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{{Infobox film
| name = Dharma
| image =
| image_size =
| caption =
| director =[[Kothanda Ramaiah|Keyaar]]
| producer = [[Ibrahim Rowther|A. S. Ibrahim Rowther]] (presenter) A. Abbas Rowther
| writer =Prasannakumar (dialogues)
| screenplay = Keyaar
| story = Robin Henry
| starring = {{ubl|[[Vijayakanth]]|[[Preetha Vijayakumar]]|[[Chippy (actress)|Chippy Renjith]]|[[Jaishankar]]|[[Ranjith (actor)|Ranjith]]|[[Thalaivasal Vijay]]|[[Vinu Chakravarthy]]|[[Mansoor Ali Khan (actor)|Mansoor Ali Khan]]|[[Ponnambalam (actor)|Ponnambalam]]|[[Kazan Khan]]|[[S. S. Rajendran]]}}
| music = [[Ilaiyaraaja]]
| cinematography = Rajarajan
| editing = R. T. Annadurai
| distributor =
| studio = Rowther Films
| released = {{Film date|df=y|1998|07|09}}
| runtime = 160 minutes
| country = India
| language = Tamil
}}

'''''Dharma''''' is a 1998 [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[action film]] directed by [[Kothanda Ramaiah|Keyaar]]. The film features [[Vijayakanth]] and [[Preetha Vijayakumar]]. The film, produced by A. Abbas Rowther, has a musical score by [[Ilaiyaraaja]] and was released on 9 July 1998. It was moderately successful at the box office. The film is a remake of the [[Hindi film]] ''[[Ziddi (1997 film)|Ziddi]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://entertainment.oneindia.in/tamil/movies/dharma.html|title=Dharma|access-date=2013-01-03 |work=OneIndia}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.600024.com/movie/dharma/|title=Dharma (1998) Tamil Movie|access-date=2013-01-03|publisher=en.600024.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120526052926/http://en.600024.com/movie/dharma/|archive-date=26 May 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> It was dubbed in Telugu as ''Vikram Dharma.''<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rixrS3nufq8</ref>

==Plot==

Dharma ([[Vijayakanth]]) lives with his lawyer father ([[Jaishankar]]), mother ([[Vadivukkarasi]]), journalist brother Vijay ([[Thalaivasal Vijay]]), and beloved sister Geetha ([[Chippy (actress)|Shilpa]]). Later, Dharma and Sharmila ([[Preetha Vijayakumar]]) fall in love with each other. Dharma is an angry man who cannot tolerate injustice. One day, his sister is molested by the rowdy Raja, and Dharma kills him in public. Thus, he is sent to jail. In the meantime, his friend Ranjith ([[Ranjith (actor)|Ranjith]]) becomes an [[Assistant Commissioner of Police (India)|ACP]].

Upon his release from jail, Dharma becomes a powerful gangster who punishes the rowdies in his own way and helps the poor. The honest chief minister ([[S. S. Rajendran]]) then gives free hand to arrest all the goons including Dharma. Geetha then marries Ranjith.

The drug smuggler Daas ([[Mansoor Ali Khan (actor)|Mansoor Ali Khan]]), the notorious killer Khan ([[Ponnambalam (actor)|Ponnambalam]]), and the land grabber Amarnath ([[Kazan Khan]]) work under a corrupted politician Chakravarthy ([[Vinu Chakravarthy]]). They decide to kill the current Chief Minister, but Vijay has listened to their plan and immediately informs Ranjith. Surprisingly, Ranjith kills Vijay from behind. In fact, Ranjith is Raja's brother (the man who was killed by Dharma) and wants to take revenge on Dharma.

Later, the Chief Minister is severely injured by the rowdies, but Dharma saves him and hides him in a secured place. Meanwhile, Geetha finds out that Vijay was killed by Ranjith, and Ranjith also kills her.

The police department seeks Dharma for kidnapping the Chief Minister. What transpires later forms the crux of the story.

==Cast==
{{colbegin}}
*[[Vijayakanth]] as Dharma
*[[Preetha Vijayakumar]] as Sharmila
*[[Chippy (actress)|Shilpa]] as Geetha
*[[Jaishankar]] as Dharma's father
*[[Ranjith (actor)|Ranjith]] as Ranjith
*[[S. S. Rajendran]] as the Chief Minister
*[[Thalaivasal Vijay]] as Vijay
*[[Vinu Chakravarthy]] as Chakravarthy
*[[Mansoor Ali Khan (actor)|Mansoor Ali Khan]] as Daas
*[[Ponnambalam (actor)|Ponnambalam]] as Khan
*[[Kazan Khan]] as Amarnath
*[[Manorama (Tamil actress)|Manorama]] as Sharmila's grandmother
*[[Vadivukkarasi]] as Dharma's mother
*[[Ashwini (actress)|Ashwini]]
*[[LIC Narasimhan]]
*[[Singamuthu]]
*Rajasekhar
*Master Aravind
*Baby Aarthi
{{colend}}

==Production==
Since climax of original Hindi film took 90 days to shoot, KR decided to add the bomb blast scenes from Hindi film ''[[Ziddi (1997 film)|Ziddi]]'' in the Tamil version replacing Sunny Deol with Vijayakanth thereby shooting the climax in 3 days.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cinema.maalaimalar.com/2013/08/26231130/keyar-cinema-history.html |title=விஜயகாந்த் நடித்த 'தர்மா' 90 நாட்களில் எடுக்க வேண்டிய 'கிளைமாக்ஸ்' 3 நாட்களில் எடுத்து முடித்து சாதனை |trans-title=Climax of Vijayakanth starrer 'Dharma' initially planned to shoot in 90 days but completed in 3 days |work=Maalaimalar |access-date=2013-10-31 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131216140425/http://cinema.maalaimalar.com/2013/08/26231130/keyar-cinema-history.html |archive-date=16 December 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

==Soundtrack==

{{Infobox album
| name = Dharma
| type = [[soundtrack]]
| artist = [[Ilaiyaraaja]]
| cover =
| alt =
| released = 1998
| recorded = 1998
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Film soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]]
| length = 28:41
| label =
| producer = Ilaiyaraaja
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
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}}

The film score and the soundtrack were composed by [[film composer]] [[Ilaiyaraaja]]. The soundtrack, released in 1998, features 8 tracks with lyrics written by [[Pulamaipithan]] and Vasan. The soundtrack was well received.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.raaga.com/channels/tamil/album/T0000951.html|title=Dharma Songs|access-date=2013-01-03|publisher=raaga.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hummaa.com/music/album/dharma/26553|title=Dharma : Tamil Movie|access-date=2013-01-03|publisher=hummaa.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thiraipaadal.com/album.php?ALBID=ALBIRR00112|title=Dharma — Illayaraja|access-date=2013-01-03|publisher=thiraipaadal.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indolink.com/tamil/cinema/Music/Reviews/98/dharma.htm|title=Music Review of Dharma|access-date=2013-01-03|publisher=indolink.com}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! Track !! Song !! Singer(s) !! Duration
|-
|1 || "Dharmangal" || [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]] || 5:00
|-
|2 || "Iru Kanngal" (Happy) || [[Ilaiyaraaja]] || 1:09
|-
|3 || "Iru Kanngal" (Sad) || Ilaiyaraaja || 1:06
|-
|4 || "Iru Kanngal" (Happy) || S. P. Balasubrahmanyam || 5:04
|-
|5 || "Iru Kanngal" (Sad) || S. P. Balasubrahmanyam || 5:00
|-
|6 || "Manakkum" || S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, [[Sujatha Mohan]] || 5:01
|-
|7 || "Sembaruthi" || S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, [[Swarnalatha]] || 5:02
|-
|8 || "Thinam" || S. P. Balasubrahmanyam || 1:19
|}

==References==

{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0276065|Dharma}}
{{Kothanda Ramaiah}}

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[[Category:1990s Tamil-language films]]
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