Parinda

Kishan and Karan are orphaned brothers who grew up on the streets of Bombay. To provide Karan with a better upbringing and education, Kishan works for Anna Seth, a gangster who owns an oil factory as a front for his illegal activities. Unaware of his brother's affiliation with a gang, Karan returns to Bombay after completing his studies in the United States. Inspector Prakash, Karan's friend, knows Anna is a gangster, but he is unable to arrest him due to lack of evidence. Anna plans to have Prakash killed during his reunion with Karan. Attempting to prevent this, Kishan books an earlier flight for Karan, but it is delayed and Anna's henchmen shoot Prakash, who dies in Karan's arms. Paro, Prakash's sister and Karan's childhood friend, believes Karan is responsible for her brother's death. Karan learns from Anna's former messenger Iqbal that Anna is Kishan's boss and that Anna orchestrated Prakash's murder. He is also told that Anna burned his wife and developed pyrophobia. Karan tells Paro that Anna and Kishan killed Prakash; they fall in love with each other. A few days later, Abdul is arrested and Karan recognises him as one of Prakash's killers. Kishan warns Karan against testifying, and is wounded when Anna's henchmen shoot at Karan. When Karan is summoned to identify the assailants at police headquarters, Abdul extorts his silence, threatening that Kishan will be killed by his home nurse if Karan testifies. Karan decides not to testify, and instead joins Anna's gang to get close to the crime boss. Anna tests Karan's resolve by ordering him to shoot Iqbal, who shoots himself so Karan can continue his plan without guilt. The next day, Anna orders Karan to kill rival gangster Musa, while accompanied by his gunman Francis. Karan kills Francis and joins Musa instead. Karan abducts Anna's aide Rama Reddy and brings him to Musa. Karan takes pictures of Rama and Musa together to convince Anna that Rama betrayed him and shot Francis. Karan then murders Rama on Anna's orders. With Musa's help, Karan kills Abdul and completes his mission to avenge Prakash's murder. Karan and Paro are married, and plan on leaving the city. Told by Musa that Karan had been manipulating him, Anna shoots and kills Karan and Paro on their wedding night. To avenge his brother's death, Kishan goes to Anna's residence and burns him to death. == Cast ==

• Jackie Shroff as Kishan Choudhary • Anil Kapoor as Karan Choudhary • Madhuri Dixit as Paromita "Paro" Nair • Nana Patekar as Anna • Anupam Kher as Inspector Prakash Nair • Suresh Oberoi as Abdul Khan • Tom Alter as Musa • Anang Desai as Inspector Mirani • Kamal Chopra as Rama Reddy • Shiv Kumar Subramaniam as Francis • Achyut Potdar as a Marriage Priest • Vidhu Vinod Chopra as a corpse • Sameer Khakhar as Iqbal • Dilip Kulkarni as Inspector Chauhan == Production ==

In 1985, director Vidhu Vinod Chopra made the suspense thriller film , starring Naseeruddin Shah, Shabana Azmi and Amol Palekar. The film failed to find distributors and Chopra released a single print at Mumbai's Regal Cinema. In retrospect, Chopra expressed his frustration that nobody would buy and he decided to make a more commercial Hindi film about two brothers on the streets of Mumbai, which became . The story was based on two non-fictional brothers who worked for a gangster named Ashwin Naik. Chopra cast Nana Patekar in the elder brother's role after he saw him in a play called Purush. Patekar was then offered the role of Anna, the film's antagonist. Kapoor asked Shroff to play his elder brother. Binod Pradhan, the cinematographer, decided to use shadow lighting as he was tired of the way Hindi films were lit. His main inspiration for the visuals of was Gordon Willis's cinematography in The Godfather (1972). He had put diffusion materials, like a piece of white cloth or tracing paper, in front of the light to make it softer and more natural. The shoestring budget also resulted in Chopra and Patekar bringing their own water bottles to set. Suresh Oberoi learned to play the flute from Danny Denzongpa, who had earlier been cast in the role of Abdul but was unable to perform in the film. Sanjay Leela Bhansali served as the associate director for songs in the film. The editing was done by Renu Saluja. The dialogues were penned by Imtiyaz Husain. == Music ==

The film score was composed by Manohari Singh and Babloo Chakravorty while the songs were composed by R. D. Burman with their lyrics written by Khurshid Hallauri. The album consisted of seven songs, including two versions of "Kitni Hai Pyari Pyari"—one sad and one slow. The song "Tum Se Milke" also had a sad version. The vocals were performed by Asha Bhosle, Suresh Wadkar, Sadhana Sargam and Shailendra Singh. It marked the debut of Shantanu Mukherjee (later known as Shaan) and Sagarika Mukherjee as an adult playback singer. Filmfare wrote about s music in their "100 Filmfare Days" series, stating, "RD Burman's music adds depth to 's drama". The music of "Tum Se Milke" is based on Leo Sayer's 1977 single "When I Need You". == Release, reception and legacy ==

was released theatrically on 3 November 1989. In a 2010 interview, film critic and Chopra's wife Anupama Chopra noted, "there was so much buzz about " before its release. After the film's release, Chopra went to Alankar cinema in Girgaon to see the audience's reactions, but found some people were not happy with it because the lead characters are killed. is credited by several critics for introducing realism into mainstream Hindi cinema and redefining the portrayal of the underworld in films. It is also considered a landmark film and one of the best of Indian cinema. Cinematographer Sudeep Chatterjee felt that during the 1970s and 1980s "the image lost its importance". He credits for changing that and said the film "introduced a completely new imagery, started a new trend." Chopra, despite having made two critically acclaimed films, remained relatively unknown until s release. While reviewing Vikram Chandra's 2007 novel Sacred Games, critic Carl Bromley called the film "hands down the most powerful and influential Hindi gangster film of the last two decades." He also mentioned that the book's legacy "might prove similar to s." Abhishek Srivastava of Firstpost called the film "in true sense a precursor to the mafia films Ram Gopal Varma experimented with". Filmmaker Nikkhil Advani credits for changing his life and inspiring him to become a director. Director Dibakar Banerjee said in an interview that was a game-changer for him. Anurag Kashyap said the first two Indian films which "impacted" him with their violence were and Shiva (1990). He said the scene involving a dead body being dumped inside a wood machine, Patekar's character and the fire scene in the climax, had an emotional impact on him. The film is credited for showing the way for realistic crime films in Hindi cinema in the following years. Patekar's role as the psychopathic don is considered to be one of the best performances of his career. Film-critic Gayatri Gauri of Firstpost wrote, " was well-crafted, slickly-written and brilliantly executed". It was selected as the official Indian submission for the 1990 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film but was not nominated. Chopra co-wrote, produced and directed Broken Horses (2015), an English-language Hollywood remake of . The film starred Vincent D'Onofrio, Anton Yelchin and Chris Marquette (corresponding to the roles of Anna, Karan and Kishan, respectively). It was released on 9 April 2015, receiving generally unfavorable reviews and became a box office failure. In 2012, several films of Chopra were released theatrically as part of a retrospective, including . In April 2017, Chopra submitted the supplementary materials from six of his films to the preservation vaults of National Film Archive of India. The materials include lobby cards, film posters, song booklets, contact sheets, promotional catalogues and working stills from , , 1942: A Love Story (1994), Mission Kashmir (2000) and Eklavya: The Royal Guard (2007). The film is also available on Netflix. == Analysis ==

is noted for the realism it introduced to mainstream Hindi cinema; several critics drew parallels between the violence and the location in the film. Author and film professor Ranjani Mazumdar in her book Bombay Cinema: An Archive of the City wrote that uses some popular locations such as the Gateway of India, a nearby fountain and the Babulnath temple as "spaces of terror". She wrote, "These display sites, which are central to the cartography of Bombay, are turned into nodes of violence and death". Mazumdar also said the film destroyed the image of Bombay as the 'dream city' and turned it into a violent nightmare. According to Filmfare, the film blurs the lines of black and white for its heroes and adds shades of grey to the villain; writing, "As two brothers face-off on conflicting sides of morality, speaks of themes like family values, bonding, unemployment, illegal trades etc." Ashish Rajadhyaksha and Paul Willemen note in their book Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema that represented a "postmodern variation" of the crime genre in Hindi cinema. The film also explores the themes of childhood and memory; all its major characters are orphans. The city in the film is shattered into "dark, morbid spaces with all the characters framed within a light and shadow zone". Tapan K. Ghosh, in his book Bollywood Baddies: Villains, Vamps and Henchmen in Hindi Cinema, said the film showcased the sociopolitical scenario of that time and showed "smuggling rivalry on a gruesome scale". Authors Swaralipi Nandi and Esha Chatterjee, in their book Spectacles of Blood: A Study of Masculinity and Violence in Postcolonial Films, drew metaphorical similarities between and Martin Scorsese's crime film Mean Streets (1973), saying both films explore the masculinity of young men who commit violence and reject societal norms because of a lack of guidance. Through its frequent use of night shots and dark spaces, uses the aesthetics of film noir in its visual style. == Accolades ==

At the 37th National Film Awards, Patekar received the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor for and Saluja the Best Editing Award. At the 35th Filmfare Awards, the film was nominated in six categories and won five of them. == See also ==