Synopsis
In the arid landscape of Rajasthan, four women navigate their way through personal and cultural difficulties.
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Cast
- Radhika ApteLajjo
- Tannishtha ChatterjeeRani
- Sayani GuptaChampa
- Surveen ChawlaBijli
- Adil HussainMystic Lover
- Sumeet VyasKishan
- Riddhi SenGulab
- Lehar KhanJanaki
- Chandan AnandRajesh
- Farrukh JaffarJanki's Grandma
Recommendations
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The New York Times
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. - 80
Los Angeles Times
Leena Yadav’s Parched is 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. T - 75
RogerEbert.com
Parched is a filmmaker’s attempt to understand how and why these women continue to live. - 75
The Playlist
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, which sometimes feels a bit too blatantly thrown in. - 70
Variety
Yadav pinpoints the various ways in which institutional and personal prejudices keep people enslaved, crafting a sharp portrait of gender inequality. - 60
The Hollywood Reporter
Yadav’s concerns about discrimination and violence against women are evident in nearly every scene of the film, as her script positions each of the principal characters to undergo an experience of self-actualization in defiance of prevailing patriarchal norms. - 50
Village Voice
Too bad writer-director Leena Yadav only infrequently uses innuendo-driven sex talk to break up a monotonous series of confrontations between misogynistic alpha males and their unhappy wives.
