Sparsh

Sparsh

Sparsh

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Sparsh

1980

2h 25m

7.2(8 votes)

Drama

Romance

Overview

An independent visually impaired man who runs a school for blind children deals with troubles and triumphs of his profession and finds love when a withdrawn recent widow volunteers at the school.

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Cast & crew

8 featured cast members

Starring

Naseeruddin Shah

Naseeruddin Shah

Anirudh Parmar

Shabana Azmi

Shabana Azmi

Kavita Prasad

Sudha Chopra

Manjul Bhardwaj

Mohan Gokhale

Mohan Gokhale

Jagdish

Om Puri

Om Puri

Dubey

Pran Talwar

Suresh Bhardwaj

Arun Joglekar

Paplu's Uncle

Baladutt Sharma

Bala Dutt

Creative team

Directed by: Sai Paranjape
Written by: Sai Paranjape
Produced by: Basu Bhattacharya

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