Dharmputra (1961)
January 1, 1961Release Date

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Cast & Crew.

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

Jagdish Raj
Actor

Rajendra Kumar
Party Leader (cameo)

Shashikala
Dancer (cameo)

Akhtar-ul-Iman
Dialogue

Acharya Chatursen Shastry
Novel

B.R. Chopra
Producer

N. Dutta
Music

Dharam Chopra
Director of Photography

Sant Singh
Art Direction

Pran Mehra
Editor

Pandhari Juker
Makeup Artist

Asha Bhosle
Playback Singer

Mohammed Rafi
Playback Singer

S. Balbir
Playback Singer

Mahendra Kapoor
Playback Singer

Somnath Rangroo
Assistant Director

Yash Chopra
Director

Sahir Ludhianvi
Lyricist

Vasant Desai
Assistant Makeup Artist

Prabhakar Gurav
Assistant Makeup Artist

Salma Siraj
Hairstylist
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Details.
Release DateJanuary 1, 1961
Original Nameधर्म पुत्र
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 30m
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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. Two years earlier, Yash Chopra had made his debut with Dhool Ka Phool (1959), steeped in Nehruvian secularism, wherein a Muslim brings up an "illegitimate" Hindu child and featured the classic song "Tu Hindu Banega Na Musalman Banega, Insaan Ki Aulaad Hai, Insaan Banega". The theme was reversed in this film as herein a Hindu family brings up an illegitimate Muslim child.
This was Shashi Kapoor's first film as an adult actor playing the pivotal role of a Hindu fundamentalist. Noted actor Rajendra Kumar made a special appearance for a song as did Shashikala. At the 9th National Film Awards it was awarded the Best Feature Film in Hindi.