[Reader-list] Dharmaputra, son of Bano and Savitri

[Lehar ..]

Friends
You inputs are welcome if you have seen this amazing
film, fresh and relevant as ever to contemporary
India, based upon Tagore's classic, GOra.
About a Nawab's son brought up by his best friend as a
HIndu, who grows up to be a HInduvta type.. to find at
the end that he is a born as a Muslim..
addresses the whole issue of identity in a profound
and yet simple idiom..in the classic dialogues by
Sahir:
Pehele to ham INquilab aur HIndu Muslim bhai bhi naare
lagate the..
ab 47 mein, 'HIndi, HIndu, HIndustan' aur 'Leke
rahenge Pakistan' kaise ban gaye?

http://www.yashrajfilms.com/homeent/dharmputra.htm

When Nawab Badruddin's dearest friend Gulshan Rai
dies, it is but natural for him to take his son Amrit
under his wing and for his daughter Husn Banu to
consider Amrit her brother. Amrit grows up to become a
doctor and is happily married to Savitri. 

One day the Nawab Sahib comes to Amrit for help. Husn
Banu is pregnant with the child of her teacher Hamid
who is absconding. After discussing the matter with
Savitri, Amrit comes up with a plan. Husn Banu is
taken to Simla where the child is born and handed over
to Savitri. Amrit and Savitri adopt the baby boy whom
they name Dilip. A grateful Nawab bequeaths half his
property to Dilip. Nobody in the two households gives
a thought to the fact that Dilip is a Hindu boy of
Muslim parentage, till the country is torn apart by
communal hatred of the partition. Dilip, influenced by
this, takes his religion to be his national identity,
hating all Muslims, even Husn Banu who has now married
Hamid and staying next door. As the fire of
communalism rages everywhere and in Dilip's heart, he
goes to Husn Banu and Hamid's house to kill them. 

Will Dilip learn of his true parentage? Will his
hatred for Muslims allow him to reconcile the religion
of his birth and his upbringing? Dharmputra is another
courageous film from the B.R. Chopra stable. The story
is based on a novel by Acharya Vinoba Bhave,as by
Tagore,  getting the film National Award for Best
Hindi film and Akhtar-ul-Iman the Filmfare award for
the Best Dialogues. The film was Shashi Kapoor's first
movie as an adult actor and has a special appearance
by Rajendra Kumar for just one song. 

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