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  Parched all set for a big release

Parched all set for a big release

Published : Sep 20, 2016, 11:29 pm IST
Updated : Sep 20, 2016, 11:29 pm IST

With bigshots like Ajay Devgn and Titanic cinematographer, Russel Carpenter, the film is predicted to be a huge success.

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With bigshots like Ajay Devgn and Titanic cinematographer, Russel Carpenter, the film is predicted to be a huge success.

Parched comes to India this Friday after winning laurels the world over. While Pink, which is also a film with a woman-centric view point about three female flat mates in Delhi, Leela Yadav’s Parched takes us right into the heartless heartland of rural Rajasthan where women are still treated as the inferior sex.

The film, like Pan Nalin’s Angry Indian Godesses and Aniruddh Roy Choudhuri’s Pink celebrates the strength of sisterhood and the power of four women combating misogyny.

Leena says, “There is space for many films about the Indian woman. Mine is one of them. Strong cinema on such a theme can only be a good sign for the changing attitude towards women in our society. Parched is my deepest innermost expression.”

Ajay Devgn has also taken on a new avatar for the movie. Having acted in socially relevant films like Zakham and The Legend Of Bhagat Singh and directed a film on Alzeihmers (U Me Aur Hum), Devgn has now become the messiah of globally acceptable meaningful movies.

Russel Carpenter, who is no other than cinematographer of James Cameron’s Titanic, has shot the film. Interestingly, the film is co-produced by Indian cinematographer Aseem Bajaj who has shot Devgn’s Golmaal films. It is hardly a surprise, therefore that the film has been bathed in encomium by the Western press.

Leading lady Tannishta says, “I am floored by the reviews and the response... Finally women are finding their voices as filmmakers. To be reading such fab reviews about Parched and also about my performance, is absolutely great. It’s also great that it is Leena, a woman director, who portrays contemporary rural women whose lives are controlled by the patriarchal system.”

How will Parched perform at the Indian box office is the real question, though “Its prospects,” says trade analyst Atul Mohan, “depends on word of mouth like Pink, which saw jump in numbers. It remains to be seen how multiplexes extend their support to the film because of Ajay Devgn. The film has many international awards to its credit and is likely to be patronised by high end multiplex audience.”