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Parineeta (1914) is a story by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay set in Calcutta, India during the early part of the twentieth century. It is the story of a poor orphan girl, Lolita, who is sent to live with her uncle. She befriends and falls in love with the rich boy next door, Shekhar. An older wealthy man, Girish, also falls in love with Lolita. The central focus of the novel is the conflict which arises due to issues surrounding class.

The story was translated into Marathi in 1934 and into Gujarati in 1937.

Film Adaptations

2005: Parineeta
(Bollywood
version), directed by Pradeep Sarkar, based upon a screenplay by Vidhu Vinod Chopra
, starring Sanjay Dutt
, Saif Ali Khan
, and Vidya Balan
.
1969: Parineeta
, directed by Ajoy Kar, starring Soumitra Chatterjee
.
1953: Parineeta
, directed by Bimal Roy
, starring Ashok Kumar and Meena Kumari
.
1942: Parineeta
, directed by Pashupati Chatterjee.

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