Dharmputra (1961)
धर्म पुत्र
Hindu-Muslim bhai-bhai!
The story of two families — one Muslim and one Hindu — living together in India under British rule.
- Date of release
- 1961-12-28
- TMDB
- 5.5 / 10 (2)
- Runtime
- 2h 30m
- Genres
- Drama, History
- Director
- Yash Chopra
Casting
- Mala Sinha — Husn Bano
- Shashi Kapoor — Dilip Rai
- Rehman — Javed
- Manmohan Krishna — Dr. Amrit Rai
- Indrani Mukherjee — Meena
- Tabassum — Rekha Rai
- Deven Verma — Sudesh Rai
- Nirupa Roy — Mrs. Savitri Amrit Rai
- Leela Chitnis — Meena's Mother
- Ashok Kumar — Nawab Badruddin
- Rajendra Kumar — Party Leader (cameo)
- Shashikala — Dancer (cameo)
Interesting facts
Dharmputra 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.
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