Dhool Ka Phool
1959 Indian film directed by Yash Chopra / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Dhool Ka Phool (transl. Flower of Dust) is a 1959 Indian Hindi-language film produced by B. R. Chopra and directed by B. R.'s brother Yash Chopra, being his first movie as a director, having been an assistant director in B. R.'s earlier film Naya Daur. The film stars Rajendra Kumar, Mala Sinha, Ashok Kumar and Nanda in lead roles along with Leela Chitnis, Jeevan and Manmohan Krishna. The story revolves around a Muslim man bringing up an "illegitimate" Hindu child and featured the classic song Too Hindu Banega Na Musalman Banega, Insaan Ki Aulaad Hai, Insaan Banega on Manmohan Krishna, who also won the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Abdul Rasheed. Besides that, Sinha received a nomination for Best Actress and Mukhram Sharma for Best Story.[1] The movie was remade in Telugu as Jeevana Teeralu.
Dhool Ka Phool | |
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Directed by | Yash Chopra |
Written by | Mukhram Sharma |
Produced by | B. R. Chopra |
Starring | Rajendra Kumar Mala Sinha Nanda Ashok Kumar |
Cinematography | Dharam Chopra |
Edited by | Pran Mehra |
Music by | N. Dutta Sahir Ludhianvi (lyrics) |
Distributed by | B. R. Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 153 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
Box office | est. ₹1 crore |
In the next film, Dharmputra (1961), about Hindu fundamentalism, Chopra reversed the theme, as therein a Hindu family brings up an illegitimate Muslim child.[2]