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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Nazar<br> नजर<br />
| image = Nazar_The_Gaze.jpg<br />
| image_size = 220 px<br />
| caption = Theatrical release poster<br />
| director = [[Mani Kaul]]<br />
| producer = [[National Film Development Corporation of India|NFDC]]<br />
| writer = [[Mani Kaul]] and Sharmistha Mohanty<br />
| based_on = {{based on |"[[A Gentle Creature|The Meek One]]" a short story |[[Fyodor Dostoevsky]]}}<br />
| starring = [[Shekhar Kapur]] <br> Shambhavi Kaul and [[Surekha Sikri]]<br />
| music = Vikram Joglekar and D. Wood <br />
| cinematography = Rafey Mehmood<br />
| editing = Lalitha Krishna<br />
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1991}}<br />
| runtime = 84 minutes<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Hindi<br />
}}<br />
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'''''Nazar''''' (''The Gaze'') is a 1991 [[Hindi]]-language film based on [[Fyodor Dostoevsky]]'s 1876 short story, "[[A Gentle Creature|The Meek One]]".<ref>{{cite web|title = ''Requiem For A Vision''|publisher= The Caravan|author=Sharmistha Mohanti|date= 2011-08-01|url=http://www.caravanmagazine.in/arts/requiem-vision|accessdate = 2015-07-02}}</ref> The film produced by the [[National Film Development Corporation of India]] (NFDC) was directed by [[Mani Kaul]] and starred his daughter Shambhavi Kaul<ref name=SeventhArt><br />
{{cite web|title = ''The Films of Mani Kaul'' |publisher=Seventh Art| url = http://theseventhart.info/2011/06/19/the-films-of-mani-kaul/|accessdate = 2015-07-02}}</ref> with [[Shekhar Kapur]] and [[Surekha Sikri]].<ref name=IMDB><br />
{{cite web|title = ''Nazar'' |publisher= [[IMDb]]| url = https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102515/?ref_=ttfc_fc_tt| accessdate = 2015-07-02}}</ref><br />
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The film travelled to international festivals like the [[Birmingham]] Film Festival in UK, Fribourg Film Festival in Germany, [[Hong Kong]] International Film Festival, [[Lisbon]] Film Festival in [[Portugal]], Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland, [[London]] Film Festival in UK, [[Rotterdam]] Film Festival in [[Netherlands]], Festival des 3 continent at [[Nantes]] in France and the [[Seattle]] Film Festival in United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkashJ_8S-g|publisher=YouTube|title=''Nazar - A Mani Kaul Film''|accessdate=2015-07-02}}</ref><br />
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==Storyline==<br />
A dealer lives in a spacious flat in a multi-storied building in [[Mumbai]] with his aunt. Though middle-aged himself, he marries a 17-year-old orphan girl and brings her home. The film starts off with the young wife committing suicide. He recollects what went before that and what might have moved her to end her life.<ref name=SeventhArt/><ref name=IMDB/><br />
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==Cast==<br />
* [[Shekhar Kapur]]<br />
* Shambhavi Kaul<br />
* [[Surekha Sikri]]<br />
* Asha Dandavate<br />
* Parvez Merchant<br />
* A.A. Baig<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{IMDb title|0102515}}<br />
{{Mani Kaul}}<br />
{{A Gentle Creature}}<br />
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[[Category:1991 films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:Films directed by Mani Kaul]]<br />
[[Category:1990s Hindi-language films]]<br />
[[Category:Films based on short fiction]]<br />
[[Category:Films based on works by Fyodor Dostoyevsky]]<br />
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