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Dharam Karam
Dharam Karam
Soundtrack album by R. D. Burman
Released	1975
Recorded	1975
Genre	Soundtrack
Length	38:47
Label	Saregama
Producer	R. D. Burman
R. D. Burman chronology

Dharam Karam
Dharam Karam
	Theatrical Poster
Directed by	Randhir Kapoor
Written by	Prayag Raj
Produced by	Raj Kapoor
Starring	Raj Kapoor; Randhir Kapoor; Rekha; Dara Singh; Jagdish Raj
Cinematography	Taru Dutt
Edited by	Shankar Hurde
Music by	Rahul Dev Burman
Distributed by	R.K. Films Ltd.; Yash Raj Films
Release date	December 1, 1975;
Running time	159 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi

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Dharam Karam is a 1975 Hindi drama film produced by Raj Kapoor and directed by Randhir Kapoor, who also stars as father and son in the film, respectively. The film also stars Rekha, Premnath and Dara Singh. The music is by R.D. Burman and the lyrics by Majrooh Sultanpuri, who received a Filmfare nomination as Best Lyricist for the hit song "Ek Din Bik Jayega." The song is played 4 times during the film, with playback singing by Kishore Kumar, Mukesh and Sushma Shrestha. Of the three of them, only Mukesh received a Filmfare nomination as Best Male Playback Singer for the song.^[1] According to one source, the film performed "Below Average" at the box office.^[2]

Plot

Shankar is a hoodlum who lives in a shanty hut with his pregnant wife Kanta, and makes a living as a criminal. He prays to Lord Shiva that if he is blessed with a male child, he will ensure that the child does not take to his path but instead grow up to be a decent and honest human being. His wife does give birth to a baby boy named Ranjit. Meanwhile, Shankar loots the ill-gotten gains of another hoodlum named JK. A furious JK hunts down Shankar in an attempt to abduct his son, but Shankar takes his child and switches him with one belonging to renowned stage artist, Ashok Kumar. However, Kanta passes away. Shankar vows to make Ashok's son Dharam an exact criminal like him. He gets into a scuffle with a man, kills him and gets arrested. He is tried in Court and sentenced to 14 years in jail. Dharam is left in the care of a wrestler, Bhim Singh, and a midwife, Ganga. Dharam is taught to be a hoodlum but wants to become a singer under the tutelage of Ashok, while Ranjit has taken to alcohol, gambling and a life of crime under JK himself. After his release, Shankar finds to his horror that his plan has worked in the opposite way. Angered at Dharam, he beats him up and asks him to be a hoodlum like himself. He also beats up Ranjit and asks him to obey Ashok and follow in his footsteps. However, Ashok finds out about Ranjit's crimes. JK and Ranjit hold Shankar hostage and order Dharam to kill Ashok. Dharam is unable to do so. A fight ensues, wherein Ranjit kills JK on learning Shankar is his real father. Shankar initially tries to save his son and frame Dharam for the murder. However, he admits the entire truth when Ashok becomes mortally wounded while trying to save him from Ranjit's gunshot. In the end, Shankar happily watches as Ashok, Dharam and his girlfriend Basanti successfully perform a stage show, while Ranjit is tried for his crimes.

Cast

Raj Kapoor as Ashok Kumar/ Bonga Sahab
Raj Rani as Kanta
Randhir Kapoor as Dharam
Rekha as Basanti
Prem Nath as Shankar Dada
Dara Singh as Bhim Singh
Pinchoo Kapoor as JK
Narendra Nath as Ranjit
Urmila Bhatt as Ganga
Alka as Neena
Master Satyajeet as Young Dharam
Baby Pinky as Young Basanti
Master Sailesh as Young Ranjit

Music

Music was Composed by R. D. Burman and released by Saregama.^[3]

All tracks are written by Majrooh Sultanpuri

Track-List
No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Baat Thi Yaar Ek Bair Ki"	Kishore Kumar	4:37
2.	"Ek Din Bik Jayega Mati Ke Mol" (Happy)	Mukesh	5:39
3.	"Tu Kahan Gayee Thi"	Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar	5:06
4.	"Tere Humsafar Geet Hain Tere"	Kishore Kumar, Mukesh, Asha Bhosle	9:30
5.	"Na Ho Bas Mein Tere"	Kishore Kumar, Mukesh, Poornima	3:10
6.	"Nachan Nahin Aawat"	Lata Mangeshkar	4:17
7.	"Mukh Pe Jo Chhidka Pani"	Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar	4:50
8.	"Ek Din Bik Jayega Mati Ke Mol" (Sad)	Mukesh, Poornima	1:38
Total length:			38:47

References

^ "1st Filmfare Awards 1953" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 June 2009. Retrieved 27 July 2010.
^ "Boxofficeindia.com". Boxofficeindia.com. Archived from the original on 20 October 2013. Retrieved 2012-02-13.
^ "Dharam Karam - All Songs - Download or Listen Free - Saavn". 31 December 1975. Retrieved 13 November 2018.

External links

Dharam Karam at IMDb

[1] "1st Filmfare Awards 1953" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 June 2009. Retrieved 27 July 2010.

[2] "Boxofficeindia.com". Boxofficeindia.com. Archived from the original on 20 October 2013. Retrieved 2012-02-13.

[3] "Dharam Karam - All Songs - Download or Listen Free - Saavn". 31 December 1975. Retrieved 13 November 2018.

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 == Plot ==
-Shankar is a [[hoodlum]] who lives in a shanty hut with his pregnant wife, Kanta, and makes a living as a career criminal. He prays to Lord Shiv that if he is blessed with a male child, he will ensure that the child does not take to his path, but instead grows up to a decent and honest human being. His wife does give birth to a baby boy, and Shankar loots the ill-gotten gains of another hoodlum named J.K. A furious J.K. hunts down Shankar in an attempt to abduct his son, but Shankar takes his child and switches him with one belonging to renowned stage artist, Ashok Kumar. Shankar gets into a scuffle with J.K. and his men, killing one of them, getting arrested, tried in Court, and being sentenced to 14 years in jail. Kanta passes away, while Dharam is left in the care of a wrestler, Bhim Singh, and a midwife, Ganga. Dharam is taught to be a hoodlum but wants to focus on becoming a singer, while Ranjit has taken to alcohol, gambling, and a life of crime under J.K. himself. After his discharge, Shankar finds to his delight out that Ashok has brought up Ranjit and both are stage actors. Then his world descends into chaos when he finds out that Ranjit is Dharam, while his very son, Ranjit has taken to a life of crime. Angered at Dharam, he beats him up and asks him to be a hoodlum like himself, he also beats up Ranjit and asks him to obey Ashok and follow in his footsteps. Watch as things spiral out of control when a vengeful J.K. abducts Shankar and holds him hostage - the ransom - the dead body of Ashok - at all costs - and the person has chosen to carry out this task is none other than Dharam!!
+Shankar is a hoodlum who lives in a shanty hut with his pregnant wife Kanta, and makes a living as a criminal. He prays to Lord Shiva that if he is blessed with a male child, he will ensure that the child does not take to his path but instead grow up to be a decent and honest human being. His wife does give birth to a baby boy named Ranjit. Meanwhile, Shankar loots the ill-gotten gains of another hoodlum named JK. A furious JK hunts down Shankar in an attempt to abduct his son, but Shankar takes his child and switches him with one belonging to renowned stage artist, Ashok Kumar. However, Kanta passes away. Shankar vows to make Ashok's son Dharam an exact criminal like him. He gets into a scuffle with a man, kills him and gets arrested. He is tried in Court and sentenced to 14 years in jail. Dharam is left in the care of a wrestler, Bhim Singh, and a midwife, Ganga. Dharam is taught to be a hoodlum but wants to become a singer under the tutelage of Ashok, while Ranjit has taken to alcohol, gambling and a life of crime under JK himself. After his release, Shankar finds to his horror that his plan has worked in the opposite way. Angered at Dharam, he beats him up and asks him to be a hoodlum like himself. He also beats up Ranjit and asks him to obey Ashok and follow in his footsteps. However, Ashok finds out about Ranjit's crimes. JK and Ranjit hold Shankar hostage and order Dharam to kill Ashok. Dharam is unable to do so. A fight ensues, wherein Ranjit kills JK on learning Shankar is his real father. Shankar initially tries to save his son and frame Dharam for the murder. However, he admits the entire truth when Ashok becomes mortally wounded while trying to save him from Ranjit's gunshot. In the end, Shankar happily watches as Ashok, Dharam and his girlfriend Basanti successfully perform a stage show, while Ranjit is tried for his crimes.
 == Cast ==
-*[[Raj Kapoor]] as Ashok 'Bonga Babu' Kumar
+*[[Raj Kapoor]] as Ashok Kumar/ Bonga Sahab
 *Raj Rani as Kanta
 *[[Randhir Kapoor]] as Dharam
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 *[[Prem Nath]] as Shankar Dada
 *[[Dara Singh]] as Bhim Singh
-*[[Pinchoo Kapoor]] as J.K.
+*[[Pinchoo Kapoor]] as JK
-*[[Narendra Nath]] as Ranjit A. Kumar
+*[[Narendra Nath]] as Ranjit
 *[[Urmila Bhatt]] as Ganga
 *Alka<!-- https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1154567/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t9 --> as Neena
 *[[Satyajeet Puri|Master Satyajeet]] as Young Dharam
 *Baby Pinky as Young Basanti
-*Master Sailesh as Young Ranjit A. Kumar
+*Master Sailesh as Young Ranjit
 ==Music==

v t e Raj Kapoor
Filmography Bibliography Accolades R. K. Films
Directions	Aag (1948) Barsaat (1949) Awaara (1951) Shree 420 (1955) Sangam (1964) Mera Naam Joker (1970) Bobby (1973) Satyam Shivam Sundaram (1978) Prem Rog (1982) Ram Teri Ganga Maili (1985) Henna (1991)
Produced only	Aah (film) (1953) Boot Polish (film) (1954) Jagte Raho (1956) Ab Dilli Dur Nahin (1957) Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai (1960) Dharam Karam (1975) Biwi-O-Biwi (1981)
See also	Kapoor family Khwaja Ahmad Abbas