Parinda (1989) 7.6
Two brothers are caught on the different sides of a gang war. Director:Vidhu Vinod Chopra |
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Parinda (1989) 7.6
Two brothers are caught on the different sides of a gang war. Director:Vidhu Vinod Chopra |
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Nana Patekar | ... |
Anna
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| Vidhu Vinod Chopra | ... |
Corpse
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Kamal Chopra | ... |
Rama
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Suresh Oberoi | ... |
Abdul Khan
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| Anupam Kher | ... |
Inspector Prakash
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Anang Desai | ... |
Inspector Meerani
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| Jackie Shroff | ... |
Kishen
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Tom Alter | ... |
Musa
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Sameer | ... |
Kid Kishen
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Hitesh | ... |
Kid Karan
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Mohan | ... |
Kid Anna
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Shweta | ... |
Kid Paro
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Jatin | ... |
Kid Prakash
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Vilas Shinde | ... |
Man with bug
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Imtiaz Hussain | ... |
Dara
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At an early age, Kishen, to provide a better life for himself and his younger brother Karan, entered the underworld. To prevent the same fate from happening to Karan, he sent him abroad, but before this had happened, Karan had fallen in love with his friend Prakash's sister, Paro. Years pass, and now Kishen is the henchman of Anna, a psychotic don. Karan returns to Bombay and immediately goes to meet Prakash, now an honest police officer. But Anna's men kill Prakash right in front of Karan, and he learns of his brother's involvement with Anna. Against Kishen's wishes, he joins Anna's gang and starts tipping off a rival gang. This is revenge for Prakash's death-by playing off one gang against the other, he hopes to exterminate both of them at the same time. In a desperate attempt to get Karan away from it all, Kishen gets him married to Paro. But when the couple are brutally killed on their wedding night, Kishen is out for revenge... Written by Q. Leo Rahman
This is a rare, genuine Bollywood mafia movie. In fact, it was made before Bollywoodising of the Hindi film industry. The characters are disturbing and portrayed in such a manner that they haunt you long after the movie has stopped rolling. There have been many mafia/gangster movies in Bollywood, prior to and since Parinda but none capture the dynamics of the lifestyle as realistically as it. The story of brothers on either side of the law lends this movie a Deeware-esquire background to play with but the presence of Nana Patekar in a villainous role gives this movie a much darker appeal. It is horrifying and at times disgusting but at the same time it is sometimes sublime and fragile in order to emerge at the end with a message of affection.