Much before Srk played an obsessive lover in Darr(1993), Amitabh did it in 1971 with PARWANA. Strangely, in the film Amitabh was second lead to Navin Nischol as AB was not yet a star and just a newcomer. The film is well handled and keeps you on the edge. It does seem predictable now, but at it's time it was something unique and didn't work at the B.O. In Johny Gadaar, Sriram Raghavan showed scene of this film which was then replicated in that with a tribute given to this film. The film may not be very memorable but yet it's a good watch.Direction is good Music is decent, Yun Na Sharma is a superb song with Kishore and Rafi though Rafi sang for Amitabh and Kishore for Navin other songs are goodAmitabh Bachchan in his raw days gives a good performance in his first negative role, his next one being in GEHRI CHAAL where he was an anti hero though and till AANKHEN he didn't play a villain again. Navin Nishol is adequate, Yogita Bali is good Om Prakash is good,strangely he predicted AB's fame in this film while shooting for a scene, due to AB's talent he forgot his own lines.Ironically a decade later in 1982, Navin played second fiddle to Amitabh in DESH PREMEE, enough said.

Ever wondered why SRK did all those anti-hero roles at the beginning of his career? The answer is 'Parwana' - a 1971 thriller of Amitabh's initial days. Playing a rejected lover, he almost lived the character on screen. Veteran Om Prakash had predicted that a star was in making. He could not have been more right. The story-telling is narrative, which does not leave much scope for suspense; however, the plot is really riveting. It is said that it forced the Indian Railways to change their timing. The film has the song, 'Yun na sharma...' sung by the two greatest singers of Hindi film music - Kishore Kumar and Mohammed Rafi.

I may have seen this film ages ago but seeing clips in Johnny Gaddaar reminded me that I needed to revisit the film. The film was an early career venture for Navin Nischol and Amitabh. Navin was cute, romanced the girl (Yogita Bali - was she a bit squint eyed?), got all the song numbers, and Big B played the sensitive introverted artist who secretly loves the girl but cannot have her. But seeing her with Navin twists the knife of jealousy deeper and deeper in until he decides that all is fair in love and war and declares a most insidious war. Yogita was OK, Om Prakash was a complete natural as ever, and Shotgun Sinha over-acted like hell in a cameo court scene. There was an obligatory item number from Helen. Oh - Kaifi Azmi wrote the lyrics and they were mostly mundane. Two songs were decent - Yun Na Sharma, Phaila De Apni Gori Gori Baahen and Simti Si Sharmai Si Kis Duniya Se tum Aayi ho.The film had a very B-grade feel to it but the plot was extremely innovative - no wonder Sriram Raghavan got inspired! Navin Nischol was like a lost kid and it was hard to get too involved in the lovers played by him and Yogita. Amitabh was intense all the way through and had flashes of brilliance in the film. But it was the 70s and his negative role had to have redemption at the end. There might have been some problem with the way the character of Kumar developed because while the film was most interesting and engaging throughout I felt a clinical detachment from the players as I watched it. I think this was not very much like Jewel Thief and Johnny Mera Naam, instead of a whodunit suspenseful tale this was a Howdunit and very unique for its time. Worth a watch for the plot and for seeing the beginnings of Big B.

Yogita Bali is niece of Om Prakash. Om Prakash wants her to get married to an artist Amitabh Bachchan. Amitabh is very shy and he just can't say that he loves her. Meantime, she goes to Ooty and falls in love with Bangalore based businessman Naveen Nishchol.When Amitabh comes to know this he is furious and seeks uncle Om Prakash's assistance to get married who promptly refuses. So he plans and kills Om Prakash and plants evidance that Navin Nishchol is involved in the kill whereas he himself was on the way to Calcutta by train (has ticket, departure witnessed and arrival in calcutta witnessed). The storytellling style of the movie does not build the suspence - it just narrates the events as they happen. And later when love struck Yogita says to the only friend Amitabh she would give anything to save Naveen, Amitabh does what a Parwana should do!!Very good acting from Amitabh, and reasonable stuff from the good-looking romantic pair.Ever wondered why Shahrookh Khan chose negative roles early in his career, well this movie and Gehari Chaal are two early examples from Mr. Bachchan's career who had done damn good roles specially in this movie (and off late in movies like Ax).My rating is 7.5/10.