Dharam Veer (film)

Dharam Veer
Theatrical publicity poster
Directed by	Manmohan Desai
Written by	Kader Khan (dialogues)[1]
Screenplay by	K. B. Pathak Prayag Raj
Story by	Jeevanprabha M. Desai Pushpa Sharma[citation needed]
Produced by	Subhash Desai
Starring	Dharmendra Jeetendra Zeenat Aman Neetu Singh Pran Jeevan Ranjeet
Cinematography	N. V. Srinivas
Edited by	Kamlakar Karkhanis
Music by	Laxmikant–Pyarelal
Production company	S. S. Movietone
Distributed by	S.S. Movietone
Release date	6 September 1977 (1977-09-06)
Running time	163 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Box office	est. ₹130.4 million (India/UK) 32 million tickets (USSR)

Dharam-Veer is a 1977 Hindi-language period action-drama film, directed by Manmohan Desai, produced by Subhas Desai under the Mehboob Studios and R.K. Studios banner, starring Dharmendra, Jeetendra, Zeenat Aman, Neetu Singh, Pran, etc.

Its music was composed by Laxmikant–Pyarelal. Dharmendra's younger son Bobby Deol appears briefly playing the childhood version of his father's character. It was part of Desai's four big hits of the year based on the "separated and reunited" theme (the others being Parvarish, Chacha Bhatija (which also starred Dharmendra) and Amar Akbar Anthony).

Dharam-Veer takes place in a mythical kingdom and tells the tale of twin brothers Dharam played by Dharamendra and Veer played by Jeetendra, who gets separated at birth, later who still becomes best friends in childhood, not knowing that they were real brothers, later turns against each other due to conspiracies of villains and in the end reunite. Upon theatrical release this film went on to become a big blockbuster at the Indian box office, becoming the second highest-grossing film of 1977 as well as one of the biggest hits of the 1970s decade.^[2]