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Dharmatma
| Dharmatma | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical poster | |
| Directed by | Feroz Khan |
| Written by | Kaushal Bharti |
| Produced by | Feroz Khan |
| Starring | Feroz Khan Hema Malini Rekha Nazir Hussain Premnath Imtiaz Khan Farida Jalal Ranjeet Danny Denzongpa Madan Puri Iftekhar Dara Singh |
| Cinematography | Kamal Bose |
| Edited by | B.S. Glaad |
| Music by | Kalyanji Anandji |
Release date |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Box office | ₹2.5 crore |
Dharmatma (lit. 'Righteous Soul') is a 1975 Indian Hindi-language thriller film produced and directed by Feroz Khan. The cast includes Khan, Hema Malini, Rekha, Premnath, Imtiaz Khan, Danny Denzongpa, Farida Jalal, Ranjeet, Helen, Madan Puri, Jeevan, Iftekhar, Dara Singh, Satyen Kappu and Sudhir. The music is by Kalyanji Anandji.
It was the first Bollywood film to be shot in Afghanistan and the film also has scenes featuring Buzkashi, a Central Asian sport on horses, including aerial shots, which in turn won the film's cinematographer, Kamal Bose, the Filmfare Award for Best Cinematographer.[1] This film was successful at the box office and took Khan's career to new heights in the same year when classics like Sholay and Deewar released.
Dharmatma's plot is loosely based on The Godfather (1972), the first attempt in India to localise the American film, and the character of Premnath was inspired by the life and times of the then king of Matka gambling, Ratan Khatri.[2][3]
- ^ "Dharmatma (1975)". The Hindu. 17 January 2013. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
- ^ Bhayana, Neha (26 April 2002). "Criminal obsession". Screen. Archived from the original on 9 January 2010. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
- ^ "Episode 241: The Importance of Satya". The Seen and the Unseen. 6 September 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
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