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Movie Info

Four women in Gujarat talk about men, sex and life as they struggle with their individual demons.

Genre:

drama
Original Language:

Hindi
Director:

Leena Yadav
Producer:

Aseem Bajaj, Ajay Devgn, Rohan Jagdale, Gulab Singh Tanwar, Leena Yadav
Writer:

Leena Yadav
Release Date (Streaming):

Aug 10, 2016
Runtime:

1h 56m

Cast & Crew

Radhika Apte
Lajjo

Sayani Gupta
Champa

Adil Hussain

Surveen Chawla
Bijli

Tannishtha Chatterjee
Rani

Sumeet Vyas
Kishan

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Critic Reviews for Parched

All Critics (22) | Top Critics (7) | Fresh (19) | Rotten (3)

Director Leena Yadav, who has also written the story, has etched these women with great affection and compassion.

January 4, 2017 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Anupama Chopra
Hindustan Times
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.

June 24, 2016 | Full Review…

Katie Walsh
Los Angeles Times
"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.

June 17, 2016 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…

Alissa Wilkinson
RogerEbert.com
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.

June 16, 2016 | Full Review…

Glenn Kenny
New York 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.

June 15, 2016 | Full Review…

Simon Abrams
Village Voice
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.

May 19, 2016 | Full Review…

Justin Lowe
Hollywood Reporter
Parched is rarely able to get past its mindfulness of being a film with a message, thus failing to lose itself in a story of real people with real, heart-wrenching problems.

May 8, 2019 | Full Review…

Anna M.M. Vetticad
Firstpost
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.

March 27, 2018 | Rating: 4.5/5 | Full Review…

Meena Iyer
The Times of India
The erotic nature of their conversations and their ability to retain their spirit through all adversity makes this film a true blue winner.

October 31, 2017 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Rachit Gupta
Filmfare
The performances are hampered by some predictable writing and a director who seems to treat her characters and setting as a tourist rather than someone with an insider's point of view.

June 6, 2017 | Full Review…

Shilpa Jamkhandikar
Reuters
Visually stunning and tackling stories that are painfully difficult to tell, Parched should be at the top of your watch list.

December 7, 2016 | Full Review…

Becky Kukla
Film Inquiry
There is glossiness to spare, but the bruises manage to peek through too.

September 23, 2016 | Full Review…

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