Drishti

Drishti

1990 · 171 min · ★ 7.3 · Drama

Sandhya and Nikhil have been married for eight years and live a wealthy lifestyle in Bombay, along with a daughter, Rashmi. However, their lives change when Nikhil has an affair with his assistant Vrinda and divorces Sandhya.

Directed by Govind Nihalani · Written by Shashi Deshpande

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Dimple Kapadia Sandhya
Shekhar Kapur Nikhil
Irrfan Khan Rahul
Mita Vashisht Prabha
Vijay Kashyap Ramesh
Neena Gupta Revati
Navneet Nishan Gita
Alka Srivastav Woman looking for Rajan
Karim Vakil Arvind
Vinod Ranganathan Gopal
Kenneth Desai Vasu
Ganesh Vernekar Chowkidar

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