Dharmatma (1975)
- Original title
- धर्मात्मा
- Directed by
- Feroz Khan
- Genre
- crime film
- Country
- India
- Runtime
- 2h 43m
- Rated
- A
- Rating
- 4.7 of 10 from 3 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This is an Indian crime film from 1975. It follows a man whose family is involved in a criminal underworld, and he gets drawn into a conflict between loyalty and righteousness. The story was one of the first Indian attempts to adapt the Godfather story to a local setting.
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What happens
Dharmatma (lit. 'Righteous Soul') is a 1975 Indian Hindi-language thriller film produced and directed by Feroz Khan. The cast includes Khan, Hema Malini, Rekha, Premnath, Imtiaz Khan, Danny Denzongpa, Farida Jalal, Ranjeet, Helen, Madan Puri, Jeevan, Iftekhar, Dara Singh, Satyen Kappu and Sudhir. The music is by Kalyanji Anandji. It was the first Indian film to be shot in Afghanistan and the film also has scenes featuring Buzkashi, a Central Asian sport on horses, including aerial shots, which in turn won the film's cinematographer, Kamal Bose, the Filmfare Award for Best Cinematographer. Dharmatma's plot is loosely based on The Godfather (1972), the first attempt in India to localise the American film, and the character of Premnath was inspired by the life and times of the then king of Matka gambling, Ratan Khatri. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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