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{{Infobox film
| location = India
| name = Dil Ek Mandir
| image = Dil Ek Mandir.jpg
| caption = Poster
| director = [[C. V. Sridhar]]
| writer = [[Raj Baldev Raj]] (Dialogue)
| producer =
| based_on = [[Nenjil Or Aalayam]] (1962)
| story = C.V. Sridhar
| starring = [[Rajendra Kumar]]<br />[[Meena Kumari]]<br />[[Raaj Kumar]]
| music = [[Shankar Jaikishan]]
| cinematography = [[A. Vincent]]
| editing = N. M Shankar
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|1963|3|8|df=yes}}<ref name="Release Date">{{Cite web |title=Dil Ek Mandir |url=https://m.timesofindia.com/entertainment/hindi/movie-details/dil-ek-mandir/movieshow/61347122.cms |access-date=28 June 2018 |website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref>
| runtime =
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| gross = {{INRConvert|1.1|c|year=1963}} <ref name="boi63">{{Cite web |title=Box Office 1963 |url=http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=166&catName=MTk2MA== |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120922021750/http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=166&catName=MTk2MA== |archive-date=22 September 2012 |publisher=[[Box Office India]]}}</ref>
}}

'''''Dil Ek Mandir''''' ({{translation|The heart is a temple}}) is a 1963 Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[romantic drama]] film directed by [[C. V. Sridhar]]. The film stars [[Rajendra Kumar]], [[Meena Kumari]], [[Raaj Kumar]] and [[Mehmood Ali|Mehmood]]. The film's music is by [[Shankar Jaikishan]]. All the songs of this film were hits and were loved by everyone. The film was a major hit and ranked fifth on the box office collection list. The film is a remake of the [[Tamil language|Tamil]] film ''[[Nenjil Or Aalayam]]'' (1962), also directed by Sridhar.<ref name="thehindu">{{Cite news |last=Mahaan |first=Deepak |date=29 January 2010 |title=Dil Ek Mandir (1963) |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/article788918.ece |access-date=10 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150929052051/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/article788918.ece |archive-date=29 September 2015}}</ref>

== Plot ==
Sita (Meena Kumari) is married to Ram (Raaj Kumar), who is diagnosed to have cancer. Ram is admitted to a hospital where he is to be treated by Dr. Dharmesh (Rajendra Kumar). Dr. Dharmesh is Sita's former love and both of them are very much uncomfortable to interact in front of Sita's husband. Sita suspects that Dr. Dharmesh will not be able to give her husband a fair treatment because of his love interest in her. When she mentions this to him he promises her that he will try his best to save her husband. Ram overhears this conversation and later suggests to Sita that she should marry Dr. Dharmesh after his death. Ram is to undergo a major surgery under Dr. Dharmesh, which will decide his fate. Dr. Dharmesh is seized with a feeling that he can't afford to fail in this surgery, as it might seem that he was biased due to Sita. He works hard for the preparation of the surgery, without proper food/sleep for a long time. Finally, at the end the surgery takes place. Dr. Dharmesh comes out from the operation theatre and tells Sita that the operation was successful and her husband is safe. He takes couple of steps forward and collapses. Long days of hard work for the preparation of surgery takes its toll, and he dies on the spot. The last scene shows Ram and Sita at the inauguration of a hospital built in Dr. Dharmesh's memory. Dr. Dharmesh's mother inaugurates his statue and everybody places flowers there.

==Cast & Characters==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Rowspan=1 |Character
! colspan="2" | Portrayed By
|-
|Dr. Dharmesh<ref name="thehindu" />
|[[Rajendra Kumar]]
|-
|-
|Sita<ref name="thehindu" />
|[[Meena Kumari]]
|-
|-
|Ram<ref name="thehindu" />
|[[Raaj Kumar]]
|-
|-
|Lallu Lal
|[[Mehmood Ali|Mehmood]]
|-
|-
|Uma
|[[Kutty Padmini]]
|-
|-
|Mynavati
|[[Shubha Khote]]
|-
|-
|Philip
|[[Manmohan Krishna]]
|-
|-
|Dharmesh's mother
|[[Achala Sachdev]]
|-
|-
|Peter
|[[Nagesh]]
|}

== Production ==
''Dil Ek Mandir'' was directed by [[C. V. Sridhar]] and remade from his own [[Tamil language|Tamil]] film ''[[Nenjil Or Aalayam]]'' (1962).<ref name="thehindu" /> Meena Kumari learnt to play the sitar for her role.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sriram |first=V. |author-link=V. Sriram |date=28 June 2019 |title=The Great Glorification of Tragedy (In Tamil & Hindi) |url=https://sriramv.wordpress.com/2019/06/28/the-great-glorification-of-tragedy-in-tamil-hindi/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 December 2020 |website=Madras Heritage and Carnatic Music}}</ref> The entire film was completed in 27 days.<ref name="thehindu" />

== Soundtrack ==
The Music of the film was composed by [[Shankar-Jaikishan]]. Songs of this film are considered as classics. Singers like [[Mohammed Rafi]], [[Lata Mangeshkar]] And [[Suman Kalyanpur]] crooned the songs in the album. Music was a hit after release with songs still remembered till date.
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! # !! Title !! Singer(s)!!Lyricist!! Duration
|-
| 1
| "Dil Ek Mandir Hai"
| [[Mohammed Rafi]], [[Suman Kalyanpur]]
|rowspan="3"| [[Hasrat Jaipuri]]
| 04:25
|-
| 2
| "Tum Sab Ko Chhod Kar"
| [[Mohammed Rafi]]
| 04:07
|-
| 3
| "Hum Tere Pyar Mein"
| rowspan="2"|[[Lata Mangeshkar]]
| 04:47
|-
| 4
| "Ruk Ja Raat"
| rowspan="4"|[[Shailendra (lyricist)|Shailendra]]
| 04:13
|-
| 5
| "Yaad Na Jaye Beete Dinon Ki"
| [[Mohammed Rafi]]
| 04:23
|-
| 6
| "O Meri Ladli"
| [[Suman Kalyanpur]]
| 04:19
|-
| 7
| "Paalanhaare Ram Hai" <small>(Bhajan)</small>
|[[S. Janaki]]
| 02:17
|}

== Awards ==
At the [[11th Filmfare Awards]], Raaj Kumar won the [[Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor Award]] and Arjun Dev Rashk won [[Filmfare Award for Best Dialogue|Best Dialogue]].<ref name="thehindu" /> Kutty Padmini was recognised by Prime Minister [[Indira Gandhi]] at her residence along with Rajendra Kumar and Meena Kumari.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgjorY00AiI |title=Interview marathon of Kutty Padmini {{!}} Chai with Chithra {{!}} Touring Talkies Special |language=en |access-date=12 April 2020}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
! Style="width:10%"|Awards
! Category
! Nominee
! Result
|-
|rowspan="8"|[[11th Filmfare Awards]]
|[[Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
|[[Raaj Kumar]]
|rowspan="2"{{won}}
|-
|[[Filmfare Award for Best Dialogue|Best Dialogue]]
|Arjun Dev Rashk
|-
|[[Filmfare Award for Best Film|Best Movie]]
|Chitralaya Films
|rowspan="6"{{nom}}
|-
|[[Filmfare Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
|rowspan="2"|[[C. V. Sridhar]]
|-
|[[Filmfare Award for Best Story|Best Story]]
|-
|[[Filmfare Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
|[[Rajendra Kumar]]
|-
|[[Filmfare Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
|[[Meena Kumari]]
|-
|[[Filmfare Award for Best Music Director|Best Music Director]]
|[[Shankar-Jaikishan]]
|-
|}

== Reception ==
''Sports and Pastime'' wrote "The subject of a love triangle and a doctor's supreme sacrifice in the pursuit of his ideals is not new on the Indian screen [..] but [..] director Sridhar presents this seemingly familiar plot with a zest and suspense that evoke praise".<ref>{{Cite magazine |year=1963 |title=Not all old is gold |url=https://archive.org/details/dli.bengal.10689.12015/page/n447/mode/2up?q=film |volume=17 |magazine=Sport and Pastime}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|0139157|Dil Ek Mandir}}

{{C. V. Sridhar}}

[[Category:1963 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:1960s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Films directed by C. V. Sridhar]]
[[Category:Films scored by Shankar Jaikishan]]
[[Category:Hindi remakes of Tamil films]]
[[Category:Indian romantic drama films]]

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