Sheesha (1986 film)

Sheesha (transl. Glass) is a 1986 Indian Hindi-language drama film directed by Basu Chatterjee, starring Mithun Chakraborty, Moon Moon Sen, Vijayendra Ghatge and Mallika Sarabhai.[1] The film was production coordinated by Mona Kapoor.[2] The movie was based on a Bengali novel Mansamman, authored by Shankar.[3] It was first Hindi movie about sexual harassment in office.

Sheesha
VCD cover
Directed byBasu Chatterjee
Written byMani Shankar Mukherjee
Produced bySattee Shourie
Mona Kapoor
StarringMithun Chakraborty
Moon Moon Sen
Vijayendra Ghatge
Mallika Sarabhai
CinematographyK. K. Mahajan
Music byBappi Lahiri
Production
company
S.G.S. Films
Release date
  • 3 October 1986 (1986-10-03)
Running time
130 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹ 5 Crores

Plot

The film is a court room drama as well. Dinesh Prakash (Mithun Chakraborty) and Manisha (Moon Moon Sen) are in love and they get married. Now Dinesh is the executive director at B. C. Drugs located in Chembur. At a birthday celebration on 15 December, Manisha invites their friends including Advocate Ashok Kumar (Vijayendra Ghatge). But she is shocked beyond her senses when she finds out that her husband has been arrested and charged with the rape of Poonam (Mallika Sarabhai), a telephone operator. Has Dinesh really done any crime? Has Poonam created a trap for Dinesh? A movie ahead of its times, given the 'Me Too' syndrome. It also reflects a sad reality.[4]

Cast
  • Mithun Chakraborty as Dinesh Prakash
  • Moon Moon Sen as Manisha
  • Vijayendra Ghatge as Advocate Ashok Kumar
  • Mallika Sarabhai as Poonam
  • Guddi Maruti as Rajni
  • Arvind Deshpande
  • Madhumita as Deepa, Wife of Adv. Kumar
  • Suresh Chatwal as Damodar
  • Baby Naaz as Pramila Sood
  • Mrinalini as Mrs. Narayanan
  • Nandita Thakur as Rukmini
  • Bhagwan Sinha as Dr. H.L.Sharma
  • Ravi Jhankal as Govind
  • Sudha Chopra as Hairdresser
  • Manek Chaudhary as Dharmaraj
  • Gauri Varma as Poonam's mom
  • Ranjana Sachdev as Shyama
  • Sonal Randhawa as Poonam's younger sister

Music
SongSinger
"Yeh To Naari" Bappi Lahiri
"Pyar Hai Bas Yahi" Kishore Kumar
"Pyar Hai Kya Yahi" Kishore Kumar
"Kya Hoga, Kyun Hoga" Asha Bhosle

References
  1. "Sheesha (1986) - Review, Star Cast, News, Photos". Cinestaan. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
  2. "Sheesha (1986)". Radio Times. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
  3. Hindi Cinema Year Book. Screen World Publication. 2005.
  4. "MX Player". www.mxplayer.in. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
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