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دارماپوترا
Sign in to saveDharmputra is a 1961 Hindi film directed by Yash Chopra based on a novel of the same name by Acharya Chatursen. This is Yash's second directorial venture. It was the first Hindi film to depict the partition of India, and Hindu fundamentalism. Produced by his elder brother B.R. Chopra, who was himself uprooted from Lahore, during the partition of India and established B.R. Films in Mumbai in 1956. The film dealt with issues of religious bigotry, fanaticism and communalism amidst the backdrop of the partition. Two years earlier, Yash Chopra had made his debut with Dhool Ka Phool (1959), steeped
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5.5The story of two families — one Muslim and one Hindu — living together in India under British rule.
Cast
- Mala Sinha as Husn Bano
- Shashi Kapoor as Dilip Rai
- Rehman as Javed
- Manmohan Krishna as Dr. Amrit Rai
- Indrani Mukherjee as Meena
- Tabassum as Rekha Rai
Themes
- british empire
- islamophobia
- partition
- child given up for adoption
- hindu muslim conflict
- hindutva
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Key facts
- Film.name
- Dharmputra
- Film.image
- Dharmputra.jpg
- Film.producer
- B.R. Chopra
- Film.director
- Yash Chopra
- Film.writer
- B.R. Films Story Department (screenplay)Akhtar-Ul-Iman (dialogue)
- Film.starring
- Mala SinhaShashi KapoorRehman
- Film.music
- N. DuttaSahir Ludhianvi (lyrics)
- Film.studio
- B.R. Films
- Film.cinematography
- Dharam Chopra
- Film.editing
- Pran Mehra
- Film.country
- India
- Film.language
- Hindi
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- India
- Original language
- Hindi
- Director
- Yash Chopra
- Cast member
- Shashi Kapoor
- Composer
- Datta Naik
- Producer
- Baldev Raj Chopra
- Narrative location
- Delhi
- Duration
- 147
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- publication date
- 1961-01-01
- title
- धर्मपुत्र
- color
- black-and-white
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