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Parched
Sign in to saveParched is a 2015 Indian drama film written and directed by Leena Yadav and produced by Ajay Devgan under his banner Ajay Devgn FFilms. It premiered at the Special Presentations section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival. In India, the film was released on 23 September 2016.
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7.3In the arid landscape of Rajasthan, four women navigate their way through personal and cultural difficulties.
Cast
- Radhika Apte as Lajjo
- Tannishtha Chatterjee as Rani
- Sayani Gupta as Champa
- Surveen Chawla as Bijli
- Adil Hussain as Mystic Lover
- Sumeet Vyas as Kishan
Themes
- sheep
- fire
- fight
- tradition
- pregnancy
- fireworks
- cave
- feminism
- rural area
- teenage girl
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Ratings
IMDb
7.5/10
6,351 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
87%
Metacritic
67/100
- Year
- 2015
- Runtime
- 116 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Rated
- Not Rated
- Awards
- 13 wins & 15 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- FilmAffinity ID
- 765618
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- publication date
- 2016-10-27
- review score
- 7.4/10
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8 sectionsContents
- Plot
- Cast
- Reception
- Box office
- Critical response
- Accolades
- References
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Parched is a 2015 Indian drama film written and directed by Leena Yadav and produced by Ajay Devgan under his banner Ajay Devgn FFilms. It premiered at the Special Presentations section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival. In India, the film was released on 23 September 2016.
==Plot== Parched is the story of four women in a desert village of Gujarat, India. The village and the society are plagued by several social evils, age-old traditions and practices of patriarchy, child marriage, dowry, marital rapes and physical and mental abuse.
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