Nishant
7.6
A man whose wife is abducted seeks to have the culprits prosecuted for their crime, but no one will help him. Meanwhile, the wife—abused and berated by her abductors—cannot bring herself to face her husband.
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Cast
24 people
Shabana Azmi
Sushila
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Girish Karnad
Schoolmaster
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Anjaiya
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Amrish Puri
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Satyadev Dubey
Priest (Pujari)
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Godam
Maya Memsaab
Smita Patil
Rukmini
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Mirch Masala
Bhumika
Naseeruddin Shah
Vishwam
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The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
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Mohan Agashe
Prasad
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Rang De Basanti
Jolly LLB
Kulbhushan Kharbanda
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Mirzapur
Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India
Sadhu Meher
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Bhuvan Shome
Savita Bajaj
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Shyam Benegal Director · Vijay Tendulkar Screenplay Bhanudas Divakar Editor
First release June 6, 1975 · Produced in India · Original title निशांत
Production
Blaze Film Enterprises
Production
India
Produced in
Languages
Original title
निशांत
Original language
Hindi
Spoken on screen
Hindi
Release dates
India · June 6, 1975
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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