Dhool Ka Phool (1959)

Ashok Kumar in Dhool ka Phool (1959)

Cast: Ashok Kumar, Rajendra Kumar, Mala Sinha, Manmohan Krishna

Director: Yash Chopra

Music: N. Dutta

Lyrics: Sahir Ludhianvi

Capsule Review: Bollywood’s most consistently successful director Yash Chopra’s debut was a reformist drama pleading for the legitimacy of children born out of wedlock. Mala Sinha starred as a pregnant woman who is jilted by her weak lover (Rajendra Kumar). The melodrama is memorable for its high-octave, emotionally charged performance by Mala Sinha. The triangular conflict among the unwed mother, her child’s father and his wife (Nanda) was interestingly formulated.

Drama