Dukh Bhanjan Tera Naam
Dukh Bhanjan Tera Naam (1974) is a Punjabi movie about Sikhism.
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| Directed by | B.S Thapa |
| Produced by | Kanwar Mohinder Singh Bedi |
| Written by | Krishan Ksarshar |
| Starring | Radha Saluja, Shaminder, Kharaiti, Sunder, Gopal Saehgal |
| Music by | S. Mohinder |
| Cinematography | Sant Singh |
Production company | Bedi & Bakshi productions |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Punjabi |
Plot
In the era of Guru Ram Das, one cannot leave out Rajni, youngest daughter of Rai Duni Chand, revenue collector (kardar) of Patti. (The story has all the myth, magic and miracles of a genuine Sakhi, but is nevertheless a charming story). Rajni was a Sikh, a disciple of the Guru. One day she was sitting with her sisters admiring some new clothing they all had received from their father. The girls were ecstatic and exclaiming how good their father was to them. Rajni observed that all gifts are ultimately from God. Their father was merely an instrument of His greatness. Unfortunately for her, he overheard her comment and became very angry.
It was not the first time that she incurred his wrath because of her extreme piety. The infuriated father, believing her to be an ungrateful wretch, married her to a leper with a taunt that he would see how her God would help her lead a normal life. The leper was severely disfigured and a foul smell came from his body. The poor girl had accepted her fate ungrudging and worked hard to maintain herself and her crippled husband. She kept repeating the name of God, and was certain that he was testing her with this turn of events. She was forced to beg for a living. Still she bathed and fed her leper husband, never losing faith. One day, she reached the site of a pool on her way to a neighboring village. Placing the basket containing her husband by the side of the pool, she had gone oft on an errand, most probably to look for food. In the meantime, her crippled husband had seen a black crow dip into the water of the pool and come out white. Amazed at this miracle, the man crawled up to the edge of the pool and managed a dip. He found himself completely cured. When his wife returned, she was amazed to find her husband in good health. He was handsome and whole. At first, she was alarmed and suspected that he might be a different person. He had, however, kept one finger with leprosy marks un-dipped. He showed her the diseased finger as proof of his identity. The couple thanked God, and went to the Guru to seek his blessings.
The pool was the future site of the Golden Temple. The medicinal properties of the water are said to have come Word of God (Gurbani believed as sacred texts by Sikhs). Rajni's leper husband was cured in the pool. Sakhi relates that if one keeps faith in God then one day all rewards are paid. Bibi Rajni had always kept the faith in Guru and God, being happy with whatever she had and thus was rewarded at the end.
Cast
- Dharmendra as Bullcart Driver
- Dara Singh as Daku Daulay Khan
- Sunil Dutt as Sadhu
- Rajendra Kumar as Boatsman
- Ranjeet as Daku
- Manmohan Krishna as Sant Faqir
- Johnny Walker as Hakeem
- Om Prakash as Rajguru
- Sunder as Pandit
- Sonia Sahni as Pandtiyan
- V Gopal as Lutera Sadhu
- Khareti Lal as Mukhiya Pandit
- Radha Saluja as Rajni
- D. K. Sapru as Raja Duni Chand
- Veena as Rani Sheela
- Bhushan Tiwari as Ram Lal
- Shaminder as Pingla