Parineeta

Set in Calcutta in 1962, Parineeta follows Lalita, who comes to live with her uncle after losing her parents, and Shekhar, the son of a wealthy businessman, who grows up alongside her. Their childhood friendship deepens into love, though neither fully recognises it until Girish, a wealthy friend of Lalita's uncle, begins to court her and Shekhar's feelings surface. Shekhar's father, meanwhile, schemes to exploit the uncle's debts and acquire his house cheaply, and the conflict between the two families threatens the couple's future.

The film was directed by Pradeep Sarkar and written by Vidhu Vinod Chopra, with Saif Ali Khan as Shekhar, Vidya Balan as Lalita and Sanjay Dutt as Girish. It is a romantic drama produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra Productions on a budget of about 6 million dollars. It is the first of the two films Sarkar is credited with directing in the facts, the second being Mardaani from 2014.

On IMDb the film holds a rating of 7.2 from around 10,000 votes, while on TMDB it has a rating of 6.5 from a much smaller number of votes, indicating a solid but not universal response from viewers.