Parineeta (2005) on Netflix
NR20052h 4m
In 1962 Kolkata, Lalita lives with Gurcharan's family, and Shekhar, her childhood friend, writes music instead of joining his father's business. Girish Sharma, a tycoon from London, arrives.
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Plot summary
Lalita lost her parents in a car accident and lives with Gurcharan's family in 1962 Kolkata. Shekhar, the son of the businessman Navinchandra Rai, has been her friend since childhood; the two now love each other, and Shekhar spends his days on music rather than joining his father's business. He also resists meeting Gayatri Tantiya, the wealthy industrialist's daughter his father wants him to marry. Girish Sharma, a steel tycoon from London, arrives and helps Lalita's family, and Shekhar watches his attentions to Lalita with jealousy. Gurcharan has borrowed money from Rai and left his ancestral haveli as collateral, and Rai's office holds plans to turn the house into a hotel.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Parineeta (2005)
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- Saif Ali Khan and Vidya Balan were not the first choices for Parineeta's leads: Abhishek Bachchan was set to play Shekhar with Saif as Girish, until Bachchan walked out and Saif was accepted as the replacement.
- Vidya Balan was screen-tested for six months before they were sure of her acting abilities; Saif Ali Khan was not convinced of her, since Parineeta was her first film, and had hoped to work with Aishwarya Rai or Rani Mukherjee.
- Writer Soumitra Dasgupta, a close associate of director Pradeep Sarkar, alleged that Parineeta's story had a striking resemblance to his own parallel work on the novel.
- Sreelekha Mitra was approached to play Gayatri but refused because of her pregnancy; the role went to Dia Mirza, who took it despite its small size because she liked the script so much.
- Shantanu Moitra, Parineeta's music director, composed hundreds of tunes before six were finalised after a year's effort; Chopra said Moitra had the potential to become another R. D. Burman.
- The song 'Kaisi Paheli Zindagani' was based on the tune of Louis Armstrong's 'A Kiss to Build a Dream on'.
