Dharam Veer (film)

Dharam Veer
Theatrical publicity poster
Directed byManmohan Desai
Written byKader Khan (dialogues)[1]
Screenplay byK. B. Pathak
Prayag Raj
Story by
  • Jeevanprabha M. Desai
  • Pushpa Sharma
Produced bySubhash Desai
StarringDharmendra
Jeetendra
Zeenat Aman
Neetu Singh
Pran
Jeevan
Ranjeet
CinematographyN. V. Srinivas
Edited byKamlakar Karkhanis
Music byLaxmikant–Pyarelal
Production
company
S. S. Movietone
Distributed byS. S. Movietone
Release date
  • 6 September 1977 (1977-09-06)
Running time
163 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Box officeest. ₹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]

  1. ^ "The Kader Khan interview you must read". Rediff.
  2. ^ "BoxOfficeIndia.Com-The complete hindi film box office site". 22 April 2006. Archived from the original on 22 April 2006. Retrieved 7 November 2023.