Eight years have gone past, Parched remains increasingly relevant . The very fact that it remains relevant makes one feel hopeless and hopeful at the same time . Writing this post in a time when a female doctor was killed while she was at her job or five year old girls studying in a school in Badlapur are sexually harassed, each passing day we are moving backwards as a species by denying basic rights to our fellow species, we are still immersed in gender inequality in our day to day lives, thus Parched still retains its relevance . But at the same time, I feel relieved and hopeful that there are filmmakers like Leena Yadav who dares to make a films like Parched in a film industry immersed in promoting gender stereotypes and rape culture for decades. Parched isn’t just a film , it’s a language of protest and outrage and ‘no’ in the face of an industry which has been injecting the poison to a large section of an uneducated/educated society and normalised the ‘wrong’ till the point we can’t even register it. Also, I am thankful to Leena Yadav and her incredible team of actors and technicians for creating a rare work atmosphere. Playing ‘Gulab’ helped me identify the virus of Patriarchy within myself which i consciously and unconsciously failed to recognise and I’m still struggling to eradicate , but, playing Gulab in Parched helped me rectify the ‘root’ of the problem within myself , promoted me to embark in a journey as an actor and human being, realising the impact of the cognitive coexistence of both can only create sensible art ! Thank you Subhash K Jha for this . (read the full article in the story) @leharkhan , @leenaclicks
Eight years have gone past, Parched remains increasingly relevant . The very fact that it remains relevant makes one feel hopeless and hopeful at the same time . Writing this post in a time when a female doctor was killed while she was at her job or five year old girls studying in a school in Badlapur are sexually harassed, each passing day we are moving backwards as a species by denying basic rights to our fellow species, we are still immersed in gender inequality in our day to day lives, thus Parched still retains its relevance . But at the same time, I feel relieved and hopeful that there are filmmakers like Leena Yadav who dares to make a films like Parched in a film industry immersed in promoting gender stereotypes and rape culture for decades. Parched isn’t just a film , it’s a language of protest and outrage and ‘no’ in the face of an industry which has been injecting the poison to a large section of an uneducated/educated society and normalised the ‘wrong’ till the point we can’t even register it. Also, I am thankful to Leena Yadav and her incredible team of actors and technicians for creating a rare work atmosphere. Playing ‘Gulab’ helped me identify the virus of Patriarchy within myself which i consciously and unconsciously failed to recognise and I’m still struggling to eradicate , but, playing Gulab in Parched helped me rectify the ‘root’ of the problem within myself , promoted me to embark in a journey as an actor and human being, realising the impact of the cognitive coexistence of both can only create sensible art ! Thank you Subhash K Jha for this . (read the full article in the story) @leharkhan , @leenaclicks
Eight years have gone past, Parched remains increasingly relevant . The very fact that it remains relevant makes one feel hopeless and hopeful at the same time . Writing this post in a time when a female doctor was killed while she was at her job or five year old girls studying in a school in Badlapur are sexually harassed, each passing day we are moving backwards as a species by denying basic rights to our fellow species, we are still immersed in gender inequality in our day to day lives, thus Parched still retains its relevance . But at the same time, I feel relieved and hopeful that there are filmmakers like Leena Yadav who dares to make a films like Parched in a film industry immersed in promoting gender stereotypes and rape culture for decades. Parched isn’t just a film , it’s a language of protest and outrage and ‘no’ in the face of an industry which has been injecting the poison to a large section of an uneducated/educated society and normalised the ‘wrong’ till the point we can’t even register it. Also, I am thankful to Leena Yadav and her incredible team of actors and technicians for creating a rare work atmosphere. Playing ‘Gulab’ helped me identify the virus of Patriarchy within myself which i consciously and unconsciously failed to recognise and I’m still struggling to eradicate , but, playing Gulab in Parched helped me rectify the ‘root’ of the problem within myself , promoted me to embark in a journey as an actor and human being, realising the impact of the cognitive coexistence of both can only create sensible art ! Thank you Subhash K Jha for this . (read the full article in the story) @leharkhan , @leenaclicks
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“Merely an observer”
“Merely an observer”
“Merely an observer”
“Merely an observer”
“Merely an observer”
“Udne do paridon ko abhi shokh hawa mein, Phir laut ke bachpan ke zamaane nahi aate” – Bashir Badr 🌻
