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| director      = [[O. P. Ralhan]]
| director      = [[O. P. Ralhan]]
| producer      = O. P. Ralhan
| producer      = [[O. P. Ralhan]]| writer        = Ahsan Rizvi (dialogues)<ref name="credits" />
| writer        = Ahsan Rizvi (dialogues)<ref name="credits" />
| screenplay    = [[O. P. Ralhan]]<ref name="credits" />
| screenplay    = O. P. Ralhan<ref name="credits" />
| story          = [[Akhtar ul Iman]]<ref name="credits" /> <br /> [[O. P. Ralhan]]<ref name="credits" />
| story          = [[Akhtar ul Iman]]<ref name="credits" /> <br /> O. P. Ralhan<ref name="credits" />
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| starring      = [[Meena Kumari]]<br /> [[Dharmendra]]<br />[[Shashikala]]<br />[[O. P. Ralhan]]
| starring      = [[Meena Kumari]]<br /> [[Dharmendra]]<br />[[Shashikala]]<br />[[O. P. Ralhan]]
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| released      = {{Film date|1966|8|14}}
| released      = {{Film date|1966|8|14}}
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| country        = [[India]]
| country        = India
| language      = Hindi
| language      = Hindi
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| gross          = {{estimation}} {{INR|{{#expr:7.5+9.67 round 0}} [[crore]]}}{{efn|''Phool Aur Patthar'' box office:
| gross          = 7.5 Crore <ref>[
*India: {{INR|7.5 crore}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=172&catName=MTk2Ng==|title=Box Office 1966|website=[[Box Office India]]|date=14 October 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014102652/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=172&catName=MTk2Ng==|archivedate=14 October 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
https://web.archive.org/web/20100102012409/http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=172&catName=MTk2Ng== website]
*Soviet Union: 11.6 million [[Soviet ruble|SUR]]{{efn|46.4 million Soviet tickets sold,<ref name="soviet">{{cite web|url=http://kinanet.livejournal.com/1469857.html|title=Зарубежные популярные фильмы в советском кинопрокате (Индия)|author=Sergey Kudryavtsev|author-link=Sergey Kudryavtsev (film critic)|date=3 August 2008}}</ref> average ticket price of 25 [[Soviet ruble|kopecks]]<ref name="moscow7">[https://is.muni.cz/el/1421/podzim2015/FAV291/um/Roth-Ey-Moscow_Prime_Time.pdf#page=7 ''Moscow Prime Time: How the Soviet Union Built the Media Empire that Lost the Cultural Cold War'', page 48], [[Cornell University Press]], 2011</ref>}} (US$12.89 million,{{efn|0.9 [[Soviet ruble]]s per US dollar from 1961 to 1971<ref name="russia">{{cite web|title=Archive|url=http://cbr.ru/currency_base/OldDataFiles/USD.xls|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091229074625/http://cbr.ru/currency_base/OldDataFiles/USD.xls|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 December 2009|website=[[Central Bank of Russia]]|accessdate=29 December 2009}}</ref>}} {{INR}}9.67 crore){{efn|7.5 Indian rupees per US dollar from 1967 to 1970<ref name="sauder">{{cite web|title=Pacific Exchange Rate Service|url=http://fx.sauder.ubc.ca/etc/USDpages.pdf#page=3|website=[[UBC Sauder School of Business]]|publisher=[[University of British Columbia]]|page=3|accessdate=8 February 2019}}</ref>}}<ref name="soviet" />}}
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'''''Phool Aur Patthar''''' ({{trans|Flower and Rock}}) is a [[1966 in film|1966]] [[Cinema of India|Indian film]], directed and produced by [[O. P. Ralhan]] and written by Ralhan with [[Akhtar ul Iman]] and Ahsan Rizvi.<ref name="credits">{{Cite AV media|title=Phool Aur Pathar|year=1966|location=2:50}}</ref> The film made [[Dharmendra]] a star in [[Bollywood]]. It starred [[Meena Kumari]] along with Dharmendra, who played a villainous character (or ''Patthar'', literally a Stone) whose inner good being (or ''Phool'', literally a Flower) is drawn out by Meena Kumari. The movie also starred [[Shashikala]], [[Lalita Pawar]], [[Madan Puri]] and [[Iftekhar]].
This was the movie which went on to become a golden jubilee hit catapulting Dharmendra to stardom. The movie was the highest grossing for the year 1966.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=172&catName=MTk2Ng== |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2013-10-14 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014102652/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=172&catName=MTk2Ng== |archivedate=14 October 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> Due to his rugged physique, he was also acknowledged as the ''He-man'' of the Indian film Industry. In fact, a scene in the movie where he takes off his shirt to cover the ailing Meena Kumari was one of the highlights of the movie. His performance in the movie ensured him a nomination in the Best Actor category in the Filmfare awards for that year. However, it was won by [[Dev Anand]] for his performance in ''[[Guide (film)|Guide]]''. He made his presence strongly felt despite the fact that he did not lip sync for any songs in the film. In the 1960s, it was very unusual for the leading man not to sing any songs in a movie.
The film was also instrumental in making Dharmendra-Meena Kumari a popular couple and they went on to act in more movies such as ''[[Chandan Ka Palna]]'', ''[[Majhli Didi]]'' and ''[[Baharon Ki Manzil (1968 film)|Baharon Ki Manzil]]'' after this.


Before shooting for the film, O. P. Ralhan had wanted [[Sunil Dutt]] to don the leading role, but it did not work out.
'''''Phool Aur Patthar''''' ({{translation| ''The Flower and The Rock''}}) is a 1966 Indian [[Hindi-language]] [[romantic drama film]] directed and produced by [[O. P. Ralhan]], and written by [[Akhtar ul Iman]] and Ahsan Rizvi.<ref name="credits">{{Cite AV media|title=Phool Aur Pathar|year=1966|location=2:50}}</ref> It stars [[Meena Kumari]] and [[Dharmendra]] in lead roles. [[Shashikala]], [[Lalita Pawar]], [[Madan Puri]], and [[Iftekhar]] played the supporting roles.


During shooting, at one point of time, Dharmendra had a show-down with the film's director [[O. P. Ralhan]], since he felt that the director had an arrogant attitude and he contemplated quitting the film mid-way. However, sense prevailed and he resumed shooting.
The film was a blockbuster and one of the highest-grossing film of 1966. It was also a turning point for Dharmendra's career. After [[Raj Kapoor]], Dharamendra became the second Indian actor to become hugely popular in Soviet Union countries and Warsaw Countries after the film's success.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=172&catName=MTk2Ng== |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2013-10-14 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014102652/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=172&catName=MTk2Ng== |archivedate=14 October 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> Dharmendra and Meena Kumari's on-screen chemistry garnered immense popularity. Later, they worked together in other films such as ''[[Chandan Ka Palna]]'', ''[[Majhli Didi]]'', and ''[[Baharon Ki Manzil (1968 film)|Baharon Ki Manzil]]''.<ref name=kem/>


The film was remade in Tamil as ''[[Oli Vilakku]]'', with [[M. G. Ramachandran]], in Telugu as ''[[Nindu Manasulu]]'' with N. T. Ramarao and in Malayalam as ''[[Puthiya Velicham]]'', with [[Jayan]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/puthiya-velicham-1979/article6996857.ece|title=Puthiya Velicham: 1979|first=B.|last=Vijayakumar|date=16 March 2015|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cinejosh.com/news/3/45724/is-ntr-the-king-of-remakes.html|title=Is NTR, The King of Remakes?|website=Cine Josh}}</ref>
The film was remade in [[Tamil cinema|Tamil]] as ''[[Oli Vilakku]]'' with [[M. G. Ramachandran]], in [[Telugu cinema|Telugu]] as ''[[Nindu Manasulu]]'' with N. T. Ramarao, and in [[Malayalam cinema|Malayalam]] as ''[[Puthiya Velicham]]'' with [[Jayan]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/puthiya-velicham-1979/article6996857.ece|title=Puthiya Velicham: 1979|first=B.|last=Vijayakumar|newspaper=The Hindu |date=16 March 2015|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cinejosh.com/news/3/45724/is-ntr-the-king-of-remakes.html|title=Is NTR, The King of Remakes?|website=Cine Josh|date=12 March 2016 }}</ref>


==Plot==
==Plot==
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* [[Lalita Pawar]] as Mrs. Jeevan Ram
* [[Lalita Pawar]] as Mrs. Jeevan Ram
* [[Sunder (actor)|Sunder]] as Dr. Alopinath - Vaidraj
* [[Sunder (actor)|Sunder]] as Dr. Alopinath - Vaidraj
* [[Jeevan (actor)|Jeevan]] as Jeevan Ram
* [[Jeevan (Hindi actor)|Jeevan]] as Jeevan Ram
* [[Ram Mohan]] as Kalicharan (as Rammohan)
* [[Ram Mohan]] as Kalicharan (as Rammohan)
* [[Manmohan Krishna]] as Police Inspector
* [[Manmohan Krishna]] as Police Inspector
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* [[Iftekhar]] as Babu (as Iftikhar)
* [[Iftekhar]] as Babu (as Iftikhar)
* [[D.K. Sapru]] as Judge (as Sapru)
* [[D.K. Sapru]] as Judge (as Sapru)
* Braham Bharadwaj as Public Prosecutor (as Braham Bharadwaj)
* Paul Sharma as Paul
* Johnny Whisky
* Mauji Singh as in the crowd Sikh man (uncredited )
* Shyam Ralhan (uncredited ) real brother of O.P Ralhan
* [[Braham Bhardwaj]] as Public Prosecutor (as Braham Bharadwaj)
* [[Jayshree T.]] at Jewellery shop (uncredited)
* [[Baby Farida]] as Jumni
* [[Baby Farida]] as Jumni
* Master Aziz as Bablu
* Master Aziz as Bablu
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* [[O. P. Ralhan]] as Sadakram
* [[O. P. Ralhan]] as Sadakram
* [[Indira Billi]] as
* [[Indira Billi]] as
* Bhariron as Daboo (the dog)


==Soundtrack==
==Soundtrack==
{{Infobox album
| name        = Phool Aur Patthar
| type        = soundtrack
| artist      = [[Ravi (composer)|Ravi]]
| cover        =
| released    = 1966
| genre        = [[Film soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]]
| language    = [[Hindi]]
| label        = [[Angel Records]]
}}
The soundtrack was composed by [[Ravi (music director)|Ravi]] and lyrics by [[Shakeel Badayuni]].
The soundtrack was composed by [[Ravi (music director)|Ravi]] and lyrics by [[Shakeel Badayuni]].


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==Production==
[[Sunil Dutt]] was initially offered Dharmendra's role but declined it due to concerns about the slightly scandalous nature of the story. He felt that the character did not align with his on-screen image and was uncertain about the film’s box-office prospects.<ref name=kem>{{cite web |title=Did you know Dharmendra was not the first choice for the 1966 hit film Phool Aur Patthar? |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/did-you-know-dharmendra-was-not-the-first-choice-for-the-1966-hit-film-phool-aur-patthar/articleshow/104212494.cms
|website=The Times of India |date=7 October 2023 |access-date=11 October 2025}}</ref>
==Box office==
''Phool Aur Patthar'' estimated worldwide box office – {{INR|{{#expr:75+96.7}} million}} ({{US$|{{#expr:11.79+12.89}} million|long=no}}) – {{nowrap|{{#expr:45+46.4}} million}} ticket sales
*India (1966) – {{INR|75 million}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=172&catName=MTk2Ng==|title=Box Office 1966|website=[[Box Office India]]|date=14 October 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014102652/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=172&catName=MTk2Ng==|archivedate=14 October 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref> ({{US$|{{To USD|75|IND|year=1966}} million|long=no}}) – {{nowrap|45 million}} ticket sales{{Efn|See {{Section link|List of highest-grossing films in India|Highest-grossing films by year}}|name=DomesticFootfalls}}
*Soviet Union (1970) – 11.6 million&nbsp;[[Soviet rouble|Rbls]]{{efn|46.4 million Soviet tickets sold,<ref name="soviet">{{cite web|url=http://kinanet.livejournal.com/1469857.html|title=Зарубежные популярные фильмы в советском кинопрокате (Индия)|author=Sergey Kudryavtsev|author-link=Sergey Kudryavtsev (film critic)|date=3 August 2008}}</ref> average ticket price of 25 [[kopeck]]s<ref name="moscow7">[https://is.muni.cz/el/1421/podzim2015/FAV291/um/Roth-Ey-Moscow_Prime_Time.pdf#page=7 ''Moscow Prime Time: How the Soviet Union Built the Media Empire that Lost the Cultural Cold War'', page 48], [[Cornell University Press]], 2011</ref>}} ({{US$|12.89 million|long=no}},{{efn|0.9 [[Soviet rouble|Rbl]] per US dollar from 1961 to 1971<ref name="russia">{{cite web|title=Archive|url=http://cbr.ru/currency_base/OldDataFiles/USD.xls|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091229074625/http://cbr.ru/currency_base/OldDataFiles/USD.xls|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 December 2009|website=[[Central Bank of Russia]]|accessdate=29 December 2009}}</ref>}} {{INR|96.7 million}}){{efn|7.5 Indian rupees per US dollar from 1967 to 1970<ref name="sauder">{{cite web|title=Pacific Exchange Rate Service|url=http://fx.sauder.ubc.ca/etc/USDpages.pdf#page=3|website=[[UBC Sauder School of Business]]|publisher=[[University of British Columbia]]|page=3|accessdate=8 February 2019}}</ref>}}
<ref name="soviet" /> – 46.4 million ticket sales<ref name="soviet"/>
The film also collected 3.4 Crore INR during the re-runs in the mid 1970s in India boosting the box office collections to further 21 Crore INR worldwide.


==Awards==
==Awards==
;[[Filmfare Awards]]
;[[14th Filmfare Awards]]
* Best Art Director - Color - [[Shanti Dass]] (Won)
* Best Art Director - Color - Shanti Dass (Won)
* Best Editor - [[Vasant Borkar]] (Won)
* Best Editor - Vasant Borkar (Won)
* Best Actor - [[Dharmendra]] (Nominated)
* Best Actor - [[Dharmendra]] (Nominated)
* Best Actress - Meena Kumari (Nominated)
* Best Actress - Meena Kumari (Nominated)
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== External links ==
== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|0139525}}
* {{IMDb title|0139525}}
* [https://youtube.com/watch?v=7GCr3Qr0tDE Phool Aur Patthar] on YouTube


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Phool Aur Patthar
File:फूल और पत्थर पोस्टर.jpg
Poster
Directed byO. P. Ralhan
Produced byO. P. Ralhan
Written byAhsan Rizvi (dialogues)[1]
Screenplay byO. P. Ralhan[1]
Story byAkhtar ul Iman[1]
O. P. Ralhan[1]
StarringMeena Kumari
Dharmendra
Shashikala
O. P. Ralhan
Music byRavi
CinematographyNariman Irani
Edited byVasant Borkar
Release date
  • August 14, 1966 (1966-08-14)
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Box office7.5 Crore [2]

Phool Aur Patthar (transl.  The Flower and The Rock) is a 1966 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film directed and produced by O. P. Ralhan, and written by Akhtar ul Iman and Ahsan Rizvi.[1] It stars Meena Kumari and Dharmendra in lead roles. Shashikala, Lalita Pawar, Madan Puri, and Iftekhar played the supporting roles.

The film was a blockbuster and one of the highest-grossing film of 1966. It was also a turning point for Dharmendra's career. After Raj Kapoor, Dharamendra became the second Indian actor to become hugely popular in Soviet Union countries and Warsaw Countries after the film's success.[3] Dharmendra and Meena Kumari's on-screen chemistry garnered immense popularity. Later, they worked together in other films such as Chandan Ka Palna, Majhli Didi, and Baharon Ki Manzil.[4]

The film was remade in Tamil as Oli Vilakku with M. G. Ramachandran, in Telugu as Nindu Manasulu with N. T. Ramarao, and in Malayalam as Puthiya Velicham with Jayan.[5][6]

Plot[edit | edit source]

Circumstances have made Shaka a career criminal. When plague empties a town of its inhabitants, he takes the opportunity to burgle a house. He finds nothing except Shanti, a widowed daughter-in-law who has been left to die by her cruel relatives. Shaka nurses her back to health. When her relatives return, they are not pleased to find her alive and even less pleased to discover that someone has tried to rob them. Shanti gets the blame and a beating. Shaka saves her from worse, at the hands of brother-in-law, and the pair flee. They set up home in Shaka's house, much to the displeasure of the respectable neighbours, who are all too ready to think the worst. Shanti's relatives are dismayed when a lawyer arrives to announce that Shanti has been left a legacy. They hatch a plot to get her back. Meanwhile, Shaka's rehabilitation is proceeding - much to the chagrin of his former criminal associates. Fire and redemption for some, death and handcuffs for others is what fate has in store.

Cast[edit | edit source]

Soundtrack[edit | edit source]

Phool Aur Patthar
Soundtrack album by
Ravi
Released1966
GenreFeature film soundtrack
LanguageHindi
LabelAngel Records

The soundtrack was composed by Ravi and lyrics by Shakeel Badayuni.

Song Singer(s) Notes
"Sheeshe Se Pee Ya" Asha Bhosle Picturized on
Shashikala
"Sun Le Pukar" Asha Bhosle
"Zindagi Mein Pyar Karna" Asha Bhosle Picturized on
Shashikala
"Mere Dil Ke Andar" Mohammad Rafi This song is a qawwali.
"Layi Hai Hazaron Rang" Asha Bhosle Laxmi Chhaya
one of the dancers featured in this song.
"Tum Kaun? Mamul" Mohammad Rafi

Production[edit | edit source]

Sunil Dutt was initially offered Dharmendra's role but declined it due to concerns about the slightly scandalous nature of the story. He felt that the character did not align with his on-screen image and was uncertain about the film’s box-office prospects.[4]

Box office[edit | edit source]

Phool Aur Patthar estimated worldwide box office – ₹171.7 million ($24.68 million) – 91.4 million ticket sales 

[8] – 46.4 million ticket sales[8]

The film also collected 3.4 Crore INR during the re-runs in the mid 1970s in India boosting the box office collections to further 21 Crore INR worldwide.

Awards[edit | edit source]

14th Filmfare Awards
  • Best Art Director - Color - Shanti Dass (Won)
  • Best Editor - Vasant Borkar (Won)
  • Best Actor - Dharmendra (Nominated)
  • Best Actress - Meena Kumari (Nominated)
  • Best Supporting Actress - Shashikala (Nominated)

Notes[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ See List of highest-grossing films in India § Highest-grossing films by year
  2. ↑ 46.4 million Soviet tickets sold,[8] average ticket price of 25 kopecks[9]
  3. ↑ 0.9 Rbl per US dollar from 1961 to 1971[10]
  4. ↑ 7.5 Indian rupees per US dollar from 1967 to 1970[11]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Phool Aur Pathar. 2:50. 1966.{{cite AV media}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
  2. ↑ [ https://web.archive.org/web/20100102012409/http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=172&catName=MTk2Ng== website]
  3. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Did you know Dharmendra was not the first choice for the 1966 hit film Phool Aur Patthar?". The Times of India. 7 October 2023. Retrieved 11 October 2025.
  5. ↑ Vijayakumar, B. (16 March 2015). "Puthiya Velicham: 1979". The Hindu – via www.thehindu.com.
  6. ↑ "Is NTR, The King of Remakes?". Cine Josh. 12 March 2016.
  7. ↑ "Box Office 1966". Box Office India. 14 October 2013. Archived from the original on 14 October 2013.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Sergey Kudryavtsev (3 August 2008). "Зарубежные популярные фильмы в советском кинопрокате (Индия)".
  9. ↑ Moscow Prime Time: How the Soviet Union Built the Media Empire that Lost the Cultural Cold War, page 48, Cornell University Press, 2011
  10. ↑ "Archive". Central Bank of Russia. Archived from the original on 29 December 2009. Retrieved 29 December 2009.
  11. ↑ "Pacific Exchange Rate Service" (PDF). UBC Sauder School of Business. University of British Columbia. p. 3. Retrieved 8 February 2019.

External links[edit | edit source]

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