دامینی

Also known as Damini – Lightning

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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7.5

The 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

Released: 1993-04-30175 minDir: Rajkumar SantoshiDrama, Crime

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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Ratings

IMDb

7.8/10

4,408 votes

Year: 1993
Runtime: 175 min
Genres: Crime, 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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Wikidata facts

Instance of: film
Genre: drama film
Country of origin: India
Original language: Hindi
Director: Rajkumar Santoshi
Cast member: Tinnu Anand
Composer: Nadeem-Shravan
Performer: Nadeem-Shravan
Distribution format: video on demand

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publication date: 1993-01-01

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