The Extended Canon
Damini
दामिनी · 1993
A young wife witnesses her brother-in-law's crime and testifies against her own wealthy family, alone.
- Director
- Rajkumar Santoshi
- Year
- 1993
- Genre
- Drama · Legal
- Cast
- Meenakshi Seshadri, Rishi Kapoor, Sunny Deol, Amrish Puri
Why it's in the canon
'Tareekh pe tareekh' — the most quoted courtroom speech in Hindi cinema.
A young wife witnesses her brother-in-law's crime and testifies against her own wealthy family, alone.
Damini sits in the 1990s alongside Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge and Satya — a decade this canon treats as formative.
The Bollywood 100The essentials
- Directed by Rajkumar Santoshi — also responsible for Andaz Apna Apna.
- Released in 1993, in the 1990s — see everything else from that decade.
- Filed under Drama, Legal.
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