Rotten Tomatoes

Movies / TV

    Celebrity

      No Results Found

       View All       Movies Tv shows Shop News Showtimes

      Parinda

      1989 1h 40m Drama List
      Reviews 85% Audience Score 250+ Ratings Brothers Kishen (Jackie Shroff) and Karan (Anil Kapoor) live in Bombay, where Karan falls in love with Paro (Madhuri Dixit), a pal's beautiful sister. But Karan then leaves India to attend school in America. Kishen, meanwhile, enters into a life of crime, falling under the sway of Anna (Nana Patekar), a drug dealer. When Karan decides to return to India to pursue a relationship with Paro, Kishen tries to keep him as far away from his criminal life as possible, but his plans go tragically awry. Read More Read Less

      Where to Watch

      Parinda

      Prime Video

      Rent Parinda on Prime Video, or buy it on Prime Video.

      Audience Reviews

      View All (13) audience reviews
      Audience Member Vidhu Vinod Chopra directs and stars in this action drama about two brothers caught on different sides of a gang war. One of the most serious movies to have been made in India in the year of this release, it once again proves that Bollywood can have a serious side and this film is another perfect example. Anil Kapoor and Jackie Shroff give very good performances as the two brothers Karan and Kishen, living in Bombay when Karan falls in love with Paro (Madhuri Dixit). However Karan leaves India and starts embarks in a life of crime and there is good support to be had from Nana Patekar as Anna, the drug dealer who helps him achieve this. Dixit is superb in her role as Paro and she proved that her terrific performance in Tezaab was definitely not a one-off. Chopra foes a terrific job directing the film as the atmosphere is very tense all the way through the film, while he also gives a good performance in his role as the corpse. The script is very well written by Shivkumar Subramaniam while the camerawork is excellent and set are very decent to look at. The film deservedly won 5 Filmfare Awards - Best Actor (Shroff), Director (Chopra), Screenplay (Subramaniam), Supporting Actor (Patekar) and Editing (Renu Saluja) - the latter two categories also winning National Film Awards. Overall, this is one very tense but well-acted film that although was not accepted as India's entry for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar, it is definitely one of Chopra's best films as director and certainly the best 18 film made in the year of this release. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/23/23 Full Review Audience Member Top notch performances by Jackie and Nana, very immature performance by Anil, very nice cinematography and very good soundtrack though it kinda deviates attention from the main plot.. still a great movie of its time! Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/18/23 Full Review Audience Member A fast paced movie..with a great story and great acting..one of the best of recent Hindi cinema...a must watch..also a great soundtrack Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member first movie showing under world Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/27/23 Full Review Audience Member This is a rare, genuine Bollywood mafia movie...Parinda is the first Professionally directed Indian gangster movie. Vidhu Vinod Chopra has directed a Powerful realistically made gangster film with Class...One of the best Bollywood Gangster movies ever... Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/29/23 Full Review Audience Member I think i can kill someone to claim that I die for Anil kapoor's Movies!! :) Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/13/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

      Cast & Crew

      Show Less Cast & Crew Show More Cast & Crew

      Photos

      View All Parinda photos

      Parinda

      Parinda (1989) Parinda (1989) Parinda (1989) Parinda (1989) Parinda (1989) Parinda (1989) View more photos

      Movie Info

      Synopsis Brothers Kishen (Jackie Shroff) and Karan (Anil Kapoor) live in Bombay, where Karan falls in love with Paro (Madhuri Dixit), a pal's beautiful sister. But Karan then leaves India to attend school in America. Kishen, meanwhile, enters into a life of crime, falling under the sway of Anna (Nana Patekar), a drug dealer. When Karan decides to return to India to pursue a relationship with Paro, Kishen tries to keep him as far away from his criminal life as possible, but his plans go tragically awry.
      Director
      Vidhu Vinod Chopra
      Production Co
      20th Century Fox
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      Hindi
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Nov 5, 2015
      Runtime
      1h 40m
      Most Popular at Home Now