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Dharmatma

  • 19751975
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  • 2h 43m
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6.7/10
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Hema Malini and Feroz Khan in Dharmatma (1975)
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Wealthy, powerful and influential Seth Dharamdas leads a financially secure life in a palatial mansion. He is known to come to the aid of all people who are beyond any hope of assistance, an... Read allWealthy, powerful and influential Seth Dharamdas leads a financially secure life in a palatial mansion. He is known to come to the aid of all people who are beyond any hope of assistance, and this leads to him being known as "Dharmatma". But Seth Dharamdas does have a number of s... Read allWealthy, powerful and influential Seth Dharamdas leads a financially secure life in a palatial mansion. He is known to come to the aid of all people who are beyond any hope of assistance, and this leads to him being known as "Dharmatma". But Seth Dharamdas does have a number of skeletons in his closet, and a parallel life as a gangster. The only person Dharamdas hates... Read all
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    • Feroz Khan
    • Kaushal Bharati(dialogue)
  • Stars
    • Premnath Malhotra
    • Feroz Khan
    • Hema Malini
    • Feroz Khan
    • Kaushal Bharati(dialogue)
  • Stars
    • Premnath Malhotra
    • Feroz Khan
    • Hema Malini
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    • 6User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
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    Rekha, Hema Malini, Danny Denzongpa, Farida Jalal, Feroz Khan, Premnath Malhotra, Ranjeet Bedi, and Dara Singh Randhawa in Dharmatma (1975)
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    Premnath Malhotra
    Premnath Malhotra
    • Dharamdas 'Dharmatma'
    • (as Prem Nath)
    Feroz Khan
    Feroz Khan
    • Ranbir
    Hema Malini
    Hema Malini
    • Reshma
    Rekha
    Rekha
    • Anu
    Danny Denzongpa
    Danny Denzongpa
    • Jankura
    • (as Danny)
    Farida Jalal
    Farida Jalal
    • Mona
    Ranjeet Bedi
    Ranjeet Bedi
    • Rishi
    • (as Ranjeet)
    Sudhir
    Sudhir
    • Natwar
    Imtiaz Khan
    Imtiaz Khan
    • Kundan
    • (as Imtiaz)
    Madan Puri
    Madan Puri
    • Ranbir's Uncle
    Jeevan Dhar
    Jeevan Dhar
    • Anokhelal
    • (as Jeevan)
    Satyendra Kapoor
    Satyendra Kapoor
    • Anokhelal's brother
    • (as Satyan Kapoo)
    Helen
    Helen
    • Dancer
    Iftekhar
    Iftekhar
    • Vikram Singh
    Faryal
    Faryal
    • Medical sister
    Sulochana Latkar
    Sulochana Latkar
    • Shanti (Mona's mom)
    • (as Sulochna)
    Seema Kapoor
    • Dancer in club
    Jagdish Raj
    Jagdish Raj
    • Dr. Jagdish
      • Feroz Khan
      • Kaushal Bharati(dialogue) (screenplay) (story)
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    • Trivia
      Feroz Khan first wanted Zeenat Aman for Rekha's role. When he approached her she declined saying she did not want any supporting roles . This angered Feroz. One night when Feroz was high on drinks, he phoned Zeenat and gave her a verbal thrashing A few years later when he wanted her for Qurbani, he had to get a mutual friend to speak to her and convince her to do the film .
    • Alternate versions
      The UK release was cut, the distributor required to remove scene of rams butting each other in orchestrated fight in accordance with the Cinematograph Films (Animals) Act 1937. No uncut classification was available.
    • Connections
      Followed by Dayavan (1988)
    • Soundtracks
      Kya Khoob Lagti Ho
      Performed by Mukesh & Kanchan

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    6/10
    Afghanistan for Sicily
    RGV's Sarkar begins with the director admitting to being deeply influenced by The Godfather like countless directors all over the world. Feroz Khan's Dharmatma marks the beginning of this obsession with Indian film-makers. Given the exalted status of The Godfather with nearly every cinema buff and the fact that adaptations in the Indian milieu have resulted in films like Nayakan and Parinda, I thought Dharmatma was worth a watch. Having watched it, I've to say that despite the patchy feel of the film, there are items of interest here and noteworthy too.

    Foremost among them is the portion of the film that plays out in Afghanistan (a first for Indian cinema). Hema Malini (as an Afghan clanswoman named Reshma !), Danny Denzongpa and Feroz Khan spice up this sequence that is remarkably well shot by any standards (Buzkashi) and lingers long after the viewing. Premnath in the title role is the other interesting aspect of the film. I'd seen him in Bobby but little else. His portrayal here is just as interesting in its angst and justification for the means he adopts as is the employment of matka (an Indian form of gambling). That it isn't expanded upon is more to do with the way the script handles the character.

    Apart from these, the viewing also made me think about the meaning of the word adaptation in the cinematic idiom. When one is besotted with an original, how does one strike a balance between faithful recreation and assuming creative license ? Even more valid is the question - how does one identify the aspects of the original that may not be acceptable to the target audience of the adaptation ? For Feroz Khan in this film shares very little with Michael Corleone and undergoes a transformation so minimal in that his fundamentals are hardly shaken by the turn of events. In an act of complete dilution, he is also spared the moral dilemma of having to plan the demise of his brother-in-law too.
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      • April 30, 1975 (India)
      • India
      • Hindi
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      • Afghanistan
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      • F.K. International
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    • 2 hours 43 minutes
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