1991 in film

The year 1991 in film involved some significant events.

Highest-grossing films

The top ten films released in 1991 by worldwide gross are as follows:

Events

April 28 - Bonnie Raitt marries actor Michael O'Keefe in New York

Terminator 2: Judgment Day became one of the landmarks for science fiction action films with its groundbreaking visual effects from Industrial Light & Magic.

Sony Pictures Entertainment is formed, acquiring Columbia Pictures Industries. As a result of this new formation, Tri-Star Pictures drops the hyphen from its name and becomes TriStar Pictures, while RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video becomes Columbia-TriStar Home Video.

November 22 - Walt Disney Pictures releases Beauty and the Beast, which became one of the most prestigious and greatest animated and romantic films in cinema history and went on to become the first animated film in history to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture of the Year.

Awards

Academy Awards Golden Globe Awards

Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):

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Nazar (1991 film)

Nazar (The Gaze) is a 1991 Hindi film based on Fyodor Dostoevsky's short story, The Meek One. The film produced by the National Film Development Corporation of India (NFDC) was directed by Mani Kaul and starred his daughter Shambhavi Kaul with Shekhar Kapur and Surekha Sikri.

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 USA.

Storyline

An antique dealer-cum-money lender 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.

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