Drishti (film)

Drishti
DVD cover for Drishti
Directed by	Govind Nihalani
Produced by	Udbhav Productions
Written by	Govind Nihalani Shashi Deshpande
Starring	Dimple Kapadia Shekhar Kapur Irrfan Khan Mita Vasisht
Music by	Kishori Amonkar Vasant Dev (lyrics)
Cinematography	Govind Nihalani
Edited by	Deepak Segal
Release dates	31 August 1990
Running time	171 min
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Drishti is a 1990 Hindi film directed by Govind Nihalani that stars Dimple Kapadia, Shekhar Kapur and Irrfan Khan. It is one of the rare films 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.

Plot

Sandhya (Dimple Kapadia) and Nikhil (Shekhar Kapur) are a happily married, urban, professional couple. Coming from middle-class families, they have risen in their professional life by virtue of merit and hard work.

On their eighth wedding anniversary, one of their friends brings 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. 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 her affair with Rahul.^[1]

Cast

Dimple Kapadia as Sandhya
Shekhar Kapur as Nikhil
Irrfan Khan as Rahul
Mita Vasisht as Prabha
Vijay Kashyap as Ramesh
Neena Gupta as Revati
Navneet Nishan as Gita

Soundtrack

Track #	Song	Singer(s)	Duration
1	"Bajat Ghan Mridung"	Kishori Amonkar	4:45
2	"Ek Hi Sang Hote I"	Kishori Amonkar	5:24
3	"Ek Hi Sang Hote II"	Kishori Amonkar	4:31
4	"Megha Jhar Jhar Barsat Re"	Kishori Amonkar	5:03

Awards

National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi
Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards, Best Actress for Dimple Kapadia
Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards, Best Supporting Actress for Mita Vasisht

References

↑ "Rudraa.com". Drishti.

External links

Drishti at the Internet Movie Database

National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi

1954–1960

Mirza Ghalib (1954) Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje (1955) No Award (1956) Do Aankhen Barah Haath (1957) Madhumati (1958) Anari (1959) Mughal-e-Azam (1960)

Certificate of Merit	Jagriti (1954) Shree 420 and Devdas (1955) Basant Bahar (1956) Mother India and Musafir (1957) Lajwanti and Karigar (1958) No Award (1959) Jis Desh Men Ganga Behti Hai and Kanoon (1960)

1961–1980

Dharmputra (1961) Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam (1962) Bandini (1963) Dosti (1964) Shaheed (1965) — (1966) Hamraaz (1967) Aashirwad (1968) Satyakam (1969) Anand (1970) — (1971) Maya Darpan (1972) 27 Down (1973) No Award (1974) Nishant (1975) — (1976) Shatranj Ke Khilari (The Chess Players) (1977) Kasturi and Junoon (1978) — (1979) Aakrosh (1980)

Certificate of Merit	Gunga Jumna and Pyaar Ki Pyaas (1961) No Award (1962) Mere Mehboob and Gumrah (1963) Yaadein and Geet Gaya Patharon Ne (1964) Oonche Log and Guide (1965) Discontinued after 1965

1981–2000

2001–present

Films directed by Govind Nihalani

Aakrosh (1980) Vijeta (1982) Ardh Satya (1983) Party (1984) Aghaat (1985) Tamas (1987) Drishti (1990) Pita (1991) Rukmavati Ki Haveli (1991) Drohkaal (1994) Sanshodhan (1996) Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa (1997) Thakshak (1999) Deham (2001) Dev (2004)

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