Nazar (The Gaze) is a 1991 Hindi-language film based on Fyodor Dostoevsky's 1876 short story, "The Meek One".

[1] The film produced by the National Film Development Corporation of India (NFDC) was directed by Mani Kaul and starred his daughter Shambhavi Kaul[2] with Shekhar Kapur and Surekha Sikri.

[4] 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.