Vidya Balan’s Parineeta Re-Releases After 20 Years (Photo Credit – Prime Video)

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Bollywood movie lovers have known the effect Parineeta has over the audience since 2005. It’s a cult classic, and even now, people enjoy the beauty of the movie. It’s been 20 years since Hindi cinema gave us a movie like Parineeta featuring Saif Ali Khan, Vidya Balan, and Sanjay Dutt. To celebrate the milestone, the film is getting re-released in selective Indian theatres on August 29, 2025, only for a week, as per Hindustan Times.

This was Vidya Balan’s debut movie, with which she made her name in the industry and established herself as an actress. But did you know she was not the first choice for the movie? There were other actresses as well in the race to become the titular character, Lolita. So, before the movie could hit the theatres, here’s a small trivia for you.

Parineeta: Which Actresses Were Considered For The Role Of Lolita?

Based on Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay’s Bengali novel of the same name, the movie was directed by Pradeep Sarkar. Although Vidya Balan was Pradeep Sarkar’s choice, Vidhu Vinod Chopra didn’t want her to be cast in such a grand-scale film. Rather, he wanted to cast someone who is established and can pull off the character of Lolita with the right amount of intricacy.

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