Parinda

Parinda
Poster of Parinda
Theatrical release poster
Directed byVidhu Vinod Chopra
Screenplay byShiv Kumar Subramaniam
Story by
  • Vidhu Vinod Chopra
  • (also wrote scenario)
Produced byVidhu Vinod Chopra
Starring
CinematographyBinod Pradhan
Edited byRenu Saluja
Music byR. D. Burman
Production
company
Release date
  • 3 November 1989 (1989-11-03)
Running time
148 minutes[1]
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget12 lakh[2]
Box office9 crore[3]

Parinda (transl. Bird) is a 1989 Indian Hindi-language crime drama film directed, produced and distributed by Vidhu Vinod Chopra. The film stars Jackie Shroff, Anil Kapoor, Nana Patekar and Madhuri Dixit. The story and scenario were written by Chopra, while Shiv Kumar Subramaniam and Imtiyaz Husain wrote the screenplay and dialogues, respectively. R. D. Burman composed the music and Khurshid Hallauri wrote the lyrics. Binod Pradhan served as the film's cinematographer and Renu Saluja was its editor.

Parinda follows Kishan (Shroff), who works for the underworld chieftain Anna (Patekar). Kishan's brother Karan (Kapoor) returns home after completing his studies in the United States. The two brothers are caught on different sides of a gang war after Karan decides to avenge his friend's death by Anna.

Chopra conceived the film after his low-budget suspense thriller Khamosh (1985) failed to find a distributor for a theatrical release. This motivated him to make a more mainstream film with well-known actors. Parinda received critical acclaim when released. It is considered by several critics and scholars to be the turning point in the introduction of realism in Hindi cinema. Parinda won two National Film Awards and five Filmfare Awards, and was India's official selection for the 1990 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but it was not nominated. In 2015, Chopra remade Parinda as a Hollywood film titled Broken Horses.

  1. ^ "Parinda". British Board of Film Classification. Archived from the original on 12 November 2017. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
  2. ^ Bhatia, Uday (4 May 2015). "I've begun comparing films to a wonderful funeral: Vidhu Vinod Chopra". Mint. Archived from the original on 12 November 2017. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
  3. ^ "Low Budget High Income: 3 स्टार्स की ऐसी जमी तिकड़ी, मच गया हल्ला, 12 लाख में बनी फिल्म ने छाप डाले 9 करोड़!". Zee News (in Hindi). Retrieved 10 February 2024.