Rajkumar Santoshi, the well-known director of Hindi cinema, knows very well how to win the hearts of the audience with his films. His film ‘Damini’ in the year 1993 proved this to be true. His film also proved to be a super hit. Even though stars like Meenakshi Seshadri, Amrish Puri, Rishi Kapoor were in lead roles, Sunny Deol made an entry in a side role and stole all the limelight of the film.
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New Delhi. Director Rajkumar Santoshi’s 1993 film ‘Damini’ featured Meenakshi Seshadri and Rishi Kapoor in lead roles. However, the film is still remembered as Tara Singh aka Sunny Deol’s Gadar 2 film. Sunny made a sudden entry in this film and stole all the limelight. The film was also successful in terms of earnings. (Photo credits: IMDB)
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Sunny Deol played the role of a lawyer in this multistarrer blockbuster film ‘Damini’. Sunny Deol’s entry in the film takes place in the second part. But despite appearing in the second half of the film, Sunny grabbed the entire limelight of the film. The actor’s dialogues in the film were so loved that even today people have not forgotten these dialogues. Earlier, director Rajkumar Santoshi had also worked with Sunny in the film Ghali. He made up his mind to cast some other actor before Sunny for the role of a lawyer in Damini. (Photo credits: IMDB)
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Rishi Kapoor also discussed the film in one of his interviews and admitted that Sunny Deol was a more credible actor than him at that time. Rishi said, “Although I was supposed to be the hero of the film and Sunny did a cameo in it. But in the end he got applause and applause. This shows that his character was very powerful. Not only this, he also received a National Award for this character. (Photo credits: IMDB)
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In this film, the character of Damini was played by Meenakshi Seshadri, a popular actress of the 90s. He also did full justice to his character. He also won a lot of appreciation for his character of Damini. In this film, she was seen as a truly honest woman who has to pay a heavy price for speaking the truth. Aamir Khan was also seen in a song of this film. The songs of the film were also well liked. (Photo credits: IMDB)
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All the characters present in the film have given a brilliant performance in this film. From the story, characters and songs to the dialogues in the film, there were those that became evergreen. After this, Sunny Deol’s image also changed completely. The film also raised flags of success in terms of earnings. Made on a budget of just 2 crores, the film collected 11 crores. (Photo credits: IMDB)