Secret: The Hidden Truth) is a 1997 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Rajiv Rai, starring Bobby Deol, Kajol and Manisha Koirala.

Distributed under the banner of Trimurti Films,[3] it also stars Raj Babbar, Om Puri, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Paresh Rawal, Dalip Tahil, Prem Chopra, Sadashiv Amrapurkar, Sharat Saxena, Mukesh Rishi, and Priya Tendulkar in supporting roles.

[4] With its plot based on the novel Good Children Don't Kill (1967) by Louis Thomas,[5] it is considered as one of the best thriller films from Hindi Cinema.

Governor Jaisingh Sinha discusses the prospect of FDI with influential industrialist Meghnad Chaudhry, socialist Union leader Vilas Rao, minister "Mantriji" Sadanand Bose and others.

Sinha's personal secretary Ishwar Dewan's daughter Isha is Sahil's girlfriend.

As Sahil is being taken to jail, he secretly hands over a necklace to Sheetal telling her that he found his stepfather holding it when he died.

Harsh opens the necklace and shows it to Sahil, who finds his and Isha's pictures inside.

In the meantime, Isha enters Uddham Singh's house and stabs him multiple times.

He reveals that while Isha loves him immensely, she has had a massive anger management problem since her childhood, particularly when it comes to Sahil.

He rushes to her house but is attacked by Babu Anna, an assassin hired earlier by Mantriji to kill Sahil and Isha.

Sahil is injured, but manages to incapacitate Babu Anna and reach the house.

"Duniya Hasino Ka Mela" was sampled from "Matsuri" included in the new age album Kojiki by Japanese keyboardist Kitarō.

Fullhyderabad.com gave it a 7.5/10 rating and wrote, "It is a slickly-made film with stylish cinematography, beautiful locales, and pretty good performances.

"[10] Mohammad Ali Ikram of Planet Bollywood praised the suspense and music.

[2] Kajol became the first actress in the history of the Filmfare Awards to win the Best Performance in a Negative Role.