Till date, Bollywood has not given us such a strong and beautifully written female character as Damini, who not only has a mind of her own, but also a conscience. But the real reason why Damini was such an iconic film and deserves a cult status is the protagonist of the film - Damini (played brilliantly by Meenakshi Seshadri). Yes, Sunny Deol's punchy dialogues like, 'Tarikh par Tarikh milti rahi hai, lekin insaaf nahi mila, my lord!' deserved all the claps and whistles it received, and the theatrics of the courtroom drama, wherein two lawyers Govind (Sunny Deol) and Mr Indrajit Chaddha (Amrish Puri) exchange angry words and stares indeed make for a great Bollywood entertainer. Despite receiving instant critical acclaim upon its release and having a successful run at the box-office, we as an audience have celebrated this film for all the wrong reasons.
Simantini Dey writing for News18 hails the film as a 'cult feminist film' and states ' Damini - released in 1993 - is perhaps one of the most misunderstood films in Bollywood history. Aamir Khan as Dancer in a song with Damini.Tinnu Anand as Shekhar's maternal uncle.Sulabha Arya as Shekhar's maternal aunt.Suhas Bhalekar as Urmi's grandfather (guest appearance).Ashwin Kaushal as Rakesh Gupta (Damini's brother-in-law & Shekhar's brother).Rohini Hattangadi as Sumitra Gupta (Damini's mother-in-law & Shekhar's mother).Anjan Srivastav as Chandrakant (Damini's father).Kulbhushan Kharbanda as Kedarnath Gupta (Damini's father-in-law & Shekhar's father).Amrish Puri as Barrister Indrajit Chaddha.Rishi Kapoor as Shekhar Gupta (Damini's husband).Sunny Deol as Advocate Govind Shrivastava (Damini's lawyer).It was directed by Michael Miller and is based on a true rape case in Massachusetts.
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The movie starred Valerie Bertinelli, John Savage, and Melissa Leo. The plot and storyline of Damini has been copied from little known US television movie Silent Witness released in 1985 on NBC. It is up to Damini, Govind and Shekhar to provide justice to the victimised girl. Urmi dies in hospital and the police write her death off as a suicide. Unable to bear the mental torture in the institution, she escapes and runs into a down-and-out alcoholic lawyer, Govind (Sunny Deol), who has the rape case re-opened. Damini is portrayed as a mentally unstable person and confined in a mental institution for two weeks by a judicial order.
The matter is taken up in court and Damini is asked to testify. The Gupta family conspire to cover up this shameful incident. Shekhar rushes over to prevent the sexual assault but is too late. On Holi day, she witnesses Shekhar's younger brother, Rakesh (Ashwin Kaushal) and his friends, raping the maid-servant Urmi (Prajakta) and rushes to tell Shekhar. They get married and Damini moves into his luxurious bungalow. Shekhar Gupta (Rishi Kapoor), a rich businessman, falls in love at first sight with Damini (Meenakshi Sheshadri).
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