The 13 Hindi Films With Blind Protagonists

‘AndhaDhun’ trailer has intrigued one and all. Ayushman Khurrana as the blind pianist, who may or may not be blind, along with the versatile Tabu and the omnipresent Radhika Apte have everyone sit up and pay attention to the film. But for me, there are two more reasons to watch his film. One – the veteran actor Anil Dhawan, making come back of sorts after his last outing in one of his brother’s film, years ago. Two and the most important reason -The ‘Baap Of Noir’ Sriram Raghavan is back! It’s been years since we’ve seen gems like ‘Ek Thi Hasina’ and ‘Johhny Gaddar’. So until, ‘AndhaDhun’ releases, let’s take a look at some of the Hindi films when the blind protagonists made the audience gasp with awe with their performances –

Sparsh (1980)


Qatl (1986)


Aankhen (2002)


Black (2005)


Sangeet (1992)

Directed by K Vishwanath, synonymous to its name, ‘Sangeet’ is the story of a dancer and her tryst with music, love and loss. Madhuri Dixit plays the double role, of a mother and her daughter whom she had left as she was born out of wedlock. Co-starring Jackie Shroff as a folk singer and TV’s celebrated Krishna, Neetish Bhardwaj, ‘Sangeet’ had melodious music and is fondly remembered for its songs such as ‘Sun O Haseena’ and ‘Jo Geet Nahin Janma’.

Anuraag (1972)


Dosti (1964)


Chirag (1969)

Directed by Raj Khosla, ‘Chirag’ is the story of a woman, who loses her vision in an accident. Despite being happily married to a loving husband, the burden of being a blind woman who’s not being able to bear a child amidst increasing chides of her mother-in-law forces her to leave her house. Rest of the story forms as the differences get sorted between the characters. The film is remembered for its melodious songs such as ‘Teri Ankhon Ke Siva’, ‘Chaayi Barkha Bahar’ and ‘Mere Bichde Saathi Sunta Ja’.

Lafangey Parindey (2010)

Directed by Pradeep Sarkar, this film is about a dancer on skates, who becomes blind in an accident. Her friend and unknowingly a catalyst in her accident tries to help her in achieving her dreams while the police are after him, for being involved in a drug deal gone wrong. Starring Deepika Padukone and Neil Nitin Mukesh in the lead roles, ‘Lafangey Parindey’ is strictly an one time watch.

Kaabil (2017)

Starring Hrithik Roshan, ‘Kaabil’ is the story of a blind man, extracting revenge on his wife’s killers. If you can ignore the first twenty minutes of customary introduction and Roshan Senior’s increasingly irritating urge to make an item girl out of his son, rest of the movie doesn’t seem so bad. And the credit goes to a fine ensemble cast, particularly Ronit Roy who looks menacing as the primary antagonist. 

Jai Kishen (1994)

Starring Akshay Kumar, playing identical twin brothers, this is the usual nineties fare of masala and revenge drama. Jai and Kishen, separated in their childhood, grow up to become a blind martial artist and a con man respectively. Rest of the story forms, as they come together to find the men, responsible for their father’ murder. Known largely for its rendition of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan’s ‘Dum Mast Kalandar’, this film is remembered rather fondly by the nineties fans only. 

Vaada (2005)


Shadow (2009)


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