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Parichaya

2009 Indian film

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 23, 2026
Entity authorityQ114152893
Source-derived summary

Parichaya is a 2009 Indian Kannada-language film directed by K Sanjay and Produced by S G Krishna Murthy starring Tarun Chandra and Rekha in the lead roles. The movie is loosely inspired by the 2001 movie Serendipity.

Cast

Music

The music was composed by Jassie Gift.

Reception

Critical response

R. G. Vijayasarathy of Rediff.com scored the film at 2 out of 5 stars and says "Tarun is good in songs and dances but is expressionless in the emotional scenes. The dubbing work done by actor Dileep Raj does not suit his body language. Rekha should never weep like this in any film! Her new look is attractive, but she is still to attain a maturity in her performance. Avinash and Shobharaj provide some relief with their dialogues particularly Avinash who imitates a well known film director. Other artists are just passable". A critic from Deccan Herald wrote "A dragged out climax and the Kailash Kher song do mar the pleasure but chartbuster numbers shot well, dialogue and artwork that know today’s youths’ pulse all deserve a pat on the back.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Parichaya” as 2009 Indian film. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Parichaya, Indian and film.

Editorial reviewBest approached as a cultural-object dossier: authorship and date matter, but circulation and reception often explain the wider significance. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2009, 2001—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Parichaya, Indian and film providing the first useful test.
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Object files, edition statements, performance records and contemporary criticism preserve different stages of the work’s history. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 23, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q114152893. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2009 and 2001.

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This entry incorporates text from Parichaya” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.