Dharam Veer (film)

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 and Pran.

Dharmendra's younger son Bobby Deol appears briefly playing the childhood version of his father's character.

Dharam-Veer takes place in a mythical kingdom and tells the tale of twin brothers Dharam and Veer played by Dharamendra and Jeetendra respectively, who get separated at birth but still become best friends in childhood, not knowing that they were real brothers, and later turn against each other due to various conspiracies of the villains and in the end reunite.

[2] Maharani Meenakshi is a princess who, one day while out hunting, is rescued from a handful of attackers by a hunter-warrior Jwala Singh, who lives alone in the jungle, accompanied only by his pet falcon, Sheroo.

The tiger kills a villager, and Jwala puts his poncho over him to cover his dead body.

King Satpal Singh, Meenakshi's brother, is told in a prophecy that he will be killed by his eldest nephew, Dharam.

Dharam falls in love with a princess, while Veer wins the heart of a gypsy girl, Rupa.

Dharam's father is accused of shoddily preparing a chariot wheel which caused a soldier to lose his hands.

Whilst the boys are fighting, the poor blacksmith reveals the story of how Dharam came to him and his wife.

Reunited, the brothers now face the challenge of disposing of the forces that Satpal Singh has gathered together.

This made it the second highest-grossing film of 1977 at the Indian box office, below Amar Akbar Anthony.

Driven by the success of Mohammad Rafi's songs, the film grossed £50,000 in the UK, equivalent to ₹438,140 (US$50,001.71).