If there is one film that is a must watch for every Hindu and Muslim in this country, it is Dharam Putra. In fact, Mahesh Bhatt's much lauded Zakhm, starring Ajay Devgan, came decades later after Chopra's film.

The protagonist Shashi Kapoor belongs to a Hindu family and is very proud of his religion and culture. He detests Muslims and their way of life, but is unaware that he was born to Muslim parents. He goes on to kill them without realising he is their son.

The hard-hitting film is set in the traumatic, violence-ridden Partition period that saw the deaths of thousands of innocent men, women and children. Dharam Putra, which touched an already-throbbing national nerve, was sensitively directed by the film-maker's younger brother, Yash Chopra.

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