Starring | : | Narendranath, Premnath, Raj Kapoor, Randhir Kapoor, Rekha, Dara Singh, Alka, Narendra Nath, Pinchoo Kapoor, Urmila Bhat, Satyajit, Jagdish Raaj, Hercules, Ghanshyam, Viju Khote, Mushtaq Merchant, Sonia Sahni, Aarti, Baby Pinky, Rajan Kapoor, Subhash, Prakash, Vishwa Mehra, Raj Rani, Ravi, Ghanshyam, Ashoo, Sailesh, Fazal, Sandesh |
Director | : | Randhir Kapoor |
Producer | : | Raj Kapoor |
Music Dir | : | R D Burman, Basu Manohari, Maruti Rao |
Lyricist | : | Majrooh Sultanpuri |
Singer | : | Asha Bhosle, Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar, Mukesh, Sushma Shreshtha |
Distributor | : | Yash Raj Films |
Genre | : | Action |
Synopsis
Dharam Karam is a story of a man who thought he could rewrite destiny. Shanker (Premnath), an underworld dada exchanges his newly born son with the son of Ashok Babu (Raj Kapoor), a great and wealthy singer, in the belief that the new environment will save his son from becoming a goonda like him. But things turn out quite different to Shanker's plan. Dharam (Randhir Kapoor), Ashok Babu's son is drawn to music inspite of Shanker's best effort to teach him his "trade" while Ranjit (Narendranath), Shanker's real son, despite growing up in an environment steeped in music and culture gets sucked into the underworld. But not willing to give up, Shanker makes a desperate effort to save his son. Will Shanker succeed? And at what cost - will Dharam and Ashok Babu have to pay the price of atonement of Ranjit's sins?
Dharam Karam is Randhir Kapoor second directorial effort after Kal Aaj Aur Kal and the film stands out because of it's powerful story. The music of Dharam Karam is outstanding not only because it is the only time R.D. Burman ever composed for Raj Kapoor, but also because it has one of Mukesh's last and most memorable songs - "Ek Din Bik Jaayega".