Dharm ('Religion') is a 2007 Hindi film directed by Bhavna Talwar, starring Pankaj Kapoor and Supriya Pathak in lead roles. This is the debut film of the director, it addresses the theme of communal harmony. Most of it is shot in Varanasi.

Plot

The story is based in Benares and is about Pandit Chaturvedi (Pankaj Kapoor), a highly revered and learned Brahmin priest. He lives with his wife Parvati (Supriya Pathak) and young daughter Vedhika while serving as head priest at a temple financially managed by Vishnu Singh (K. K. Raina). He is accompanied by an American journalist during a visit to Vishnu Singh's home, where the journalist meets Vishnu Singh's daughter Mani (Hrishitaa Bhatt) and two eventually fall in love. Much to the disliking of Vishnu Singh's son Surya Prakash (Pankaj Tripathi), who along with his goons gives the journalist a good beating. Mani however elopes and marries the journalist which causes rage in Surya towards Pandit Chaturvedi. Meanwhile Vedhika brings home an infant boy whose mother vanished after handing him over to her. Pandit Chaturvedi is not willing to keep the baby and contacts police but they have no idea about the baby's mother. On request of Parvati to adopt the baby and confirmation from Vedhika that boy belongs to Brahmin family as per his mother, Pandit Chaturvedi agrees to adopt the baby. Initially he keeps distance but with time develops feelings and eventually a strong bond for the kid and name him Kartika.