Parched

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In a rural Indian village called Ujhaas, three ordinary women – Rani, Lajjo and Bijli begin to break free from century-old traditions that have kept them locked in servitude.

Parched movie cast: Tannishtha Chatterjee, Radhika Apte, Surveen Chawla, Leher Khan, Riddhi Sen, Sumeet Vyas, Adil Hussain
Parched movie director: Leena Yadav

Women have the right to decide what they want. They can articulate their needs and desires. And they have the power to put a stop to abuse and violence: these crucial themes are toplined in Leena Yadav’s Parched.

The film would have been welcome at any time because the more discussion around them the better; coming a week after Pink, the timing seems even more opportune.

The use of dialect sounds sing-song: there’s only so much language coaches can do. And it is also a little too glossy: you can understand the temptation to make so much grimness a little palatable but the lambent lighting—especially the makeshift dance floor where Bijli gyrates amongst leering men, or the cave (yes, a cave, where skilled lover Adil Hussain tenderly helps Apte get in touch with her real self) — makes it more ‘exotic rural’ than grey and real. And this is a problem faced by most films in this genre, not just this one.

A little restraint, leaving some things to our imagination, would have served the film better. Because it is saying something whose importance is paramount: that unless women become a little more empathetic to their own kind, change will not come about. Rani becomes that change agent, and we cheer. Good way to wrap: you only wish the journey was not as problematic.

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