Parched (2015) on Netflix

Plot summary

Rani is a widow in a desert village in Rajasthan who supports her elderly mother-in-law and her teenage son, Gulab. Following local custom, she pays a large sum to marry Gulab to Janki, a child bride. Janki tries to stop the wedding by cutting off her hair, but the marriage goes ahead. Lajjo, Rani's close friend, is married to Manoj, an alcoholic who abuses her, and the village mocks her for not conceiving. Bijli, an erotic dancer with a traveling entertainment company, offers advice to Rani and Lajjo. Rani begins receiving anonymous phone calls that turn into flirtation. At the village council, a woman named Champa is forced to return to her husband, while a local entrepreneur, Kishan, hires women for handicraft work, which angers some men.