Dharm Aur Qanoon is a 1984 crime thriller film starring Rajesh Khanna, Dharmendra, Vinod Mehra, Jaya Prada, Asha Parekh and Danny Denzongpa, with Supriya Pathak, Manmohan Krishna, Iftekhar and Om Shivpuri in the supporting roles. It had box office collection of 6.5 crores in 1984 and the film was a commercial hit at the Indian box-office and was critically acclaimed. Dharm Aur Qanoon was the remake of director Joshiy's Malayalam movie Aarambham released on 1 September 1982. Aarambham was the top grosser movie in Malayalam industry in 1982 with an ensemble cast. The film was remade in Tamil that same year as Ezhuthatha Sattangal ('Unwritten Laws') directed by K. Shankar.