Phool Aur Patthar

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name =Phool Aur Patthar


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director =O.P Ralhan
producer =O.P Ralhan
writer =O.P Ralhan
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starring = Dharmendra
Meena Kumari
Madan Puri
Shashikala
Jeevan
Leela Chitnis
music = Ravi
cinematography = Nariman Irani
editing = Vasant Borkar
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country = flagicon|India India
language = Hindi
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imdb_id = 0139525

"Phool Aur Patthar" was O.P Ralhan's 1966 Hindi film that made Dharmendra, it starred Meena Kumari along with Dharmendra in this career making film for Dharmendra who played a villainous character ( or Patthar) whose inner good being ( or Phool) is drawn out by Meena Kumari. The movie also had Shashikala, Lalita Pawar, Madan Puri and Iftekhar.

This was the movie which went on to become a golden jubilee hit catapulting Dharmendra to stardom. Due to his rugged physique, he was also acknowledged as the 'He-man' of the Indian film industry. In fact, a scene in the movie where he takes off his shirt to cover an old ailing woman was one of the highlights of the movie. His performance in the movie ensured him a nomination in the Best Actor category in the Filmfare awards for that year. However, it was won by Dev Anand for his performance in Guide. He made his presence strongly felt despite the fact that he did not lip sync for any songs in the film. In the 60s, it was very unusual for the leading man not to sing any songs in a movie.

The film was also instrumental in making Dharmendra-Meena as a popular pair and they went on to act in more movies like Chandan Ka Palna, Majhli Didi and Baharon Ki Manzil after this.

Before shooting for the film, O. P. Ralhan had wanted Sunil Dutt to don the leading role but it did not work out.

During shooting, at one point of time, Dharmendra had a show-down with the film's director O. P. Ralhan since he felt that the Director had an arrogant attitude and he contemplated quitting the film mid-way. However, sense prevailed and he resumed shooting and the rest is history.

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