Dharmputra is a 1961 Hindi film directed by Yash Chopra based on a novel of the same name by Acharya Chatursen.

The film dealt with issues of religious bigotry, fanaticism and communalism amidst the backdrop of the partition.

[4] This was Shashi Kapoor's first film as an adult actor playing the pivotal role of a Hindu fundamentalist.

[7] The film opens in 1925, during the British rule in India and at the height of the Indian independence movement it is the tale of two Delhi families, that of Nawab Badruddin and Gulshan Rai.

Amrit Rai and his wife Savitri assist Husn with the birth of a baby boy, Dilip, and even adopt him and give him their family name.

[9] After Dharmputra's debacle, few directors ventured into the communal theme in Hindi cinema that took it so bluntly, the next film which dealt with the issue was Garm Hava, by M.S.