Dharma (1973 film)

Dha
Directed by Chand
Produced by S. K. Kapur
Written by Ehsan Rizvi
Screenplay by K. B. Pathak
Story by Chand
Starring
Music by Sonik Omi
Cinematography B. Gupta
Production
company
Kapur Films
Distributed by Kapur Films
Release date
 1973
Running time
 138 mins
Country India
Language Hindi

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 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). The film Dharma is also known for its music composed by the duo of Sonik-Omi and is especially famous for the qawwali sung by Mohammad Rafi in the sequence between Pran and Bindu. A few other songs were also nicely tuned and presented.

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 (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

  • Stunt - A. Gani
  • Art - D. S. Malvankar
  • Choreography - Surya Kumar
  • Audiography - Harbans Singh[3]

Soundtrack

Lyrics written by Verma Malik.

  1. "Raaz Ki Baat" - Asha Bhosle, Mohd. Rafi
  2. "Main Teri Gunahgar Hoon" - Asha Bhosle, Mohd. Rafi
  3. "Aur Saqi Jo Kal Ko Hai Bachi" - Omi, Asha Bhosle
  4. "Na Satrah Se Upar" - Mohd. Rafi

[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 20 October 2013. Retrieved 2013-11-12.
  2. ↑ "Dharma reviews". hindu. Retrieved 2017-09-21.
  3. ↑ "Dharma Crew". cinestaan. Retrieved 2017-09-21.
  4. ↑ http://hindigeetmala.net/movie/dharma.html
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