---
title: 'Damini (1993)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Rajkumar Santoshi'
released: '1993-01-01'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'India'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/damini-1993'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106655/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Damini (1993)

1993 · Drama · India


## Synopsis

Damini (transl. Lightning) is a 1993 Indian Hindi-language legal drama film directed and co-written by Rajkumar Santoshi. The film stars Meenakshi Seshadri in the titular role, Rishi Kapoor, Amrish Puri and Sunny Deol, along with Kulbhushan Kharbanda and Paresh Rawal. Aamir Khan makes a special appearance. The story revolves around Damini who witnesses her housemaid being raped by her brother-in-law and his friends. Despite facing many obstacles, she strives to get justice for herself with the help of her husband and Govind, a lawyer. The film is considered one of the best woman-centric films ever made in Bollywood.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Rajkumar Santoshi](https://cinepixo.com/people/rajkumar-santoshi)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Nadeem-Shravan](https://cinepixo.com/people/nadeem-shravan)
- **Producer:** [Aly Morani](https://cinepixo.com/people/aly-morani)

## Cast

- [Amrish Puri](https://cinepixo.com/people/amrish-puri)
- [Rohini Hattangadi](https://cinepixo.com/people/rohini-hattangadi)
- [Tinnu Anand](https://cinepixo.com/people/tinnu-anand)
- [Vijayendra Ghatge](https://cinepixo.com/people/vijayendra-ghatge)
- [Sunny Deol](https://cinepixo.com/people/sunny-deol)
- [Meenakshi Seshadri](https://cinepixo.com/people/meenakshi-seshadri)
- [Kulbhushan Kharbanda](https://cinepixo.com/people/kulbhushan-kharbanda)
- [Paresh Rawal](https://cinepixo.com/people/paresh-rawal)
- [Rishi Kapoor](https://cinepixo.com/people/rishi-kapoor)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/damini-1993
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