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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Dharma<br />
| image = Dharma73.jpg<br />
| caption = <br />
| director = Chand<br />
| producer = S. K. Kapur<br />
| writer = Ehsan Rizvi<br />
| screenplay = K. B. Pathak<br />
| story = Chand<br />
| narrator = <br />
| based_on = <br />
| starring = [[Pran (actor)|Pran]]<br />[[Navin Nischol]]<br />[[Rekha]]<br />[[Ajit Khan|Ajit]]<br />[[Madan Puri]]<br />[[Bindu (actress)|Bindu]]<br />
| music = [[Sonik Omi]]<br />
| cinematography = B. Gupta<br />
| editing = <br />
| studio = Kapur Films<br />
| distributor = Kapur Films<br />
| released = 1973<br />
| runtime = 138 mins<br />
| country = [[India]]<br />
| language = [[Hindi language|Hindi]]<br />
| budget = <br />
| gross = <br />
}}<br />
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'''''Dharma''''' is a [[Bollywood films of 1973|1973]] [[Bollywood]] [[action film]] directed by Chand. The film stars [[Pran (actor)|Pran]] in the title role. The rest of the cast includes [[Ajit Khan|Ajit]], [[Madan Puri]], [[Bindu (actress)|Bindu]] and the pair [[Navin Nischol]] and [[Rekha]]. The film became a "Superhit" at the box office.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat%3D179%26catName%3DMTk3Mw%3D%3D |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2013-11-12 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020131818/http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=179&catName=MTk3Mw== |archivedate=20 October 2013 |df=dmy }}</ref> It was remade into the Telugu film ''[[Na Pere Bhagavan]]'' (1976). The film ''Dharma'' is also known for its music composed by the duo of Sonik-Omi and is especially famous for the qawwali sung by [[Mohammed Rafi]] & [[Asha Bhosle]] in the sequence between [[Pran (actor)|Pran]] and [[Bindu (actress)|Bindu]]. A few other songs were also nicely tuned and presented.<br />
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==Plot==<br />
Sevak Singh Dharma is a dreaded dacoit living in isolation with his followers Bhairav Singh (Rajan Haksar), Mangal Singh (Madan Puri) and his wife Parvati (Geeta Siddharth) amongst others. He kills Bhairav for betraying his trust during a police encounter. While escaping in a boat, both his young son, Suraj, and wife are hit by gunfire by inspector Ajit Singh (Ajit) and considered drowned, while he survives and lands up in a city as the feared dacoit, Chandan Singh. Chandan Singh takes revenge on Ajit Singh's family and abducts his wife Asha and daughter Radha (both played by Rekha). Asha gets killed accidentally while Radha is rescued by a prostitute. Flash forward: Ajit Singh is now the Inspector General of Police; Chandan Singh is impersonating Nawab Sikander Bakht. Radha is a dancer who flips for Raju (Navin Nischol) Chandan's second-in-command. In time, Chandan tells Ajit that she is his daughter, and he should take charge of her. Even though Ajit suspects Raju's true identity, he admits him into the police force with the explicit duty of arresting Chandan who, after the truth about him comes in the open, is on the run. Bottles of blood and bullets run amuck in sequences leading towards the climax; the truth about Raju (or Suraj), now a police inspector, is revealed in the encounter between father and son. Chandan gives himself up to the police.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/dharma-1973/article4676879.ece|title=Dharma reviews|accessdate=2017-09-21|publisher=hindu}}</ref><br />
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==Cast==<br />
*[[Pran (actor)|Pran]] as Sevak Singh / Chandan Singh / Dharma<br />
*[[Navin Nischol]] as Suraj / Raju<br />
*[[Rekha]] as Mrs. Asha Singh / Radha (Double Role) <br />
*[[Ajit Khan|Ajit]] as Inspector Ajit Singh <br />
*[[Madan Puri]] as Mangal Singh <br />
*[[Ramesh Deo]] as Chaman Singh <br />
*[[Mohan Choti]] as Car Mechanic <br />
*[[Asit Sen (actor)|Asit Sen]] as Seth Garib Das <br />
*[[Anjali Kadam]] as Mrs. Parvati Singh <br />
*[[Chandrashekhar]] <br />
*[[Rajan Haksar]] as Bhairon Singh <br />
*[[Murad (actor)|Murad]] as Seth<br />
*[[Bindu (actress)|Bindu]] as Bindiya<br />
*[[Helen (actress)|Helen]] as Cabaret Dancer #1<br />
*[[Faryal]] as Cabaret Dancer #2<br />
*[[Sonia Sahni]] as Cabaret Dancer #3 <br />
*[[Jayshree T.]] as Cabaret Dancer #4<br />
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==Crew==<br />
* Stunt - A. Gani<br />
* Art - D. S. Malvankar<br />
* Choreography - Surya Kumar<br />
* Audiography - Harbans Singh<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cinestaan.com/movies/dharma-14555/cast-crew|title=Dharma Crew|accessdate=2017-09-21|publisher=cinestaan}}</ref><br />
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==Soundtrack==<br />
Lyrics written by [[Verma Malik]] & music by [[Sonik Omi]].<br />
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{|class="wikitable"<br />
! Song !! Singer<br />
|-<br />
| "Na Satra Se Upar, Na Sola Se Kam" <br />
| [[Mohammed Rafi]]<br />
|-<br />
| "Main Teri Gunahgar Hoon, Main Tujhse Sharmsar Hoon" <br />
| '''[[Asha Bhosle]]''', [[Mohammed Rafi]]<br />
|-<br />
| "Raaz Ki Baat Keh Doon To Jaan-E-Mehfil Mein Phir Kya" <br />
| '''[[Asha Bhosle]]''', [[Mohammed Rafi]]<br />
|-<br />
| "Arey Saqi, Jo Kal Ki Hai Bachi Baaten" <br />
| '''[[Asha Bhosle]]''', [[Omi]]<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb title|id=0355374|title=Dharma}}<br />
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[[Category:1973 films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:Films scored by Sonik-Omi]]<br />
[[Category:1970s Hindi-language films]]<br />
[[Category:1973 action films]]<br />
[[Category:Films featuring an item number]]<br />
[[Category:Hindi films remade in other languages]]<br />
[[Category:Indian action films]]<br />
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