Dharmatma (1975) Online
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, 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 and fears is none other than his very own son, Ranbir, who has sworn that he will never compromise with his father's dark career, and threatens to expose him. Dharamdas has never conceded surrender or defeat at the hands of any mortal, and will never even consider to do so - even if this means the death of Ranbir. Songs include "Tere cheherey mein woh jadoo hai..."; "Tum ne kisise kabhi pyar kiya hai, pyar bhara dil kisiko diya hai...".
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
 | Prem Nath | - | Dharamdas 'Dharmatma' |
 | Feroz Khan | - | Ranbir |
 | Hema Malini | - | Reshma |
 | Rekha | - | Anu |
 | Danny Denzongpa | - | Jankura (as Danny) |
 | Farida Jalal | - | Mona |
 | Ranjeet | - | Rishi |
 | Sudhir | - | Natwar |
 | Imtiaz Khan | - | Kundan (as Imtiaz) |
 | Madan Puri | - | Ranbir's Uncle |
 | Jeevan | - | Anokhelal |
 | Satyendra Kapoor | - | Anokhelal's brother (as Satyan Kapoo) |
 | Helen | - | Dancer |
 | Iftekhar | - | Vikram Singh |
 | Faryal | - | Medical sister |
Inspired by Крёстный отец (1972).
Danny Denzongpa was offered the role of Gabbar Singh in 1974. Due his dates being blocked for the Dharmatma schedule in Afghanistan, he had to pass on the offer.
Dharmatma was the first Indian film shot in Afghanistan.
Feroz Khan always had liked poetry. Once before Dharmatma, Indivar had recite a poetry to Feroz Khan, which started as tere chehra mein woh jadoo hai....Feroz Khan thought this poetry can be developed into an beautiful song so they worked on it and got the song. That is how the song was created. Later it was used for Dharmatma. .
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 .
Sanjay Khan arrived at the premiere but kept to himself. He was seen dancing with Simple Kapadia later on in the night. Helen arrived at the premiere and was given a big kiss by Feroz Khan on stage. Vinod Khanna arrived with his wife Geetanjali at the premiere. Geetanjali did a solo dance with Feroz Khan on stage much to the amusement to everyone in attendance.
During the scripting of the film, Feroz Khan was very close to signing Superstar Rajesh Khanna for the role Feroz eventually played.
Rapper Jaylib sampled Dharmatma's Title music ( Sad Version) for his song Champion Sound.
Gary Glitter's song Rock N Roll Part 2 ( The Hey Song), is played in the film. The song appears when Ranjeet and Sudhir are high in the nightclub staring at dancer performing.
Premnath's character was based on the character of "Matka King" Ratan Khatri. It is said that Feroz Khan sat down with Ratan Khatri in order to learn all his details. Ratan would later go on and produce the film Rangila Ratan starring Rishi Kapoor and Praveen Babi .
The film had a "Adults Only" rating when it released in theatre' s in 1975.
Feroz Khan had said that only in his film, Dharmatma, Hema Malini looked more beatiful then in other film.
Inspired from The Godfather 1972 which translates to Dharmatma in hindi.
After Dharmatma, Feroz Khan wanted to buy the remake rights of a Itallian film he saw. He had plans to cast Hema Malini. The film was eventually shelved.
The film was sold for 12 Lakhs per territory.and fetched 75 to 80 Lakhs in return.
The Title Music of Dharmatma was sampled from Simon and Garfunkel song "El Condar Pasa". Years later Anu Malik got inspired by the same song and did the song Tare Hain Baraati from Virasat.
During the initial shooting of the film, Rekha felt that Feroz Khan was concentrating more on Hema Malini. She also felt left out of the publicity. Feroz stated that Rekha must have felt that way due to her messed up family and personal life.
After kissing Mumtaz on the nose in Apradh, Feroz wanted to go a step further in Dharmatma. Feroz Khan wanted to kiss Hema Malini on the lips. But Hema Malini's mother refused and did not allow this to happen.
Raj Kapoor had recorded the song "Main Shayar To Nahin" at a studio in Lower Parel, right after which he threw a party to celebrate the start of his new movie. Among the invitees were Shammi Kapoor and Feroz Khan, who had just returned from shooting International Crook in Canada. Shammi Kapoor had put on allot of weight and grew his trademark beard. Feroz Khan was about to start filming Dharmatma. Feroz Khan bluntly told Shammi Kapoor that he looked like he could play his father in Dharmatma. The remark led to a heated exchange of abuses followed by full blown fisticuffs. Soon enough, Randhir was pulling Shammi Kapoor away while Sanjay Khan was doing the same to Feroz. It took a while to separate them. They were put in their respective cars. However , it turned out they both drove to Haji Ali where they proceeded to drink more and cry on each others shoulders.
After signing Prem Nath for the film, Feroz saw the film Be Imaan, He hated Prem Nath's performance in the film and thought it was too loud and over the top. He almost started to regret his decision to sign him for the film .He asked Prem Nath not to scream and not to over act in his film . If one notices, Prem Nath's performance was very restrained and quite in Dharmatma.
Feroz Khan was one of the first few Indians from India to see The Godfather when he visited America in 1972. Feroz Khan took advantage of the fact the film was only released in a film festival in India.
Many people associated with the film wanted Hema Malini's character to not die. Many even suggested killing Rekha's character instead . The film's distributors kept telling Feroz to keep Hema Malini alive. Hema Malini was the only one who told Feroz to keep the script and character as he wrote it. Feroz wanted a major shock value impact when Hema suddenly died in the film. His gamble paid off when the film became a blockbuster.
The song "Tere Chehre Mein Woh" was shot at the famous Band e Amir National park in Bamyan Province, Afganistan.
Imtiaz Khan had made some very rude remarks about Rekha in the print. This caused her then boyfriend Kiran Kumar to bash him up. Feroz was worried about having Imtiaz and Rekha in the same film. Imtiaz promised Feroz that nothing would happen and all was in the past.
When Feroz Khan visited Afghanistan to select locations, King Zahir Shah was the ruler. Feroz was a personal guest of Zahir who gave him permission to shoot in Afghanistan. By the time Feroz returned back with his unit to shoot, a coup had happened. But all the authorities and people gave Feroz and his unit love and respect as Afghani's loved Hindi movies.
Sanjeev Kumar arrived at the film's premiere completely drunk and shook hands with all the fans waiting. Where as Rekha did not show up at all. Hema Malini also was not at the premiere but her mother Jaya came by herself.
Amitabh Bachchan arrived at the premiere with Manoj Kumar. Randhir Kapoor and Babita were seen dancing info the night. Simple Kapadia arrived with her parents but quickly joined the company of Danny Denzongpa. Prem Nath came with his son . Kamini Kaushal and Nadira were also at the grand premiere. VIP tickets were sent to Rajesh Khanna and Dimple Kapadia, but the sent their drivers instead.
Shashi Kapoor and Jennifer arrived at the films premiere along with Sadhana and husband R.K. Nayar.
Recently a video of Feroz Khan Hema Malini and Danny arriving at the Afghanistan airport surfaced online. The clip was posted on the Kabul (Farid Dastan) page on facebook. The video also includes footage of a high profile party all three attended hosted by the biggest leaders of Afghanistan.
Feroz Khan was known to have good taste for good music . Being a fan of many international artiste's enabled him to bring great music to his productions. During the memorable scene of Ranjeet and Sudhir raping Zaheera in the car at the beach, Feroz Khan incorporated 2 songs of musician Ron Goodwin. The first song played was "The Gypsy Fiddler". This song appeared when Sudhir put in a 8 track in the car player and exited. The second master piece song that used was called "The Ritual Fire Dance". This song appeared when Sudhir approached Zaheera as she exited the car. The song "Ritual Fire Dance" was originally composed by Spanish composer Manuel de Falla. Both these songs were from Ron Goodwin's album "Gypsy Fire & Rhythm and Romance".
The music Helen was dancing to (near the climax) was released in the International dance album Bombay The Hardway;Guns Cars and Sitars.
The dialogue where Ranjeet and Sudhir ask the dancer out for a long drive was released in the Internation dance album Bombay The Hardway: Guns Cars and Sitars.
Onra sampled the song " Mere Galiyon Se" for his song " Beef". The song was released on the International dance album " 1.0.8.".
"Ms Fat Booty" by Mos Def sampled the "Dharmatma sad theme music"
Asha Puthli song "Lies" is used in the film. The song appears when Ranjeet and Sudhir harass the female dancer. Asha Puthi's song was a cover version of J.J Cale's song "Lies" (1972).
The Timelords song "Doctorin' the Tardis (Doctor Who) sampled Gary Glitter's "Rock and Roll Part 2." This is the same song that played in the nightclub with Ranjeet and Sudhir.
ESPN "The Jock" Jam from Jock Jams, Volume 3 Tommy Boy 1997, sampled Gary Glitter's" Rock and Roll Part 2". This is the same song that plays in the night club with Ranjeet and Sudhir.
"Gut Dabei" by Deichkind from the album "Arbeit Nervt" (2008), sampled Gary Glitter's "Rock and Roll Part 2." This is the same song that plays in the night club with Ranjeet and Sudhir.
Gustavo Cerati song "Paseo Inmoral" sampled Gary Glitter's "Rock and Roll Part 2." This is the same song that plays in the night club with Ranjeet and Sudhir.
Paulina Rubio song " Causa Y Efecto: sampled Gary Glitter's "Rock and Roll Part 2" This is the same song that plays in the nigh club with Ranjeet and Sudhir,
The Black Keys "Gold on the Ceiling" sampled Gary Glitter's "Rock and Roll Part 2". This is the same song that plays in the nightclub with Ranjeet and Sudhir.
Allison Iraheta song "Robot Love" sampled Gary Glitter's "Rock and Roll Part 2". This is the same song that plays in the nightclub with Ranjeet and Sudhir.
"Ni Tú Ni Nadiey" by Moenia sampled Gary Glitter song "Rock and Roll Part 2". This is the same song that plays in the nightclub with Ranjeet and Sudhir.
Christina Aguilera song " I Hate Boys" sampled Gary Glitter 's Rock and Roll Part 2. This is the same song that plays in the nightclub with Ranjeet and Sudhir.
Charles Hamilton song "3rd and Goal" sampled Gary Glitter's song Rock and Roll Part 2. This is the same song that plays in the nightclub with Ranjeet and Sudhir.
The Human League song "Rock 'N' Roll" was a cover version of Gary Glitter's song "Rock and Roll Part 2". The same song that plays in the nightclub with Ranjeet and Sudhir.
Phish song "Rock and Roll Part 2" from the album Hampton Comes Alive Elektra 1999, was a cover version of Gary Glitter's Rock and Roll Part 2. This is the same song that plays in the nightclub with Ranjeet and Sudhir.
Aki & Turo song "Mahtisonni" was a cover version of Gary Glitter's song "Rock and Roll Part 2". This is the same song tat plays in the nightclub with Ranjeet and Sudhir.
Hoodoo Gurus song "Rock'n'Roll pt.2" from the album Gorilla Biscuit" (B-sides and rarities) was a cover version of Gary Glitter's song Rock and Roll Part 2. This is the same song that plays in the night club with Ranjeet and Sudhir.
Bongwater song" Rock & Roll part 2" was a cover version of Gary Glitter's song "Rock and Roll Part 2" .This is the same song that plays in the nightclub with Ranjeet and Sudhir.
Gary Glitter - Rock And Roll (Part 2) (Small Soldiers Remix) was a remix of the original song. The original song was in the nightclub scene with Ranjeet and Sudhir.
The Dharmatma Title Music was sampled from Leo Roja's El Condar Pasa. Simon and Garfunkel also did their own version of El Condar Pasa. 18 years later, Anu Malik sampled Leo Roja's El Condar Pasa for his song "Tere Chahat Ke Siva" from Jaanam.
Indivar had written the song aap jaisa koi.... origionaly for Dharmatma, it was to be picturised on Faryal near the climax, then Feroz Khan decided to put cabret music there and aap jaisa koi wasnt recorded instead later it was recorded for Qurbani
Premnath played the tittle role and this was his last major film.
Dharmatma had censor problems, Feroz Khan had a though time with the censor at that time.
101 Strings Orchestra song El Condor Pasa was the same tune sampled for the Dharmatma Title Music.
Paul Desmond song El Cóndor Pasa was the same tune sampled for the Dharmatma Title Music.
BZN song El Condor Pasa was the same tune sampled for the Dharmatma Title Music.
Daniel Alomía Robles. Piano-Versión of El Condor Pasa is the same tune sampled for the Dharmatma Title Music.
El Condor Pasa (Original) by YMA SUMAC is the same tune sampled for the Dharmatma Title Music.
El Condor Pasa (If I Could) song by Back In Time is the same tune sampled for the Dharmatama Title Music.
Ferante & Teiche song El Condor Pasa is the same tune sampled for the Dharmatma Title Music.
El Condor Pasa song by Fausto Papetti is the same tune sampled for the Dharmatma Title Music.
Julie Felix song If I Could (El Condor Pasa) is the same tune sampled for the Dharmatma Title Music.
Ray Conniff song El Condor Pasa is the same tune sampled for the Dharmatma Title Music.
Jürgen Marcus song (El Condor Pasa) is the same tune sampled for the Dharmatma Title Music.
El Cóndor Pasa by Perry Como is the same tune sampled for the Dharmatma Title Music.
Nur Du (El Condor Pasa) by Marion März is the same tune sampled for the Dharmatma Title Music.
El Condor Pasaby Robert Delgado and His Orchestra is the same tune sampled for the Dharmatma Title Music.
Electric Warrior -song El Condor Pasa (Isao Tomita) is the same tune sampled for the Dharmatma Title Music.
El Condor Pasa by Grupo Quetzal is the same tune sampled for the Dharmatma Title Music.
El Condor Pasa by Facio Santillan, Pajaro Campana is the same tune sample for the Dharamatma Title Music.
El Condor Pasa by Los Calchakis is the same tune sampled for the Dharamatma Title Music.
El Cóndor Pasa (If I Could) by Emmerson Nogueira is the same sampled for the Dharmatama Title Music.
Alborada song El Condor Pasa is the same tune sampled for the Dharmatama Title Music.
Dharmatma and Khuda Gawah, both films were shot in Afhganistan and Danny Denzonga acted in both films.
Feroz Khan shot the Afghanistan portions first.He was so happy with Hema Malini. She was cooperation personified Feroz stated Hema would do anything for him.
Several scenes from the movie were used in the music video for "Hardway" by Arling, Riley, Mondriaan and The Bollywood Mystery .
The Dharmatma theme music was sampled for the international song "LANDLOCK" by ALI THE SON OF ABDUL from the album YEAR OF THE SATELLITE.
The Dharmatma title music was released on the international album MR THING/VARIOUS Strange Breaks & Mr Thing II:,
In the beginning of the rape scene on the beach, Sudhir puts on a 8 track in the car. The song that first plays for 10 seconds is " diavolo tzigano" by Kurt Steiner,Orchestra Da Concerto Di Vienna.
The Dharmatama theme music was sampled for the song "Intermission" by HashQ in the album Cinema Theme's.
Aap Jaisa Koi - was originally written for Dharmatma and Helen was supposed to sing when Feroz was taken to the gypsy den. Kalyanji Anandji rejected it because it was not so sexy. Indeewar changed the pattern of the song to suit the disco beats. Biddu then took the lyrics and made it a disco song.
The media linked Zaheera with Prem Nath during the making of the film. She denied the allegation.
In the song "Tere Chunni Pe Sitare" from Yalgaar, Vicky Arora is wearing a denim jacket and jeans just as Feroz Khan did in the song "Tune Kisi Se Pyar Kiya Hain" in Dharmatma. While Manisha Koirala is wearing the same yellow style saree as Rekha did in the same song.
Many believed that actress Seema Kapoor stole the show with her night club dance . She was a enigma that Feroz directed very sensuously. Seema Kapoor going back to the time when she thrived and captured the hearts of men in the '70s. This was the era when every magazine used her pictures, especially Debonair, the adult magazine edited by famous journalist Vinod Mehta. She was hugely popular and continued to be in demand through the mid-70s before, suddenly falling off the radar. As is common in showbiz, she was quickly replaced by somebody else. However, veteran photographer NK Sareen didn't forget her.It was he who shot the maximum number of photos and featured her on the covers of numerous magazines, both English and regional. "I was introduced to Seema Kapoor by the editor of a film magazine. By then, she had already made a name for herself as a glamour model. She was very fair but when I saw her for the first time, she looked rather ordinary," says Sareen.However, Sareen thought that he would still give it a shot because he had promised his editor friend that he would shoot her. The first meeting, as Sareen says, was a warm one. "She received me with a lot of enthusiasm. She then asked me to wait for a few minutes. She came out of her home, went up to her car, opened the left door of her Fiat for me and occupied the driver's seat herself. She then removed her shoes and started driving barefeet. As she drove, she asked what kind of pictures I wanted to shoot. But before I could utter a word, she told me she would like to pose for only glamorous images because those were the ones that were in demand," Sareen adds. Then, says Sareen, came the trick question. "She gave me a mischievous smile, named another editor and said, 'He says I have a million dollar body, what do you think?' I was not expecting such a direct and brazen question and neither did I know how to answer her," Sareen recalls. They went to Madh Island and shot some sizzling pictures. And predictably, nobody at Debonair could say no to the shoot including Vinod Mehta. "She made two Debonair covers and was later featured in an extensive article shot especially for the magazine. She made it to several magazine covers one after the other. An English weekly from Delhi was launched with her picture on the cover and the second issue carried her on the cover again. Later, my pictures of Seema were used by several publications in Hindi, Gujarati, Malayalam, Bengali and other regional languages," Sareen adds. Her pictures were sought-after and she was the ultimate pin-up girl, fuelling the fantasies of many men. She has a brother named Suresh Kapoor who is married to Kanta Kapoor. Sister named Sudha Kapoor who is married to Vinod Kapoor ( daughter Dimple married to Denis Navratil, another daughter named Shweta married to Sandeep Banga, another daughter named Ginni married to Akhil Gambhir).Brother named Ashok Kapoor (Son named Kapil Kapoor who is married to Jyoti and son Rishi Kapoor who is married to Anjali).. She is married to Married to Subodh K.Chibber.
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