Dharma (1973 film)

Dharma
Dharma
Directed by	Chand
Written by	Ehsan Rizvi
Screenplay by	K. B. Pathak
Story by	Chand
Produced by	S. K. Kapur
Starring	Pran; Navin Nischol; Rekha; Ajit; Madan Puri; Bindu
Cinematography	B. Gupta
Music by
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, 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 (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 Mohammed Rafi & Asha Bhosle 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 (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[]

Pran as Sevak Singh / Chandan Singh / Dharma
Navin Nischol as Suraj / Raju
Rekha as Mrs. Asha Singh / Radha (Double Role)
Ajit as Inspector Ajit Singh
Madan Puri as Mangal Singh
Ramesh Deo as Chaman Singh
Mohan Choti as Car Mechanic
Asit Sen as Seth Garib Das
as Mrs. Parvati Singh
Chandrashekhar
as Bhairon Singh
Murad as Seth
Bindu as Bindiya
Helen as Cabaret Dancer #1
Faryal as Cabaret Dancer #2
Sonia Sahni as Cabaret Dancer #3
Jayshree T. as Cabaret Dancer #4

Crew[]

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

Soundtrack[]

Lyrics written by Verma Malik & music composed by .

Song	Singer
"Na Satra Se Upar"	Mohammed Rafi
"Main Teri Gunahgar Hoon, Main Tujhse Sharmsar Hoon"	Asha Bhosle, Mohammed Rafi
"Raaz Ki Baat Keh Doon To Jane Mehfil Mein Phir"	Asha Bhosle, Mohammed Rafi
"Jo Kal Ki Hai Bachi Baaten"	Asha Bhosle, Omi

References[]

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

External links[]

Dharma at IMDb

[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] "Dharma reviews". hindu. Retrieved 21 September 2017.

[3] "Dharma Crew". cinestaan. Retrieved 21 September 2017.

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