Damini movie is a 1993 Bollywood Hindi-language crime drama film directer is Rajkumar Santoshi starring Meenakshi Seshadri in the title role with Rishi Kapoor , Sunny Deol, Amrish Puri, Tinu Anand, Paresh Rawal in and Aamir Khan in a guest appear.
The story is of how a woman fights against society for injustice. The film is considered to be one of the best woman-centric films ever made in Bollywood. Court room Drama scene is highly famous among audience, specially “Tarikh pe Tarikh” Dialogue of Sunny Deol.
- Directer: Rajkumar Santoshi
- Producer: Aly Morani,Karim Morani,Bunty Soorma
- Writer: Rajkumar Santoshi,Sutanu Gupta
- Starring: Meenakshi Sheshadri,Sunny Deol,Rishi Kapoor,Amrish Puri,Kulbhushan Kharbanda,Vijayendra Ghatge,Rohini,Hattangadi,Paresh Rawal,Tinu Anand
- Music: Nadeem-Shravan,Sameer (Lyrics)
- Cinematography: Ishwar Bidri
- Editor: V. N. Mayekar
- Release date: 30 April 1993
- Running time: 176 minutes
- Country: India
- Language Hindi
- Box office : ₹11.75 crore
Damini Film Story:
Shekhar Gupta (Rishi Kapoor), a rich businessman, falls in love at first sight with Damini (Meenakshi Seshadri). They get married and Damini moves into his luxurious bungalow. On Holi day, she witnesses Shekhar’s younger brother, Rakesh (Ashwin Kaushal) and his friends, raping the maid-servant Urmi (Prajakta) and rushes to tell Shekhar. Shekhar rushes over to prevent the sexual assault but is too late. The Gupta family conspire to cover up this shameful incident. But Damini decides to inform the police.
The matter is taken up in court and Damini is asked to testify. Damini is portrayed as a mentally unstable person and confined in a mental institution for two weeks by a judicial order. Unable to bear the mental torture in the institution, she escapes and runs into a down-and-out alcoholic lawyer, Govind (Sunny Deol), who has the rape case re-opened. Urmi dies in hospital and the police write her death off as a suicide. But Govind is able to prove otherwise. It is up to Damini, Govind and Shekhar to provide justice to the victimised girl.
The plot and storyline of Damini has been copied from little known US television movie Silent Witness released in 1985 on NBC. The movie starred Valerie Bertinelli, John Savage, and Melissa Leo. It was directed by Michael Miller and is based on a true rape case in Massachusetts.
Star Cast Of The Film:
- Meenakshi Seshadri as………. Damini Gupta
- Sunny Deol as……. Advocate Govind Shrivastava
- Rishi Kapoor as……… Shekhar Gupta
- Amrish Puri as….. Barrister Indrajit Chaddha
- Kulbhushan Kharbanda as…….. Kedarnath Gupta
- Anjan Srivastav as….. Chandrakant
- Paresh Rawal as…. Tolu Bajaj
- Rohini Hattangadi as……… Sumitra Gupta
- Achyut Potdar as …….Police Commissioner
- Ashwin Kaushal as…. Rakesh Gupta
- Vijayendra Ghatge as………… Inspector Kadam
- K.K. Raina as ……Shekhar’s friend
- Suhas Bhalekar as….. Urmi’s grandfather
- Prajakta as ……..Urmi
- Sulabha Arya as ……..Shekhar’s maternal aunt
- Tinnu Anand as ……….Shekhar’s maternal uncle
- Aamir Khan as ……..Dancer in a song with Damini
Damini Movie Songs Of The Film:
- “Jab Se Tumko Dekha Hai Sanam” ————– Kumar Sanu, Sadhana Sargam
- “Gawah Hain Chand Taare Gawah Hai” ———- Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik
- “Bin Sajan Jhoola Jhoolu”——– Kumar Sanu, Sadhana Sargam
- “Sacha Aashiq Hai To” ————- Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik
- “Kaga To Udd Gaya” ———— Alka Yagnik
Awards :
- Best Supporting Actor ……Sunny Deol
- Best Director…….. Rajkumar Santoshi
- Best Story…… Sutanu Gupta
- Best Sound………….. Rakesh Ranjan
- Best Film……… Damini Nominated
- Best Actress…………… Meenakshi Seshadri
- Best Villain ………. Amrish Puri
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