Parineeta

Parineeta is a Bollywood musical film adaptation of the 1914 Bengali novella, Parineeta by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay. Directed by debutant Pradeep Sarkar, it was based upon a screenplay by the film's producer, Vidhu Vinod Chopra. The film featured Vidya Balan, Saif Ali Khan and Sanjay Dutt in the lead roles. Raima Sen plays supporting role of Lalita's chirpy cousin and Rekha, with a cameo of a nightclub singer had a widely popular performance. The story revolves around Lalita (Vidya Balan), an idealistic, simple yet beautiful woman whose parents had died in a car accident during her childhood. She is close friends with Shekhar (Saif Ali Khan), and the friendship blossoms into love over time. Girish (Sanjay Dutt) is a businessman from London who takes a huge liking for Lalita, which does not go down well with the egoistic and jealous Shekhar.