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Parineeta (translation: The Married Woman) is a Bollywood cinematic adaptation of the 1914 Bengali novel, Parineeta
by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay. Directed by debutant Pradeep Sarkar, based upon a screenplay by Vidhu Vinod Chopra, the movie featured Saif Ali Khan, Sanjay Dutt and debutante Vidya Balan. Although the book is set in 1914, the movie adapts it to the 1960s.

This movie was well received all over India and abroad.

Plot

Set in the stylish and glittering eastern Indian city of Kolkata in 1962, the story of Parineeta is a love triangle involving the three main characters - Girish (Sanjay Dutt), Shekhar (Saif Ali Khan) and Lolita (Vidya Balan). Orphaned early in life, Lolita is a dignified young lady and a childhood friend of Shekhar, the rich boy next door. Their close friendship masks the love they possess for each other and only surfaces when a London returned bachelor, Girish, falls in love with Lolita. When Navin Rai, Shekhar's scheming businessman father, prepares to acquire Lolita's ancestral mansion in order to recover debts from her uncle, relationships get strained. The ensuing help from Girish, who bails Lolita's family out, drives in the last nail, leaving behind a furious Naveen Rai and a jealous Shekhar. Soon, Girish proposes to marry Lolita and the wedding arrangements begin, while a seemingly cast aside Shekhar agrees on marriage to the rich Gayatri Tantia (Dia Mirza). Girish however meets Shekhar before his wedding to Gayatri and it is revealed that he did not marry Lolita, but Lolita's friend Koel (Raima Sen) - Lolita herself considers herself already married to Shekhar. Realizing that he has become like is father, Shekhar furiously tears down the wall his father has built between his house and Lolita's. When the bricks start to fall, Shekhar sees Lolita standing on the other side, while Shekhar's father watches the scene furiously. Lolita and Shehkhar reconcile and the wedding continues, only with a different bride.

2005 Filmfare Award's

The film received fourteen nominations at the Filmfare awards. It eventually won five awards:

Nominations

Best Movie - Vidhu Vinod Chopra
Best Director - Pradeep Sarkar
Best Actor - Saif Ali Khan
Best Actress - Vidya Balan
Best Supporting Actor - Sanjay Dutt
Best Music Director - Shantanu Moitra
Best Lyricist - Swanand Kirkire for "Piyu Bole"
Best Male Playback - Sonu Nigam for "Piyu Bole"
Best Female Playback - Sunidhi Chauhan for "Kaise Paheli"
Best Choreography - Howard Rosemayer
Best Art Direction - Keshto Mondal, Tanushree Sarkar and Pradeep Sarkar
RD Burman Award - Shantanu Moitra
Best Sound Recording - Bishwadeep Chatterjee
Best Debut - Vidya Balan

Wins

Best Art Direction - Keshto Mondal, Tanushree Sarkar and Pradeep Sarkar
Best Choreography - Howard Rosemayer
Best Debut - Vidya Balan
RD Burman Award - Shantanu Moitra
Best Sound Recording - Bishwadeep Chatterjee

Trivia

Saif Ali Khan is pictured on the same train in which the famous 1969 film Aradhana
song sequence was shot which featured his mother and Bollywood actress Sharmila Tagore
.
Vidya Balan was an unknown face in Bollywood prior to Parineeta and was chosen for the part after about 40 screen tests.
Features Bollywood actress Rekha
in a cameo as a night club singer and Amitabh Bachchan
as narrator.

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