Parinay


Parinay is a 1974 Indian Hindi-language film directed by Kantilal Rathod and produced by Samantar Chitra. The film starred Romesh Sharma and Shabana Azmi, with Asha Sachdev, Dinesh Thakur, Preeti Ganguly and T.P. Jain in the supporting cast. Released on 1 January 1974, this film was associated with Saregama. The screenplay was by Rathod and Shukla, whereas the cinematography was by K. K. Mahajan.
Written by the trio of Vinay Shukla, Rathod and Harin Mehta, Parinay won the 1974 Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration presented by the Directorate of Film Festivals. The DFF also gave Samantar Chitra Private Limited a Rajat Kamal,, and a certificate; Rathod got a Rajat Kamal,, and a certificate. Azmi and Sharma got a medallion each by the DFF.

Cast

  • Romesh Sharma
  • Shabana Azmi
  • Asha Sachdev
  • Dinesh Thakur
  • Preeti Ganguly
  • T.P. Jain
  • Amitabh Bachchan as Narrator

    Plot

Ram, an idealist, has one ambition to do something good for his village. Rekha, a rich girl, falls in love with Ram and takes up a job as a tour guide in the city so that they can be together.

Soundtrack

was the music director; Anup Jalota, Manna Dey and Vani Jairam were the singers. The lyricists were Ramanand Sharma and Naqsh Lyallpuri. The most popular song of the film, Jaise Suraj Ki Garmi Se, was sung by Sharma Bandhu.