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{{Infobox film
| name = Dharm
| image = Dharm.gif
| caption = Movie poster for ''Dharm''
| director = [[Bhavna Talwar]]
| writer = [[Varun Gautam]] [[Vibha Singh]]
| starring = [[Pankaj Kapoor]] [[Hrishitaa Bhatt]] [[Supriya Pathak]] [[Pankaj Tripathi]] [[Daya Shankar Pandey]] [[K.K.Raina]]
| producer =
| distributor =
| cinematography =
| editing = Steven Bernard
| released = {{Film date|df=y|2007|6|8}}
| runtime = 105 minutes
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| music =
}}
'''''Dharm''''' ({{lang-en|Religion}}) is a 2007 Hindi film directed by [[Bhavna Talwar]], starring [[Pankaj Kapoor]] and [[Supriya Pathak]] in lead roles. This is the debut film of the director,<ref name=debut/> it addresses the theme of communal harmony. Most of it is shot in [[Varanasi]].

At the 2007 [[National Film Award (India)|National Film Award]], it won the [[Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/archieve/others/2009/sep/r2009090707.pdf|title=55th NATIONAL FILM AWARDS FOR THE YEAR 2007|publisher=Press Information Bureau ([[Govt. of India]])}}</ref> The film was premiered in the Tous Les Cinemas du Monde (World Cinema) section of [[2007 Cannes Film Festival]].<ref>[http://www.monstersandcritics.com/movies/features/article_1304644.php/Preview_Acceptance_in_Cannes_bestows_prestige_and_honour Preview: Acceptance in Cannes bestows prestige and honour] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120930195151/http://www.monstersandcritics.com/movies/features/article_1304644.php/Preview_Acceptance_in_Cannes_bestows_prestige_and_honour |date=2012-09-30 }}</ref><ref>[https://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=cannes2007&jump=features&id=2542&articleid=VR1117965596 Cannes, India celebrate 60 years]</ref>

==Plot==

The story is based in [[Varanasi|Benares]] and is about Pandit Chaturvedi ([[Pankaj Kapoor]]), a highly revered and learned Brahmin priest. A baby is abandoned by a woman and brought to his house by his daughter. He agrees to adopt the child due to requests from his wife Parvati ([[Supriya Pathak]]) and his daughter Vedika (Ananya Tripathi). Life takes a turn when the boy's mother returns and says that she lost her child during the communal riots. After the family finds out that the boy is Muslim after they have become attached to him. The family gives back the boy to his mother. Chaturvedi engulfs himself in purification processes to cleanse his body, mind, and soul due to contact with a Muslim soul. By the time Chaturvedi thinks he is fully purified, the child reappears; seeking refuge, due to Hindu-Muslim riots and a group of people chasing a Muslim man to slay. This is when Chaturvedi realizes the true meaning of scriptures, that the true religion is humanity. The movie ends with a message of communal harmony that "Dharm is not just penance and practice, Dharm is unity, Dharm is brotherhood, Dharm is non-violent."

==Critical reception==
Dharma was premiered<ref>[http://www.screenindia.com/fullstory.php?content_id=15682 Cannes World Premiere for Bhavna Talwar’s Dharm] screenindia, The Indian Express Group, 4 May 2007.</ref> at the 60th [[Cannes Film Festival]] and became the closing film of the World Cinema Section at the festival; it was also the official Indian entry to the Festival.<ref name=debut>[http://entertainment.oneindia.in/music/news/bhavana-talwar-dharm-cannes-170507.html Soundtrack of Cannes Fest entry 'Dharm' launched] entertainment.oneindia, Thursday, 17 May 2007</ref> It was screened at 38th International Film Festival of India (2007), in Goa, and later went to film festivals like the Cancun Film Festival, Mexico; Asian Festival of First Films, Singapore; and the Palms Spring Festival, California.<ref>[http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=127788 Bhavna Talwar’s Dharm to be screened at the IFFI-2007] merinews, 16 November 2007</ref> The film was awarded the Swarovski Trophy for Best Film at the [[Asian Festival of First Films]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Awards for Dharm (2007)|publisher=[[Internet Movie Database]]|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1047459/awards|accessdate=2009-02-07}}</ref>

At home, though it wasn't a box office success, it opened to excellent reviews from the critics<ref>[http://movies.indiainfo.com/2007/06/08/dharm.html Dharm - Movie Review] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071217204520/http://movies.indiainfo.com/2007/06/08/dharm.html |date=2007-12-17 }} IndiaFM, Friday, 8 June 2007.</ref> and later the world rights of the film were acquired by Films Distribution, France.<ref>[http://www.wsgpictures.com/BhavnaTalwar.html Bhavna Talwar, Creative Director] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081006012247/http://www.wsgpictures.com/BhavnaTalwar.html |date=2008-10-06 }} wsgpictures</ref>

''Dharm'' was embroiled in a controversy in India, where it became one of the finalists for India's official entry to the Oscars, a race it lost to ''[[Eklavya: The Royal Guard]]''.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://in.reuters.com/article/hollywood/idINDEL9964020070929 | title = India's entry to Oscars caught in a legal tangle | work = [[Reuters|Reuters India]] | date = 2007-09-29 | accessdate = 2007-11-14}}</ref>

==Cast==
* [[Pankaj Kapoor]] as Pandit Chaturvedi
* [[Supriya Pathak]] as Parvati
* [[Hrishitaa Bhatt]] as Mani
* [[Pankaj Tripathi]] as Surya Prakash
* [[K. K. Raina]] as Surya Prakash's father
* [[Daya Shankar Pandey]] as Pandit at the Ganga River Banks

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|1047459|Dharm}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080228043115/http://www.digichannel.net/index_artist.php?cat=2&subc=11&art=263&video=344 Bhavna Talwar interview on her film Dharma]

{{Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration}}

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[[Category:2000s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:2007 films]]
[[Category:Films shot in Varanasi]]
[[Category:Films about Hinduism]]
[[Category:Films set in Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Best Film on National Integration National Film Award winners]]
[[Category:Indian films]]

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