Parched's reviews
Media reviews
Los Angeles Times
Leena Yadav?s Parched is a bright jewel of a film, surprisingly funny, fresh and upbeat in the way it takes on the complicated and often dark topic of sexual politics in rural India.
New York Times
Despite the appalling circumstances and events it depicts, the movie?s plain and unstinting affection for its lead characters gives Parched a frequently buoyant tone.
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It is easy to feel the passion with which Yadav tells the story, and to feel intimately connected with her characters, even in the midst of heavy-handed and almost bloated commentary, which sometimes feels a bit too blatantly thrown in.
Roger Ebert
'Parched' is a filmmaker?s attempt to understand how and why these women continue to live.
Variety
Yadav pinpoints the various ways in which institutional and personal prejudices keep people enslaved, crafting a sharp portrait of gender inequality.
The Hollywood Reporter
Yadav?s concerns about discrimination and violence against women are evident in nearly every scene of the film, as her script positions each of the principal characters to undergo an experience of self-actualization in defiance of prevailing patriarchal norms.