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Beware of the Bloghttp://georgethomas.blogspot.com [Beware of the Blog] The third act of Pradeep Sarkar's directorial début Parineeta prefixes the inevitable climax of reunion, forgiveness, and a return to happy festive times with an appalling sequence where the vacillating clueless Shekhar (National Award Winner Saif Ali Khan) is egged on by his friend (played by Ninaad Kamath – that I can't remember his name might well serve as a sign of how well the script dealt with character development) and progressively by every blessed member in attendance (it's Shekhar destined-to-be-aborted wedding). to.D do shekhar becomes the clarion call of the moment and several plunges and appliances (including a bird bath) later, there's a rift in the wall big enough to let Shekhar pass through to the other side where Girish (Sanjay Dutt) is waiting to hand Lolita (Vidya Balan) over for the final union of two lives separated by misunderstanding and anger.

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Preethi's prattlehttp://www.livejournal.com/users/fiveonehalf  Preethi's prattle: The story has undertones of Devdas, after all, it was written by the same author Sharath Chandra Chatterjee. But in comparision to the recent rendition of Devdas this is unquestionably better. (via Cosmos)

http://attagirlmusings.blogspot.com  Renditions of a wandering mind: I am die-hard sucker for romantic films, especially the ones with *heroic* happy endings. It was sort of okay, till the intermission, it really picks up pace after that. (via Cosmos)

http://70mm.blogspot.com [70mm] Parineeta: Story is based on the novel by a famous novelist, Saratchandra Chattopadhyay. Movie from the table of Vidhu Vinod Chopra under the direction of Pradeep Sarkar will have mixed expectations.

Bollywood.comhttp://www.bollywood.com [Bollywood.com] The Bollywood Blog: Parineeta premiers in IIFA...: The contradictory moods are well balanced and preserved. It's unclear why the original novel has been shifted from the early 20th century to the 1960s, unless this dizzying translocation was done so that the hero can play jazz on the piano and savour the songs of Elvis Presley, or Rekha (in a thoroughly redundant appearance) breaks into a smouldering jig a la "Moulin Rouge" and even plonks herself into a visibly embarrassed Sanjay Dutt's lap.

http://cinemaah.blogspot.com [Cinemaah.blogspot.com] cinemaah: Two events burst into this idyll””the arrival of London-returned Girish (Sanjay Dutt) into the neighbourhood, and Shekar’s father Navin Rai’s (Sabyasachi Chakravarty) intention to grab Lolita’s uncle’s haveli and turn it into a heritage hotel.

Lazygeek.nethttp://www.lazygeek.net [Lazygeek.net] lazygeek.net: Pretentious Parineeta !!: LG, you know what, this "suspense" was hardly that mainly because this formula is so well known in Indian movies, where everyone is perfectly ideal (as u have mentioned in your HAHK tribute) and there was no way Vidya Balan's character would go after Saif after she was married to Sanjay Dutt...

Webindia123.com[Webindia123.com] Parineeta Hindi Movie review-stills-tarilers-Webindia123.com: The contradictory moods are well balanced and preserved. It's unclear why the original novel has been shifted from the early 20th century to the 1960s, unless this dizzying translocation was done so that the hero can play jazz on the piano and savour the songs of Elvis Presley, or Rekha (in a thoroughly redundant appearance) breaks into a smouldering jig a la "Moulin Rouge" and even plonks herself into a visibly embarrassed Sanjay Dutt's lap.

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