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Damini
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Damini () is a 1993 multiple-award-winning Indian Hindi-language legal drama film directed and co-written by Rajkumar Santoshi. The film stars Meenakshi Seshadri in the titular role, Rishi Kapoor, Amrish Puri and Sunny Deol, along with Kulbhushan Kharbanda and Paresh Rawal. Aamir Khan makes a special appearance. The story revolves around Damini who witnesses her housemaid being raped by her brother-in-law and his friends. Despite facing many obstacles, she strives to get justice for herself with the help of her husband and Govind, a lawyer. The film is considered one of the best woman-centric
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7.5The theme revolves around the character Damini who represents truth and innocence. After her marriage in renowned wealthy family, Damini happens to see a cruel act done by her brother-in-law. She wants the victim to get justice, but the family including her husband oppose her, which leads her to leave the house. Soon she is helped by a drunkard, an ex-advocate, who helps her in all respect to reach to her aim and therefore justice
Cast
- Meenakshi Sheshadri as Damini Gupta
- Sunny Deol as Govind
- Rishi Kapoor as Shekhar Gupta
- Tinnu Anand as Shekhar's Uncle
- Vijayendra Ghatge as Inspector Kadam
- Rohini Hattangadi as Mrs Sumitra Gupta
Themes
- rape
- fight for justice
- legal drama
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Key facts
- Film.name
- Damini
- Film.image
- Damini.jpg
- Film.caption
- Theatrical release poster
- Film.director
- Rajkumar Santoshi
- Film.producer
- Karim MoraniBunty SoormaAly Morani
- Film.screenplay
- Rajkumar Santoshi
- Film.story
- Sutanu Gupta
- Film.cinematography
- Ishwar Bidri
- Film.editing
- V. N. Mayekar
- Film.music
- Score:Vanraj BhatiaSongs:Nadeem–Shravan
- Film.studio
- Cineyug
- Film.distributor
- Cineyug
- Film.runtime
- 150 minutes
- Film.country
- India
- Film.language
- Hindi
- Film.gross
- 11.75 crore
- Album.name
- Damini
- Album.type
- Soundtrack
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- publication date
- 1993-01-01
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9 sectionsContents
- Plot
- Cast
- Production
- Music and soundtrack
- Critical reception
- Accolades
- Remakes
- References
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Damini () is a 1993 multiple-award-winning Indian Hindi-language legal drama film directed and co-written by Rajkumar Santoshi. The film stars Meenakshi Seshadri in the titular role, Rishi Kapoor, Amrish Puri and Sunny Deol, along with Kulbhushan Kharbanda and Paresh Rawal. Aamir Khan makes a special appearance. The story revolves around Damini who witnesses her housemaid being raped by her brother-in-law and his friends. Despite facing many obstacles, she strives to get justice for herself with the help of her husband and Govind, a lawyer. The film is considered one of the best woman-centric films ever made in Bollywood.
When it was released on April 30, 1993, the film immediately made an impact. It was not only universally acclaimed by critics but also dominated the box office to become a blockbuster hit. Damini – Lightning marked Meenakshi Seshadri's career best performance that was highly acclaimed.