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Drishti is a film of genre Drama directed by Govind Nihalani with Dimple Kapadia

Drishti (1990)

Drishti
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Genres Drama
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Drishti is a 1990 Hindi film directed by Govind Nihalani, and stars Dimple Kapadia, Shekhar Kapur and Irrfan Khan. The film is one of the rare film to have music direction by noted classical singer, Kishori Amonkar with lyrics by Vasant Dev.

It won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi for 1990.

Synopsis

Sandhya (Dimple Kapadia) and Nikhil (Shekhar Kapur) are a happily married, urban, professional couple. Coming from middle-class families, both of them have risen in their professional life by virtue of merit and hard work. On their eighth wedding anniversary one of their friends brings along his nephew Rahul (Irrfan Khan) who is a classical singer. Sandhya develops an attraction and has an affair with him. She confides in her friend Prabha, but does not tell Nikhil about it. After a couple of months, the affair ends. After about a year, Nikhil falls in love with Vrinda, his assistant in the lab. He tells Sandhya about it and leaves her. Sandhya is shattered and they part. Four years after the divorce they meet again, and Sandhya mentions to Nikhil about her affair with Rahul.

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