Dharti

About the film

Dharti (transl. Earth) is a 1970 Indian Hindi-language action film written and directed by C. V. Sridhar. It stars Rajendra Kumar, Waheeda Rehman in lead roles. It is a remake of the 1969 Tamil language film Sivandha Mann. The film was a hit at the box office.

Plot

Vasantpur is a small princely state bordering India during the British Raj] . It is ruled by a kind king, but his Diwan, who is a cruel administrator, plans to take over Vasantpur with the help of Dutch powers. When Diwan kills people in large numbers. Anand, who lost his father in the shootout, swears that he will have revenge for the outrage. Meanwhile Bharat; son of the royal Inspector General Chandrashekhar, gets his higher education from Switzerland. There, he meets the King's daughter, Princess Chitralekha. Quickly, they both fall for each other. Bharat and Chithralekha court as they tour all over Europe, but when Chithralekha hears about the danger in her homeland, she has to return. Bharat also agrees to come, as he too gets a message from his fellow friends that Vasantpur is in the clutches of the cruel Diwan. During the flight to India, one of the flight attendants announces that Diwan wants to marry the princess and will receive her at the airport. Chitralekha is not happy and commands that the flight take a different turn, but the attendant stops her escape. Bharat fights the attendant and in the process, the flight plunges into the sea. Bharat and Chitralekha are presumed dead, but are washed ashore onto an island unconscious. They are cured by two local doctors who befriend them, and arrange a special raft for their return to Vasantpur with Princess Chitralekha di…

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by Shankar Jaikishan.

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