Dhool Ka Phool

Dhool Ka Phool
Original poster
Directed by	Yash Chopra
Written by	Mukhram Sharma
Produced by	B. R. Chopra
Starring	Rajendra Kumar Mala Sinha Nanda Ashok Kumar
Cinematography	Dharam Chopra
Edited by	Pran Mehra
Music by	N. Dutta Sahir Ludhianvi (lyrics)
Distributed by	B. R. Films
Release date	4 December 1959 (1959-12-04)
Running time	153 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Box office	est. ₹1 crore

Dhool Ka Phool (transl. Flower of Dust) is a 1959 Indian Hindi-language film produced by B. R. Chopra and directed by B. R.'s brother Yash Chopra, being his first movie as a director, having been an assistant director in B. R.'s earlier film Naya Daur. The film stars Rajendra Kumar, Mala Sinha, Ashok Kumar and Nanda in lead roles along with Leela Chitnis, Jeevan and Manmohan Krishna. The story revolves around a Muslim man bringing up an "illegitimate" Hindu child and featured the classic song Too Hindu Banega Na Musalman Banega, Insaan Ki Aulaad Hai, Insaan Banega on Manmohan Krishna, who also won the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Abdul Rasheed. Besides that, Sinha received a nomination for Best Actress and Mukhram Sharma for Best Story.^[1] The movie was remade in Telugu as Jeevana Teeralu.

In the next film, Dharmputra (1961), about Hindu fundamentalism, Chopra reversed the theme, as therein a Hindu family brings up an illegitimate Muslim child.^[2]