Dharma (1973 film)

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Dharma
Dharma73.jpg
Directed byChand
Written byEhsan Rizvi
Screenplay byK. B. Pathak
Story byChand
Produced byS. K. Kapur
Starring Pran
Navin Nischol
Rekha
Ajit
Madan Puri
Bindu
CinematographyB. Gupta
Music bySonik Omi
Production
company
Kapur Films
Distributed byKapur Films
Release date
  • 30 November 1973 (1973-11-30)
Running time
138 mins
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Dharma is a 1973 Bollywood action film directed by Chand. The film stars Pran in the title role. The rest of the cast includes Ajit, Madan Puri, Bindu and the pair Navin Nischol and Rekha. The film became a "Superhit" at the box office. [1] It was remade into the Telugu film Na Pere Bhagavan (1976).

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Plot

Sevak Singh Dharma is a dreaded dacoit living in isolation with his followers Bhairav Singh (Rajan Haksar), Mangal Singh (Madan Puri) and his wife Parvati (Geeta Siddharth) amongst others. He kills Bhairav for betraying his trust during a police encounter. While escaping in a boat, both his young son, Suraj, and wife are hit by gunfire by inspector Ajit Singh (Ajit) and considered drowned, while he survives and lands up in a city as the feared dacoit, Chandan Singh. Chandan Singh takes revenge on Ajit Singh's family and abducts his wife Asha and daughter Radha (both played by Rekha). Asha gets killed accidentally while Radha is rescued by a prostitute. Flash forward: Ajit Singh is now the Inspector General of Police; Chandan Singh is impersonating Nawab Sikander Bakht. Radha is a dancer who flips for Raju (Navin Nischol) Chandan's second-in-command. In time, Chandan tells Ajit that she is his daughter, and he should take charge of her. Even though Ajit suspects Raju's true identity, he admits him into the police force with the explicit duty of arresting Chandan who, after the truth about him comes in the open, is on the run. Bottles of blood and bullets run amuck in sequences leading towards the climax; the truth about Raju (or Suraj), now a police inspector, is revealed in the encounter between father and son. Chandan gives himself up to the police. [2]

Cast

Crew

Soundtrack

Lyrics written by Verma Malik and music composed by Sonik Omi.

SongSinger
"Sada Itni Umar Teri Rahe" Mohammed Rafi
"Main Teri Gunahgar Hoon, Main Tujhse Sharmsar Hoon"Mohammed Rafi, Asha Bhosle
"Raaz Ki Baat Keh Doon To Jane Mehfil Mein Phir"Mohammed Rafi, Asha Bhosle
"Jo Kal Ki Hai Bachi Baaten"Asha Bhosle, Omi

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References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 20 October 2013. Retrieved 2013-11-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ↑ Kohli, Suresh (2 May 2013). "Dharma reviews". hindu. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  3. ↑ "Dharma Crew". cinestaan. Archived from the original on 21 September 2017. Retrieved 21 September 2017.


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