Damini

1993

Damini (transl. Lightning ) is a 1993 Indian Hindi-language crime drama film directed and co-written by Rajkumar Santoshi. It Meenakshi Seshadri in the titular role with Sunny Deol, Rishi Kapoor and Amrish Puri. Aamir Khan makes a special appearance.[3] The story revolves around a woman who fights against the injustices in the society. The film is considered to be one of the best woman-centric films ever made in Bollywood.[4][5][6][7][8]

Besides being critically acclaimed, the film became the sixth highest grossing of the year and was declared a "hit" at Box Office India.[2] Damini – Lightning is mostly remembered for Meenakshi Seshadri's career best performance that was highly acclaimed.[9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]

It is considered a cult feminist film and is still regarded as an all-time classic female oriented film and important for portraying women empowerment in cinema[18][19][20][14][21][22] The pathbreaking film was praised for breaking social taboos and handling the subject of rape with sensitivity; a rarity in Bollywood at the time.[23][24][25][26][27]

It is equally memorable for Sunny Deol's brilliant portrayal of an alcoholic lawyer and the role gained him a Filmfare as well as National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor for 1993. It strengthened his Bollywood he-man image. His dialogues in the film "Tarikh Pe Tarikh" ("date after date") and "Dhai Kilo ka Haath" ('Two-and-a-half kilogram hand') became iconic and a pop-culture reference.[28][29][30] The film was a milestone in the careers of Sunny Deol, Meenakshi Sheshadri and Amrish Puri, who gave some great hits like Ghayal (1990) and Ghatak: Lethal (1996) together.[31][32][33][34] Aamir Khan acted in a special appearance in the stage show dance song. He also promotes his upcoming film Andaz Apna Apna (1994) which was also directed by Rajkumar Santoshi.

Damini – Lightning was remade into Oriya as Nari Nuhne Tu Narayani, starring Sidhanta Mohapatra and Rachana Banarjee. It was remade into Tamil as Priyanka, starring Revathi as the title character. Box Office India declared the film a super hit. This film was remade in Bangladesh as Sottyer Bijoy, starring Manna and Moushumi, directed by F.I. Manik. The rights of the movie were owned by Shah Rukh Khan's Red Chillies Entertainment,[35] which were transferred to Sunny Deol who plans to remake the film with his son Karan Deol.[36]

Damini is the recipient of a number of accolades. At the 40th National Film Awards, Deol won Best Supporting Actor. In addition to other awards, the film received seven nominations at the 39th Filmfare Awards including Best Film, Best Actress for Seshadri, and Best Villain for Puri. It won a 4 leading awards — Best Director for Santoshi, Best Supporting Actor for Deol, Best Story for Sutanu Gupta, and Best Sound for Rakesh Ranjan.

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Kinostart:1993
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दामिनीhi
दामिनी (सन् १९९३या संकिपा)new
দামিনীbn
ದಾಮಿನಿkn
ଦାମିନୀor
دامینیfa
దామినిte
दामिनी (चित्रपट)mr
دامنیur
Genre:Filmdrama
Herstellungsland:Indien
Originalsprache:Hindi
IMDB: 3492
Regie:Rajkumar Santoshi
Musik:Nadeem-Shravan
Produzent:Aly Morani
Darsteller:Rishi Kapoor
Sunny Deol
Meenakshi Seshadri
Vijayendra Ghatge
Rohini Hattangadi
Kulbhushan Kharbanda
Amrish Puri
Paresh Rawal
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1994
Filmfare Awards
Filmfare Award
Best Supporting Actor
Nominiert
1994
Filmfare Awards
Filmfare Award
Best Director
Nominiert
1993
National Film Awards, India
Silver Lotus Award
Best Supporting Actor
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