---
title: 'Sparsh (1980)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Sai Paranjpye'
released: '1980-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 145
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'India'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/sparsh-1980'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079938/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Sparsh (1980)

1980 · 145 min · Comedy · India

Original title: स्पर्श

## Synopsis

Sparsh (transl. Touch) is a 1980 Indian Hindi drama film directed by Sai Paranjpye. It stars Naseeruddin Shah and Shabana Azmi playing the characters of a visually impaired principal and a sighted teacher in a school for the blind, where they fall in love though soon their complexes tag along and they struggle to get past them to reconnect with the "touch" of love. The film remains most memorable for the subtle acting of its leads, plus the handling of the issue of relationships with the visually disabled, revealing the emotional and perception divide between the worlds of the "blind" and the "sighted", epitomized by the characters. The film's release was delayed by almost 4 years. It won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Sai Paranjpye](https://cinepixo.com/people/sai-paranjpye)
- **Screenplay:** [Sai Paranjpye](https://cinepixo.com/people/sai-paranjpye)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Kanu Roy](https://cinepixo.com/people/kanu-roy)
- **Producer:** [Basu Bhattacharya](https://cinepixo.com/people/basu-bhattacharya)

## Cast

- [Shabana Azmi](https://cinepixo.com/people/shabana-azmi)
- [Mohan Gokhale](https://cinepixo.com/people/mohan-gokhale)
- [Naseeruddin Shah](https://cinepixo.com/people/naseeruddin-shah)
- [Om Puri](https://cinepixo.com/people/om-puri)

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