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
Cinematography	Govind Nihalani
Editing by	Deepak Segal
Release date(s)	31 August 1990
Running time	171 min
Country	India
Language	Hindi

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.

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

Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Sountrack 4 Awards 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Plot

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. ^[1]

[edit] Cast

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

[edit] Sountrack

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

[edit] 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

[edit] References

1. ^ "Rudraa.com". Drishti. http://www.rudraa.com/main/Hindi_Drishti.htm. 

[edit] External links

• Drishti at the Internet Movie Database

Awards
Preceded by Chandni	National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi 1990	Succeeded by Dharavi

v • d • e Films directed by Govind Nihalani Aakrosh (1980) · Vijeta (1982) · Ardh Satya (1983) · Party (1984) · Aaghat (1985) · Tamas (1987) · Drishti (1990) · Pita (1991) · Rukmavati Ki Haweli (1991) · Jazeere (TV series) (1991) · Karm Yoddha (1992) · Drohkaal (1994) · Sanshodhan (1996) · Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa (1997) · Thakshak (1999) · Deham (2001) · Dev (2004)