Solo Films of Dharmendra
This list contains the films where Dhamrendra was solo hero. Many of the films below were flops. Dhamendra has had more hits in muti star films and the films with him as solo hero which were hits in 1960-69 were hits as they were woman oriented films where Nutan, Mala Sinha and Meena Kumari had stronger role than Dharam and Dharam was only a supporting role to the lead heroine. Dharmendra has appeared in 287 films which includes 159 multi star cast films and did only 86 solo hero films and 42 films not as lead hero but in guest appearance. Off these 159 multi star cast films - 102 were flops, 1 film Ek Do Teen unreleased and had 56 hits. Off the 85 solo hero films - 44 were flops and 41 hits. Then from the 43 films where he had guest role only 10 were hits and rest 33 were flops. Dharmendra had a total of 180 flops from 1960-2013 and had 107 hits from 1960-2013.
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- DirectorArjun HingoraniStarsBalraj SahniKumkumSushilPanchu Kumtekar lives a near-destitute lifestyle in Bombay along with his school-going brother, Shiri. He makes a living as a con-man, gambling and picking pockets with the assistant of another poverty-stricken male, Choti. He has a friend in Ashok who sells Cavendar cigarettes on busy streets by wearing stilts. One day Ashok meets with a maidservant, Sonu Mangeshkar, and both fall in love with each. Shiri is unable to pay his fees and is expelled from school but a local prostitute, Prema, comes to his assistance, much to the initial displeasure of Panchu. But he does change his mind, accepts her help, they fall in love and get married. Ashok then gets employed as a boxer with Sonu's employer, starts earning enough money to support them all, and even moves into a 3 room apartment, while Panchu decides to go honest and finds work as a Peon. Then their lives are shattered when Sonu's Goa-based dad falls ill, she goes to visit him via a ship, which sinks, killing everyone on board; Ashok, depressed and devastated, decides not to box anymore; Panchu decides to back to stealing, unknowingly extorts money from the mother of Police Inspector Moti, is subsequently arrested, and jailed; Prema gets run over by a horse-carriage; Shiri takes to selling candy on trains, tries to escape from a ticket-checker and falls off of a running train. Will Prema and Shiri recover? and, if yes, will their lifestyle ever get better?Flop
- DirectorRajnish BahlStarsDharmendraNutanK.N. SinghFlop
- DirectorMohan KumarStarsMala SinhaBalraj SahniDharmendraA wealthy, pampered and illiterate woman faces many challenges after her marriage.Hit
- DirectorSadashiv J. Row KaviStarsDharmendraSupriya ChoudhurySailesh KumarFlop
- DirectorA. BhimsinghStarsAshok KumarMala SinhaDharmendraBalraj (Dharmendra), affectionately called Raj, by his elder brother (Nana Palsikar) and sister Vija (Madhumati), is a student in college in the arts semester. As the family is not very rich, Raj decides to move from the hostel to the residence of a family. He finds one such family in Gandhinagar, which consists of Choudhury Hukumat Rai (Ashok Kumar), a lawyer by profession, his wife (Nimmi), and only daughter Shanti (Mala Sinha). Hukumat takes an instant liking to Raj, and tells him that his wife will only allow him to take up residence if he tells her that he is already married. Raj reluctantly does so, and thus acquires residence with the Rai family. Eventually Mrs. Rai takes a liking to Raj, so does Shanti. Shanti finds out Raj and her dad had lied to the family about Raj's marital status, she confronts Raj, and he readily admits that he lied. Both fall in love. Mr. and Mrs. Rai are thrilled, when they come to know that Raj and Shanti are in love, and excitedly plan their marriage. As Raj's brother is critically ill, Raj has to return to his village. After several days when Raj returns to the Rai family, he refuses to marry Shanti on the ground that he is going to marry Gauri (Sandhya Roy). The Rai family is devastated. And then they find out that then Raj has been arrested for killing someone.Hit
- DirectorR. KrishnanS. PanjuStarsDharmendraNanda KarnatakiOm PrakashThe Story revolves around the life of Nirmala living with her Family who fells in love with Vijay, and agrees to marry him. Things get complicated when a misunderstanding created by a stranger causes a rift in their relationship and Vijay's parents arrange his marriage with Shashi, leading to consequences.Flop
- DirectorMohan KumarStarsDharmendraSupriya ChoudhuryVijayalaxmiA family drama with a special focus on two generations of the Chopra family. Dinanath Chopra lives in a small tenement with his wife, and two sons Baldev, and Chandramohan. Dinanath re-finances his house in order to get Baldev to study further and be a doctor, and also gets him married with Rekha who comes from a very wealthy family. Chandramohan studies in college, and has a sweetheart in the form of the gorgeous Asha. Asha lives with her mom, and dad, a sort of quack. Differences in the Baldev emerge and multiply. Baldev and Rekha move to their palatial house. The birth of a baby boy to Rekha does lighten things up a bit, but not for long. Dinanath loses his eyesight in an accident and becomes blind. Chandramohan goes out of town to look for employment, leaving his sick mother and blind father at the mercy of an uncaring daughter-in-law, and eventually the older couple are forced to leave Baldev's house. Chandramohan returns and is unable to locate them. What will be the fate of his parents in an unfriendly, cold, and heartless city?Hit
- DirectorA.C. TrilogchanderStarsMeena KumariDharmendraS.V. Ranga RaoRajni, a dusky, uneducated girl, is deceptively married off to Ram, son of a wealthy father. Although loved by all, a conniving relative sows the seeds of suspicion in the minds of the family members.Flop
- DirectorNarendra SuriStarsDharmendraMeena KumariMehmoodOrphaned Purnima lives a poor lifestyle with her maternal uncle and cruel aunt. She is in love with Prakash and both plan to marry soon. when she goes to meet Prakash at his place of employment to seek a donation, she meets with Vasant, the son of the owner of Ratan Lal & Co., who takes an instant liking to her. Vasant convinces his mom, Sharda, to approach Purnima's aunt and convince her that he is the most suitable groom for her - by hook or by crook. Sharda succeeds in doing so, and shortly thereafter Purnima and Vasant get married. Purnima convinces Prakash to marry Vandana Mehra who is in love with him, and he does so. Shortly thereafter both Purnima and Vandana get pregnant and give birth to sons, Anil and Sunil respectively. Following a violent altercation, Vandana and Vasant are killed in a car accident, Ratan is forced to pay off Vasant creditors and as a result loses everything and moves into a small hut. He convinces Purnima to re-marry Prakash, but leave Anil with them, and she does so. Five years later, Sharda passes away, and Ratan asks Purnima to take Anil with her. Both Anil and Sunil get along well, however, one day Prakash sees Anil stealing money from his coat, and it is then he asks Purnima to make a choice between Anil and him. The question remains who will Purnima choose?Flop
- DirectorRajendra BhatiaStarsDharmendraMala SinhaMehmoodNeela and Akash fall in love with each other after a comedy of errors. They manage to stay together in spite of all the obstacles.Flop
- DirectorDulal GuhaStarsAshok KumarDharmendraNirupa RoyAfter a disgraced man's accidental death, the lives of his family change drastically when they receive money from his insurance company.Flop
- DirectorPhani MajumdarStarsDharmendraMehmoodNanda KarnatakiShankar, who saw his poor father die a disappointed death, works very hard and goes on to become a mill owner. His brother Madhu, however, prefers to run their father's old tea stall.Flop
- DirectorO.P. RalhanStarsMeena KumariDharmendraShashikala JawalkarA criminal young man decides to reform himself for a left away widowed woman. But their relationship faces challenges.Hit
- DirectorJagdish NirulaStarsDharmendraRajshreeMehmoodTo inherit her deceased father's estate, a woman weds a convicted killer.Flop
- DirectorHrishikesh MukherjeeStarsDharmendraSharmila TagoreShashikala JawalkarMohan Sharma (Tarun Bose) is a workaholic whose life changes dramatically after his wife dies giving birth to their daughter Uma (Sharmila Tagore). He despises the daughter by day, and adores her when drunk at night. Uma's life gets better as she comes of age and has a relationship with a sensitive poet, Ashok (Dharmendra), who slowly brings her out of her shell.Hit
- DirectorShaheed LatifStarsMala SinhaDharmendraTanuja SamarthJitendra Gupta lives a poor lifestyle in Calcutta, India, along with his elder and widowed sister, and a niece named Sushma. He works in the editorial department of a leading newspaper. He unauthorizedly exposes unscrupulous persons that are related to the newspaper's board of directors, leading to him being reprimanded by the Managing Director, Amita Sinha, and being forced to resign. Amita does have a change of heart, when she finds out that he had printed the truth, not only reinstates him but promotes him as the Chief Editor, and falls in love with him. Amita lives a wealthy lifestyle with her sister, Sunita, and is all set to tell her the good news that she finds out that Sunita has fallen in love with him also. Amita decides to give up on Jitendra in her sisters' interest. Shortly thereafter she receives a marriage proposal from wealthy Vikram Varma, the brother of a Director of the newspaper, for Sunita's hand. Will Amita seek this opportunity to wed Sunita with Vikram - and have Jitendra for herself?Flop
- DirectorRaghunath JhalaniStarsAsha ParekhDharmendraBalraj SahniRavi is an eligible bachelor, who lives with his mother. The whereabouts of his dad are unknown. He meets with beautiful Kanchan and both fall in love. But they face major hurdles, as Ravi soon finds out that he is the child of an unmarried lady and hence the marriage is called off.Hit
- DirectorMohan SegalStarsDharmendraSharmila TagoreShashikala JawalkarA wealthy male starts to self-destruct after he finds that his childhood sweetheart is now his sister-in-law.Hit
- DirectorHrishikesh MukherjeeStarsMeena KumariDharmendraLalita PawarBipinchandra breaks family tradition by marrying a city girl, Hemangini, much to the chagrin of his sister-in-law, Kadambini, and her husband, Navinchandra. Things are delicate even after both women give birth to two children each. Then Hemangini testifies against Navinchandra in Court, leading to the division of the property. Things got worse by the arrival of Kadambini's orphaned school-going step-brother, Kishan, who is beaten and abused by not only by Kadambini and Navinchandra, but also by their overweight son. When Hemangini objects to Kishan's ill-treatment, Bipin takes the side of the rest of the family, and may probably force her to abandon Kishan to his fate or divorce her.Flop
- DirectorNaresh SaigalStarsMala SinhaDharmendraAnoop KumarA train driver falls in love with a village girl who is also yearned for by a local land owner. With a sub-plot, where the train drivers best friend keeps a painting of the girl in his wardrobeFlop
- DirectorD.D. KashyapStarsDharmendraNutanJohnny WalkerArrogant son of a wealthy, blind woman, rapes his mother's nurse and abandons her. She gets pregnant but the child does not live, and she continues to live her life and follow up on her love life, only to face the past, and her "reformed" rapist.Flop
- DirectorIsmail MemonStarsMeena KumariDharmendraMehmoodAjit lives with his mother, and comes from a very wealthy family. He meets with beautiful Shobha and both fall in love with each other. Ajit's mom is delighted and agrees to meet with Harikishan Rai, Shobha's father, to finalize their marriage. The marriage takes place with great pomp and ceremony. A few years later, Ajit notices a change in Shobha's behavior. She changes her lifestyle, adopts a more liberal outlook, takes to drinking alcohol, and has an hair-cut. Ajit and his mom are perplexed and appalled at this change, and want to find out, but Shobha refuses to tell them anything. One day, Shobha and Ajit's mom have an argument, and Shobha angrily lifts up her hand to slap her, only to be stopped by Ajit, who asks Shobha to leave immediately. Shobha leaves and returns to her father's house, leaving Ajit and his mother behind wondering what had changed Shobha so much, and whether to get Ajit married a second time or not.Flop
- DirectorAmar KumarStarsDharmendraSharmila TagoreRehman KhanSunil lives with his mom and sister in a middle-class dwelling in Delhi, India. He works for Chopra and Co., Chartered Accountants. He comes across a beautiful woman posing for a painting, thinks she is poor and needy, and gives her a tip. The woman's name is Anita, and both are attracted to each other. Sunil and Anita intend to marry, and Sunil even introduces Anita to his mom. One day when attending a party, Sunil is shocked to learn that Anita is a multi-millionaire. Stunned at this deception, he swears he will have nothing to do with her. When Anita attempts to smooth things over, Sunil does cool down. It is then he finds out that Anita's dad, who is serving time, had killed his father, and that Anita's mother is still alive, after making her living as a prostitute.Hit
- DirectorT. Prakash RaoStarsDharmendraShabnamTanuja SamarthAfter completing college, dark-skinned Adivasi Shekhar returns home to find that his mother Savli has passed away. Distraught, he is consoled by Father Abraham, who also tells him that his mother had an affair with wealthy Ramgarh-based Thakur Pratap Singh, who refused to marry her even after she became pregnant. Shekhar decides to avenge his humiliation and sets forth to expose Pratap. Upon arrival in Ramgarh, he finds that he has a fair-skinned look-alike half-brother, Dilip, as well as a sister, Neelu. Dilip meets him, hires him as a office staffer, and asks him to impersonate him in order to meet Deepa, the only daughter of wealthy Vinodbabu, and Shekhar agrees. Shekhar meets Deepa and they are attracted to each other. Shekhar decides to tell her the truth about himself and returns to Ramgarh. Once there, he finds history repeating itself as Dilip is in love with an Adivasi belle, Jhumki, but refusing to marry her.Hit
- DirectorYakub Hasan RizviStarsMeena KumariDharmendraRehman KhanMeena Kumari wakes up thinking she is Radha. Everyone around her, Subodh Rai, daughter Nalini, friends, and society believe she is Nanda. 16 years before, the date of the film, SS Fort Stikine exploded in Mazgaon, Bombay bringing destruction, and due to the World War II censorship, not much detail was generally available. Casualty figures vary, but the explosion was of such intensity that it was recorded in Simla - about 2000 kms away. Fact and fiction come together in a dramatic way. Nanda and Radha are two sisters, living with their wealthy parents near Mazgaon Docks. Nanda is married to Subodh Rai from Darjeeling and has a daughter, Nalini. This family is affected by the blast. Rajesh Khanna (Dharmendra) a psychiatrist takes on the case of Meena Kumari. Every bit of evidence points to Meena Kumari's instability. Her attempts to prove that she is Radha and not Nanda turn out to be futile. Is Meena Kumari Nanda or Radha? Is she insane or being driven insane? Can she prove who she is? Nanda or Radha? An interesting aside is that the planes used by Indian Airlines are Sud Aviation Caravelle, an MG and possibly either a Woolsley or possibly a Daimler are featured. There are a few Ambassadors and a couple of Fiats. The million dollar question is whether Meena Kumari is Radha or Nanda? Yakub Rizvi takes us through Meena Kumari's journey of self discovery. It is only in the last few minutes of the film that Meena Kumari, and the people around her come to terms with her identity.Flop