Dharam Veer | |
---|---|
Directed by | Manmohan Desai |
Written by | Kader Khan (dialogues)[1] |
Screenplay by | K. B. Pathak Prayag Raj |
Story by |
|
Produced by | Subhash Desai |
Starring | Dharmendra Jeetendra Zeenat Aman Neetu Singh Pran Jeevan Ranjeet |
Cinematography | N. V. Srinivas |
Edited by | Kamlakar Karkhanis |
Music by | Laxmikant–Pyarelal |
Production company | S. S. Movietone |
Distributed by | S. S. Movietone |
Release date |
|
Running time | 163 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
Box office | est. ₹130.4 million (India/UK) 32 million tickets (USSR) |
Dharam-Veer is a 1977 Hindi-language period action-drama film, directed by Manmohan Desai, produced by Subhas Desai under the Mehboob Studios and R.K. Studios banner, starring Dharmendra, Jeetendra, Zeenat Aman, Neetu Singh and Pran.
Its music was composed by Laxmikant–Pyarelal. Dharmendra's younger son Bobby Deol appears briefly playing the childhood version of his father's character.
Dharam-Veer takes place in a mythical kingdom and tells the tale of twin brothers Dharam and Veer played by Dharamendra and Jeetendra respectively, who get separated at birth but still become best friends in childhood, not knowing that they were real brothers, and later turn against each other due to various conspiracies of the villains and in the end reunite. The film became the second highest-grossing film of 1977.[2]