alissa Wilkinson, RogerEbert.Com
Powerful melodrama that combines "Thelma and Louise" with Bollywood conventions.
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Louis Proyect, Louis Proyect
One week after the release of PINK, audiences in India will witness another strong feminist tale, this one set in rural India'
Full review on REDIFF
Aseem Chhabra, REDIFF
Parched takes you into a disturbing and thought-provoking territory
Full review on The Times of India
Meena Iyer, The Times of India
Female freedom runs like gusts of wind through hair in Leena Yadav's Parched - refreshing and vital yet easily stilled.
Full review on Eye For Film
Amber Wilkinson, Eye For Film
“Parched” celebrates the joie de vivre of shared grief among women who live their wretched lives on the edge and are only too happily to topple over when pushed and provoked. Sometimes, feminism doesn’t need a full-blown messianic clarion call. A little tug, a firm push, will do. “Parched” hits us where it hurts the most.
Full review on Bollywood 3
Bollywood 3
fter watching Pink and having high hopes for some more of hard hitting women centric films, I was very disappointed
Full review on Bollywood Life
Aarti Iyengar, Bollywood Life
Leena Yadav's third feature is a contemporary morality tale that critiques the often harsh treatment of women in the absence of egalitarian social norms.
Full review on Hollwood Reporter
Justin Lowe, Hollwood Reporter
अगर आप मुद्दों पर आधारित एक अलग तरह का सिनेमा पसंद करते हैं, तो आपको पार्च्ड जरूर देखनी चाहिए.
Full review on Aaj Tak
R J Alok, Aaj Tak
“Parched” celebrates the joie de vivre of shared grief among women who live their wretched lives on the edge and are only too happily to topple over when pushed and provoked. Sometimes, feminism doesn’t need a full-blown messianic clarion call. A little tug, a firm push, will do. “Parched” hits us where it hurts the most.
Full review on Bollywood3
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It is easy to feel the passion with which Yadav tells the story, and to feel intimately connected with her characters, even in the midst of heavy-handed and almost bloated commentary.
Full review on The Playist
Jason Ooi, The Playist
Beautifully photographed, sometimes brutal, ultimately uplifting: a lively and amusing journey of four women pushing back against India's patriarchy.
Full review on Flick Filosopher
MaryAnn Johanson, Flick Filosopher
Parched is a confronting film, set in a world of incredible chauvinism.
Full review on Film Ink
Travis Johnson, Film Ink
A bright jewel of a film, surprisingly funny, fresh and upbeat in the way it takes on the complicated and often dark topic of sexual politics in rural India.
Full review on LA Times
Katie Walsh, LA Times