--- title: 'Dhool Ka Phool (1959)' type: 'film' director: 'Yash Chopra' released: '1959-01-01' runtime_minutes: 153 genres: - 'Drama' - 'Family' countries: - 'India' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/dhool-ka-phool-1959' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052736/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Dhool Ka Phool (1959) 1959 · 153 min · Drama, Family · India Original title: धूल का फूल ## Synopsis Dhool Ka Phool 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 Mala Sinha as a woman who gives up her newborn child, born out of wedlock, after being betrayed and abandoned by the man she loves, played by Rajendra Kumar. Nanda and Manmohan Krishna appear in supporting roles, with Ashok Kumar making an extended appearance. At the 7th Filmfare Awards, Sinha received a nomination for Best Actress and Mukhram Sharma for Best Story. For his role as Abdul Rasheed, a Muslim man who adopts and raises the illegitimate child, Krishna won the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor. ## Credits - **Director:** [Yash Chopra](https://cinepixo.com/people/yash-chopra) - **Screenplay:** [Mukhram Sharma](https://cinepixo.com/people/mukhram-sharma) - **Original Music Composer:** [Datta Naik](https://cinepixo.com/people/datta-naik) - **Producer:** [Baldev Raj Chopra](https://cinepixo.com/people/baldev-raj-chopra) ## Cast - [Mala Sinha](https://cinepixo.com/people/mala-sinha) - [Nanda](https://cinepixo.com/people/nanda) - [Rajendra Kumar](https://cinepixo.com/people/rajendra-kumar) - [Mehmood Ali](https://cinepixo.com/people/mehmood-ali) - [Leela Chitnis](https://cinepixo.com/people/leela-chitnis) - [Ashok Kumar](https://cinepixo.com/people/ashok-kumar) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/dhool-ka-phool-1959 Film facts: Wikidata (Q74750); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.