Sparsh (film)

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Sparsh (transl. Touch) is a 1980 Indian Hindi drama film directed by Sai Paranjpye. It stars Naseeruddin Shah and Shabana Azmi playing the characters of a visually impaired principal and a sighted teacher in a school for the blind, where they fall in love though soon their complexes tag along and they struggle to get past them to reconnect with the "touch" of love. The film remains most memorable for the subtle acting of its leads, plus the handling of the issue of relationships with the visually disabled, revealing the emotional and perception divide between the worlds of the "blind" and the "sighted", epitomized by the characters. The film's release was delayed by almost 4 years. It won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi. The film won numerous awards including National Film Award – Best Actor for Shah, while Paranjpye won for Best Screenplay. At the Filmfare Awards, it won the top two honours: that of Best Movie and Best Director, plus a Best Screenplay Award for Paranjpye...

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