Phoenix Films, Insync Motion Pictures and PH Films India’s Parinati (Marathi; UA) is the story of a lady doctor who catches her husband red-handed in bed with another woman. She is so devastated with what she has seen that she becomes an alcoholic. One day, she meets a bar dancer who actually helps her come out of her depressed state of mind and reconcile herself to the realities of life.
Akshay Balsaraf has written a story that gets twisted towards the end. His screenplay is too class-appealing although the story-line is mass-appealing. This mismatch makes the drama neither completely good enough for the masses nor for the classes. Balsaraf’s dialogues are alright.
Amruta Subhash is excellent as Dr. Sane. Sonalee Kulkarni acts ably as the bar dancer. Akshar Kothari is quite good as Dr. Sane’s husband. Chinmayee Swami leaves a mark. Others lend adequate support.
Akshay Balsaraf’s direction is so-so. The film fails to move the audience emotionally. Music (Praful-Swapnil, Samir Saptiskar and Vipin Agrawal) is alright. Lyrics (Mandar Cholkar, Sameer Samant and Sujay Jadhav) are good. Phulawa Khamkar’s choreography is nice. Praful-Swapnil’s background music is okay. Himanshu Dubey’s camerawork is fairly good. Satish Gawali’s art direction is proper. Editing (by Rajesh Rao) ought to have been sharper.
On the whole, Parinati is a flop show because it has very limited appeal.
Released on 1-8-’25 at Movie Time Goregaon (daily 1 show) and other cinemas of Bombay thru Sunshine Studios. Publicity & opening: very poor.
