Dhool Ka Phool 1959

Dhool Ka Phool is a 1959 Indian Bollywood social film released on 1959. The film is directed by Yash Chopra, produced by B. R. Chopra under banner named B R Films.

A girl and boy, who love each other, get intimate. However, the boy’s mother makes him marry someone else. Meanwhile the pregnant girl, shunned by her relatives gives birth to a baby boy and abandons him in a forest, who is then adopted by a Muslim man.

When the son grows up, he gets involved in criminal activities and has to be present in the court in front of the magistrate who is none other than his own biological father.

Yash Chopras debut was an epic melodrama about illegitimacy. University colleagues Mahesh Kapoor (R. Kumar) adn Meen (Sinha) have an affair which leaves her pregnant. Mahesh Bhatt (1993) described the love-making scene as typical of the representation of sex in Indian Cinema of the period: The real thing made possible by a studio downpour and the library shots of lightning and thunder. Under pressure from his autocratic father, Mahesh agrees to marry a rich heiress (Nanda). Meena, helped by her former maid (Chitnis), gives birth to a son and, fearing the stigma of being a single mother, abandons the baby in a forest. The child is found and raised by an old Muslim, Abdul Rasheed (M. Krishna). The grown-up boy (S. Kumar) is ostracised because of his illegitimate birth and falls in with bad company. At the end of the film, the boys tangled history revealed when accused of theft, he has to appear in a court presided over by his father while the defending lawyer (A. Kumar) is his mothers husband. Meena herself acts as a witness. There is a plea for communal harmony when the old Muslim tells the boy not to adhere to any particular religion (Tu Hindu banega na musalman banega, sung by Mohammed Rafi, i.e. You will not grow up to be/a Muslim or a Hindu/ Your are the son of a man/and a human being you shall be.) The elaborate crane movements (esp. in the scene of Maheshs wedding procession) and the combination of high-angle nature shots with tightly edited scenes were characteristic of 50s B.R. Films (of Kanoon, 1960). Well-known songs, including the duet Ter pyar ka aasra chahata hoon (by Mahendra Kapoor and Lata Mangeshkar) and Jhukti ghata gaati hawa (sung by Asha Bhosle). [Source: Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema] Check out this page for more updates on Dhool Ka Phool.