Apna Desh
Poster
Directed byJambu
Written byInder Raj Anand
Raj Baldev Raj
Story byMullapudi Venkata Ramana
Based onKathanayakudu
(1969 film)
Produced byA.V. Subramaniam
T.Govindarajan
StarringRajesh Khanna
Mumtaz
Om Prakash
Jagdeep
Madan Puri
CinematographyW.R. Subba Rao
Pushpal Dutta
Edited byC. P. Jambulingam
Music byR. D. Burman
Production
company
Venus Pictures
Distributed byOlympics Pictures
Release date
26 May 1972
Running time
170 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Apna Desh (transl. Our country) is a 1972 Indian Hindi-language action drama film, produced by A.V. Subramaniam and T.M.Kittu and directed by Jambu. The film stars Rajesh Khanna, Mumtaz, Om Prakash, Jagdeep, Mukkamala, Madan Puri and the credited Roja Ramani, who plays Rajesh Khanna's niece Sharda. The soundtrack is composed by R. D. Burman.

The film is a remake of the 1969 Telugu film Kathanayakudu.[1][2] The child chorus for the song "Rona Kabhi Nahi Rona" was done by Sandhya Pandit and Vijeyta Pandit, who are elder sisters of music directors Jatin-Lalit.[3]

Plot

Akash is an honest and educated young man, employed by the Bombay Municipal Corporation as a clerk. He lives with his equally honest brother Dinanath, his sister-in-law, a niece, Sharda and a nephew. Due to Akash's honesty, he becomes a liability to his corrupt superiors. Dharmdas tries to bribe Akash but Akash denied it to do so. Chanda is in love with Akash and Akash also knows it and both agree to it. Dharamdas plans to give Money to Dinanath to deposit in the bank and told his assistant that on the way, he will send goons to snatch money from Dinanath and make him guilty. But Dinanath discovers this plan and takes money from the locker and runs away. Dharamdas learns about the money stealing. One day, they find fault with his work and arrange a board meeting. In the board meeting, people accuses Akash for demanding bribe from Dharamdas and take voting in which people voted to remove Akash from the position and dismiss him. Akash outsmarts Dharamdas in bidding. Akash takes the help of Alibaba to bluff Dharamdas and team. When Akash attempts to assert himself legally, he finds that there is corruption everywhere. In retaliation, even his brother is implicated in a crime, and arrested. Now, Akash must come up with a way to clear his brother, as well as expose the wrong-doers.

Cast

Soundtrack

# Title Singer(s)
1 "Duniya Mein Logon Ko" R D Burman, Asha Bhosle
2 "Kajra Lagake Gajra Sajake" Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar
3 "Ro Na Kabhi Nahin Rona" Kishore Kumar, Vijeyta Pandit, Sandhya Pandit
4 "Sun Champa Sun Tara" Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar
5 "Aaja O Mere Raja" Asha Bhosle
6 "E Babu Lelo Na Narial" Lata Mangeshkar

References

  1. ^ Mullapudi, Venkata Ramana (July 2013). Inkothi kommacchi (in Telugu) (6 ed.). Hyderabad: Varaprasad Reddy. pp. 29, 30. Archived from the original on 21 September 2017. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
  2. ^ Srinivasan, Karthik (6 November 2018). "What Connects Japanese Actress Ayumi Ishida And Tony Martin To The 1972 Film Apna Desh?". Film Companion. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
  3. ^ "Vijeta Pandit: Life Has Become One Big Tragedy". iDiva. 15 August 2013. Archived from the original on 30 September 2022. Retrieved 13 February 2021.

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