Dharam Veer (1977 film)
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Dharam Veer
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| Directed by | Manmohan Desai |
| Produced by | Subhash Desai |
| Written by |
Kader Khan (dialogues) Anand Bakshi (lyrics) |
| Screenplay by | K.B. Pathak Prayag Raj |
| Story by | Smt. Jeevanprabha M. Desai Pushpa Sharma |
| Starring |
Dharmendra Jeetendra Zeenat Aman Neetu Singh |
| Music by | Laxmikant-Pyarelal |
| Cinematography | N.V. Srinivas |
| Edited by | Kamlakar Karkhanis |
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Mehboob Studios
R.K. Studios |
| Distributed by | S.S. Movietone |
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Running time
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163 mins |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Dharam-Veer is a 1977 Indian Hindi film, produced and directed by Manmohan Desai. The movie stars Dharmendra, Zeenat Aman, Jeetendra, Neetu Singh, Pran, Indrani Mukherjee, Jeevan and Ranjeet. Dharmendra's younger son Bobby Deol appears briefly playing the childhood version of his father's character.
It was part of Desai's four big hits of the year based on the "separated and reunited" theme (the others being Parvarish, Chacha Bhatija (which also starred Dharmendra) and Amar Akbar Anthony).
Dharam-Veer takes place in a mythical kingdom and tells the tale of twin brothers separated at birth who still become best friends when they are older, not knowing that they were real brothers. It also tells about their adventures, Dharam winning the love of a beautiful princess, court intrigues, and has a host of villains which they have to face. The film went on to become a gigantic blockbuster at the Indian box office becoming the second highest grossing film of 1977 as well as one of the biggest hits of the 1970s decade.
Maharani Meenakshi is a princess who one day while out hunting is rescued from a handful of attackers by a hunter-warrior Jwala Singh (Pran) who lives alone in the jungle, accompanied only by his pet falcon, Sheroo. She offers him a reward for saving her life but he only wants her hand in marriage which he had been denied by her father. During the night they are awoken by another tiger and Jwala goes to slay it. The tiger kills a villager and Jwala puts his poncho over him to cover his dead body. He wrestles the tiger and they both fall over a cliff. The Princess sees the body of the dead villager and she thinks it is that of Jwala and goes into shock. Her father eventually marries her off into another royal family. Unbeknownst to Jwala, Meenakshi is pregnant by him. King Satpal Singh, Meenakshi's brother is told in a prophecy that he will be killed by his eldest nephew, Dharam. In order to prevent this, he pleads poverty and moves in with his sister.
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