Paradha

Name: Paradha
Duration: 2 h 25 min

2hr 25m

2hr 25m
3.2/5 (552)
84%

A veiled village woman's life changes when city visitors challenge her traditions. As she questions customs and investigates a curse, rumors of Sati emerge,… More Details »

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Release Date:

Aug 21, 2025

Runtime:

2hr 25m

Synopsis

A veiled village woman's life changes when city visitors challenge her traditions. As she questions customs and investigates a curse, rumors of Sati emerge, leading her to confront societal norms.

Moviegoers are saying

Paradha emerges as a bold attempt at women-centric storytelling in Telugu cinema, earning praise for its three strong female leads and brave departure from industry norms, though audiences are divided on its execution with many finding the narrative heavy-handed and preachy. While the film's visual storytelling and color grading receive widespread acclaim, reviewers consistently point to pacing issues and forced messaging that undermines its powerful premise.

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Tradition-Breaking

Female-Empowerment

Visually-Stunning

Message-Heavy

Slow-Burn

Thought-Provoking

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3.2

RATINGS 1 FANS

3.2

Aug 25, 2025

this was really sweet despite the heavy themes! i would like to believe that after the climax, darshana and anupama murdered that fiancé, married each other and lived happily ever after !!

53 Likes

jaya 💚🎄🇵🇸

Sep 13, 2025

i will never understand how men who worship goddesses treat women like this.

51 Likes

medhs 🍉

Aug 22, 2025

One of my favourite nano-genres of regional cinema is Darshana Rajendran being a sceptic and questioning outdated traditions rationally. You can see her beautifully asking questions about the interpretation of the Ramayana and many related gendered notions surrounding Sita…

40 Likes

SruthiPravGeeth
Nov 13, 2025

Content 👍 Performances 👍 Predictable & drags in parts Above average one.

26 Likes

Abhijith

Aug 21, 2025

Paradha didn't work for me. This was my most random movie outing of the year. I had no clue about the film only knew Anupama was in it and that Praveen directed it. I didn't even know premieres were going on. I just walked into the theatre 10 minutes before the show and…

23 Likes

Nikhilator

Oct 26, 2025

From Tollywood, a decent watch that truly stands out. Had a great potential to break the norms of TFI but spoon feeding the narrative every 10 minutes annoys the audience instead of actually serving the intended purpose. This is something that’s very common with Telugu…

23 Likes

Anjali
Aug 22, 2025

Half Indian Half reality

20 Likes

Arpitha

Sep 18, 2025

The story's potential is not fully executed, and the film suffers from a lack of emotional impact. Anupama, Darshana, and Sangeetha gave excellent performances, and the cinematography was outstanding.

18 Likes

GOZMIT

Dec 4, 2025

Real Talk

17 Likes

Shivu Gowda