Dharmputra is a
1961 Hindi film directed by
Yash Chopra based on a novel of the same name by
Acharya Chatursen. This is Yash's second directorial venture. It was the first
Hindi film to depict the
partition of India, and
Hindu fundamentalism. Produced by his elder brother
B.R. Chopra who was himself uprooted from
Lahore, during the partition of India and established B.R. Films in
Mumbai in 1956. The film dealt with issues of issue of religious bigotry, fanaticism and
communalism amidst the backdrop of the partition. Two years earlier, Yash Chopra had made his debut with
Dhool Ka Phool (1959), steeped in
Nehruvian secularism, wherein a Muslim brings up an 'illegitimate' Hindu child and featured classic song,
Tu Hindu banega na Musalman banega, insaan ki aulaad hai, insaan banega. The theme was reversed in this film as herein a Hindu family brings an illegitimate Muslim child.