Sheesha (1986 film)

Sheesha
Sheesha
	VCD cover
Directed by	Basu Chatterjee
Written by	Mani Shankar Mukherjee
Produced by	Sattee Shourie; Mona Kapoor
Starring	Mithun Chakraborty; Moon Moon Sen; Vijayendra Ghatge; Mallika Sarabhai
Cinematography	K. K. Mahajan
Music by	Bappi Lahiri
Production; company	S.G.S. Films
Release date	3 October 1986;
Running time	130 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	₹ 5 Crores

Sheesha (transl. Mirror) 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.

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

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

External links

Sheesha at IMDb

References

^ "Sheesha (1986) - Review, Star Cast, News, Photos". Cinestaan. Archived from the original on 5 December 2020. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
^ "Sheesha (1986)". Radio Times. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
^ Hindi Cinema Year Book. Screen World Publication. 2005.
^ "MX Player". www.mxplayer.in. Retrieved 4 June 2022.

[1] "Sheesha (1986) - Review, Star Cast, News, Photos". Cinestaan. Archived from the original on 5 December 2020. 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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