| Dhool Ka Phool | |
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| Directed by | Yash Chopra |
| Written by | Mukhram Sharma |
| Produced by | B. R. Chopra |
| Starring | Rajendra Kumar Mala Sinha Nanda Ashok Kumar |
| Cinematography | Dharam Chopra |
| Edited by | Pran Mehra |
| Music by | N. Dutta Sahir Ludhianvi (lyrics) |
| Distributed by | B. R. Films |
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Running time | 153 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Dhool Ka Phool (transl. Flower of Dust) is a 1959 Indian Hindi-language film produced by B. R. Chopra and directed by B. R.'s brother Yash Chopra, being his first movie as a director, having been an assistant director in B. R.'s earlier film Naya Daur. The film stars Rajendra Kumar, Mala Sinha, Ashok Kumar and Nanda in lead roles along with Leela Chitnis, Jeevan and Manmohan Krishna. The story revolves around a Muslim man bringing up an "illegitimate" Hindu child and featured the classic song Too Hindu Banega Na Musalman Banega, Insaan Ki Aulaad Hai, Insaan Banega on Manmohan Krishna, who also won the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Abdul Rasheed. Besides that, Sinha received a nomination for Best Actress and Mukhram Sharma for Best Story.[citation needed] The film was remade in Telugu as Jeevana Teeralu (1977).
In the next film, Dharmputra (1961), about Hindu fundamentalism, Chopra reversed the theme, as therein a Hindu family brings up an illegitimate Muslim child.[1]
- ^ "Nehru's vision shaped many Bollywood golden oldies". The Times of India. 16 November 2009. Archived from the original on 13 May 2013.