Dhool Ka Phool

धूल का फूल

Hindi · 1959 · 153 min · drama, family

Directed by Yash Chopra — Leela Chitnis · Mehmood Ali · Nanda · Rajendra Kumar · Mala Sinha · Ashok Kumar

This 1959 Hindi drama, marking Yash Chopra's directorial debut for producer B. R. Chopra, follows Meena, who is left to raise a child alone after the man she loves marries someone else and rejects her and their newborn son. Forced to abandon the infant, she unknowingly sets off a chain of events involving a kind Muslim man who takes in and raises the boy despite social condemnation, while Meena rebuilds her own life through a new marriage. Years later, the paths of the child, his adoptive guardian, and his biological parents converge amid questions of identity, prejudice, and family.

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