Ranked #34 of 100
Sparsh
स्पर्श · 1980
The blind principal of a school for blind boys falls in love with a sighted widow, and cannot tell pity from love.
- Director
- Sai Paranjpye
- Year
- 1980
- Genre
- Drama · Romance
- Cast
- Naseeruddin Shah, Shabana Azmi
Why it's at number 34
One of the most emotionally precise films of the parallel movement. Naseer's finest romantic work.
The blind principal of a school for blind boys falls in love with a sighted widow, and cannot tell pity from love.
Sparsh sits in the 1980s alongside Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro and Umrao Jaan — a decade this canon treats as formative.
The Bollywood 100The essentials
- Directed by Sai Paranjpye — also responsible for Chashme Buddoor, Katha.
- Released in 1980, in the 1980s — see everything else from that decade.
- Filed under Drama, Romance.
- Read more on Wikipedia, check the full crew on IMDb, or find a legal stream via JustWatch.
Film record Wikipedia — Sparsh (1980) · data last revised 9 August 2026 · title, year, director and cast are read from that article; this site keeps no independent print record and does not claim one
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