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Damini

Damini

19937.52h 55m

Overview

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

Directed by Rajkumar Santoshi
Written by Dilip Shukla, Sutanu Gupta
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Top Cast

Meenakshi Sheshadri

Meenakshi Sheshadri

Damini Gupta

Sunny Deol

Sunny Deol

Govind

Rishi Kapoor

Rishi Kapoor

Shekhar Gupta

Tinnu Anand

Tinnu Anand

Shekhar's Uncle

Vijayendra Ghatge

Vijayendra Ghatge

Inspector Kadam

Rohini Hattangadi

Rohini Hattangadi

Mrs Sumitra Gupta

Kulbhushan Kharbanda

Kulbhushan Kharbanda

Mr Gupta

Amrish Puri

Amrish Puri

Indrajit Chaddha

Achyut Potdar

Achyut Potdar

Commissioner of Police

Aamir Khan

Aamir Khan

Himself

Themes & Keywords

rapefight for justicelegal drama

About Damini

Damini is a drama, crime film released in 1993 exploring themes of rape, fight for justice, legal drama. Directed by Rajkumar Santoshi, it stars Meenakshi Sheshadri, Sunny Deol, Rishi Kapoor. 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

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