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{{Infobox film
| name = Dharmputra
| image = Dharmputra.jpg
| producer = [[B.R. Chopra]]
| director = [[Yash Chopra]]
| writer = B.R. Films Story Department (screenplay)<br />[[Akhtar-Ul-Iman]] (dialogue)
| based_on = {{based on|''Dharamputra''|[[Acharya Chatursen]]}}
| story =
| starring = [[Mala Sinha]]<br />[[Shashi Kapoor]]<br />[[Rehman (actor)|Rehman]]
| music = [[N. Dutta]]<br />[[Sahir Ludhianvi]] (lyrics)
| studio = B.R. Films
| cinematography = Dharam Chopra
| editing = Pran Mehra
| released = {{Film date|1961}}
| country = India
| language = Hindi
}}
'''''Dharmputra''''' is a [[Bollywood films of 1961|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]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Filmmakers refused to portray partition: film scholar |url=http://www.monstersandcritics.com/movies/indiancinema/news/article_1216957.php/Filmmakers_refused_to_portray_partition_film_scholar |publisher=[[Monsters and Critics]] |date=1 November 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224100945/http://www.monstersandcritics.com/movies/indiancinema/news/article_1216957.php/Filmmakers_refused_to_portray_partition_film_scholar |archive-date=24 December 2013 |df=dmy }}</ref> 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 (South Asia)|communalism]] amidst the backdrop of the partition.<ref>{{cite news |title=Blast From The Past: Dharmputra 1961|url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2010/02/06/stories/2010020652121100.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130125060530/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2010/02/06/stories/2010020652121100.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=25 January 2013 |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=6 February 2010 }}</ref><ref name=mem>[http://memsaabstory.com/2008/04/25/dharmputra-1961/ Dharmputra (1961): Review]</ref> Two years earlier, Yash Chopra had made his debut with ''[[Dhool Ka Phool]]'' (1959), steeped in [[Nehruvian]] [[Secularism in India|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.<ref>{{cite news |title=Nehru's vision shaped many Bollywood golden oldies|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-11-16/delhi/28068204_1_secularism-yash-chopra-big-dams |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130513230400/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-11-16/delhi/28068204_1_secularism-yash-chopra-big-dams |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 May 2013 |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=16 November 2009 }}</ref>

This was Shashi Kapoor's first film as an adult actor playing the pivotal role of a Hindu fundamentalist.<ref>{{cite news |title=Shashi Kapoor Turns 74 |url=http://news.outlookindia.com/items.aspx?artid=756137 |publisher=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]] |date=18 March 2012 |access-date=30 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130513042027/http://news.outlookindia.com/items.aspx?artid=756137 |archive-date=13 May 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=mint /> Noted actor [[Rajendra Kumar]] made a special appearance for a song as did [[Shashikala]].<ref name=mem /> At the [[9th National Film Awards]] it was awarded the [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi|Best Feature Film in Hindi]].<ref name="9thaward">{{cite web|url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm9thNFAAward.aspx|title=9th National Film Awards|publisher=[[International Film Festival of India]]|access-date=28 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161202115652/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm9thNFAAward.aspx|archive-date=2 December 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Plot==
{{More plot|date=April 2015}}

The film opens in 1925, during the [[British rule in India]] and at the height of the [[Indian independence movement]] it is the tale of two [[Delhi]] families, that of Nawab Badruddin and Gulshan Rai. The two families are so close that they virtually share the same house. The Nawab's daughter, Husn Bano, has an affair with a young man named Javed and gets pregnant. When the Nawab attempts to arrange her marriage with Javed, he finds that Javed has disappeared. Amrit Rai and his wife Savitri assist Husn with the birth of a baby boy, Dilip, and even adopt him and give him their family name. Young Dilip is the apple of the Badruddin and the Rai households. Husn then marries another young man, Javed and moves to another location. In the meantime, while participating in a protest to force the British to leave India, the Nawab is killed. Years later, Husn Bano and Javed return to a warm welcome by the Rai family. Then she meets Dilip - not the Dilip she had left behind - this Dilip is fascist, a Muslim-hater, who has joined forces with other extremists, in order to force Muslims to leave India and even go to the extent of burning buildings and killing them. How can Husn and Dilip adapt to each other with so much hate and distrust between them?

== Cast ==
* [[Shashi Kapoor]] as Dilip Rai
* [[Mala Sinha]] as Husn Bano
* [[Rehman (actor)|Rehman]] as Javed
* [[Manmohan Krishna]] as Dr. Amrit Rai
* [[Indrani Mukherjee]] as Meena
* [[Tabassum]] as Rekha Rai
* [[Deven Verma]] as Sudesh Rai
* [[Nirupa Roy]] as Mrs. Savitri Amrit Rai
* [[Leela Chitnis]] as Meena's Mother
* [[Ashok Kumar]] as Nawab Badruddin (Husn Bano's Father)
* [[Rajendra Kumar]] as Party Leader
* [[Shashikala]] as Dancer

==Soundtrack==
The film's music was composed by [[N. Dutta]] with lyrics written by [[Sahir Ludhianvi]].
{|class="wikitable"
|-
! Song !! Singer
|-
| "Main Jab Bhi Akeli Hoti Hoon"
| [[Asha Bhosle]]
|-
| "Naina Kyon Bhar Aaye"
| [[Asha Bhosle]]
|-
| "Saare Jahan Se Achha Hindustan Hamara"
| [[Asha Bhosle]], [[Mohammed Rafi]]
|-
| "Jo Dil Deewana Machal Gaya"
| [[Mohammed Rafi]]
|-
| "Jai Janani Jai Bharat Maa"
| [[Mahendra Kapoor]]
|-
| "Yeh Kiska Lahu Hai, Kaun Mara"
| [[Mahendra Kapoor]]
|-
| "Tumhari Aankhen"
| [[Mahendra Kapoor]]
|-
| "Aaj Ki Raat"
| [[Mahendra Kapoor]]
|-
| "Chahe Yeh Maano Chahe Woh Maano"
| [[Mahendra Kapoor]], [[Balbir]]
|-
|}

*The song "Saare Jahan Se Achha", was written by poet [[Muhammad Iqbal]].

==Reception==
The raw reconstruction of partition riots and sloganeering led to riot-like situations at theatres during screening the film,<ref name=sify04>{{cite news |title=Communal holocaust in Hindi films |url=http://www.sify.com/movies/communal-holocaust-in-hindi-films-news-bollywood-kkfvLaideda.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171208125419/http://www.sify.com/movies/communal-holocaust-in-hindi-films-news-bollywood-kkfvLaideda.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=8 December 2017 |publisher=[[Sify.com]] Movies |date= 24 June 2004 }}</ref> and the film flopped at the box office.<ref>{{cite news|title=The timeless poster boy of Hindi cinema |url=http://www.asianage.com/columnists/timeless-poster-boy-hindi-cinema-927 |publisher=[[Asian Age]] |date=3 September 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111017025844/http://www.asianage.com/columnists/timeless-poster-boy-hindi-cinema-927 |archive-date=17 October 2011 |df=dmy }}</ref> After ''Dharmputra''{{'}}s debacle, few directors ventured into the communal theme in [[Hindi cinema]] that took it so bluntly, the next film which dealt with the issue was ''[[Garm Hava]]'', by [[M.S. Sathyu]], made in 1973.<ref name=mint>{{cite news |title=Back Story: Separate lives |url=http://www.livemint.com/2012/07/27221329/Film--Back-story.html |publisher=[[Mint (newspaper)|Mint]] |date= 27 July 2012 }}</ref> The film's director Yash Chopra never made a political film again, and stuck to love stories till many decades later, when he touched the theme of religious harmony again with ''[[Veer Zaara]]'' (2004).<ref name=sify04/><ref>{{cite news |title=I 'll make a peace video: Yash|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-11-08/news-interviews/28060040_1_film-festival-gayatri-mantra-peace-video |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130514030416/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-11-08/news-interviews/28060040_1_film-festival-gayatri-mantra-peace-video |url-status=dead |archive-date=14 May 2013 |work=[[The Times of India]]|date=8 November 2009 }}</ref>

== Awards ==
;[[National Film Awards]]
* [[9th National Film Awards|1961]]: [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi|President's silver medal for Best Feature Film in Hindi]]<ref name="9thaward"/>
;[[Filmfare Award]]
* 1963: [[Filmfare Best Dialogue Award|Best Dialogue]]: [[Akhtar ul Iman]]<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0015296/awards Awards] [[IMDb]]</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of Asian historical drama films]]

== References ==
<references />
* {{cite book |title=Yash Chopra: fifty years in Indian cinema|author=Rachel Dwyer|publisher=Lotus Collection|year=2002 |isbn=8174362347 }}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|id=0158585}}

{{National Film Award Best Feature Film Hindi}}
{{Yash Chopra}}

[[Category:1961 films]]
[[Category:1960s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Yash Chopra]]
[[Category:Yash Raj Films films]]
[[Category:Films set in Delhi]]
[[Category:Films set in the partition of India]]
[[Category:Films scored by Datta Naik]]
[[Category:Films based on Indian novels]]
[[Category:Best Hindi Feature Film National Film Award winners]]

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