Nazar is a 1991 Hindi-language film based on Fyodor Dostoevsky’s short story, The Meek One. The film producer is the National Film Development Corporation of India (NFDC) was directer is Mani Kaul and starred his daughter Shambhavi Kaul with Shekhar Kapur and Surekha Sikri.
The film travelled to international festivals like the Birmingham Film Festival in UK, Fribourg Film Festival in Germany, Hong Kong International Film Festival, Lisbon Film Festival in Portugal, Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland, London Film Festival in UK, Rotterdam Film Festival in Netherlands, Festival des 3 continent at Nantes in France and the Seattle Film Festival in United States.
- Directer: Mani Kaul
- Producer: NFDC
- Writer: Mani Kaul and Sharmistha Mohanty
- Starring: Shekhar Kapur,Shambhavi Kaul and Surekha Sikri
- Music: Vikram Joglekar and D. Wood
- Cinematography: Piyush Shah
- Editer: Lalitha Krishna
- Genres: Drama
- Costume Design: Anuradha Choubal
- Release date: 1991
- Running time: 124 minutes
- Country: India
- Language: Hindi
Nazar Movie Story:
A dealer lives in a spacious flat in a multi-storied building in Mumbai with his aunt. Though middle-aged himself, he marries a 17-year-old orphan girl and brings her home. The film starts off with the young wife committing suicide. He recollects what went before that and what might have moved her to end her life.
Based on F. Dostkeyfski’s “The Meek One”, this is the saga of a Bombay-based antique dealer-cum-money lender, who at the age of 40, marries a woman who is 17, and brings her home to his spacious flat in a multi-storied building with a magnificent view, where he lives with his Bua. Their marriage is not a happy one, even though he hopes it will get better.
But the bride, who had lived her live in an orphanage, is immersed in her own thoughts, and at one point even held a revolver against her husband’s head while he was sleeping. Shortly thereafter, he confronts her that he was aware of this incident, and that the revolver did contain one bullet. Watch what impact this has on their lives.
Star Cast Of The Movie :
- Shekhar Kapur
- Shambhavi Kaul
- Surekha Sikri
- Asha Dandavate
- Parvez Merchant
- A.A. Baig
Nazar Nazar Song:
- Song – Nazar Nazar Film – Nazar
- Singer – K.K
- Lyricist – Sayeed Qadri
- Music Director – Anu Malik
- Artist – Ashmit Patel, Meera, Koel Puri
- Music On – T-Series
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