Watan Ke Rakhwale

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Watan Ke Rakhwale
Directed by	T. Rama Rao
Written by	Kader Khan (dialogues)
Screenplay by	M. D. Sundar
Story by	M. D. Sundar B. Krishna Rao
Produced by	Firoz Nadiadwala
Starring	Mithun Chakraborty Ashok Kumar Sunil Dutt Dharmendra Moushumi Chatterjee Sridevi Puneet Issar Prem Chopra Shakti Kapoor Kader Khan
Cinematography	V. Durga Prasad
Edited by	Waman Bhonsle, Gurudutt Shirali
Music by	Laxmikant–Pyarelal
Production company	A. G. Films
Release date	14 August 1987 (1987-08-14)
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Watan Ke Rakhwale (transl. Saviour of the Nation) is a 1987 Indian drama thriller film directed by T. Rama Rao, starring Ashok Kumar, Sunil Dutt, Dharmendra, Mithun Chakraborty,Moushumi Chatterjee,Sridevi, Puneet Issar, Prem Chopra, Shakti Kapoor and Kader Khan.

Plot[]

Radha Pratap (Sridevi) lives a wealthy lifestyle with her widowed businessman dad Raja Pratap (Sudhir Dalvi), her maternal grandmother (Lalita Pawar) and paternal uncle, Dr. Narendra (Prem Chopra), who runs a mental hospital. Shortly after her father dies in a car accident, her marriage is arranged with equally wealthy Naresh Puri (Dan Dhanoa), the only child of Raj Puri (Kader Khan). When the marriage is about to be finalized, a man named Arun (Mithun Chakraborty) interrupts the ceremony, informing them that Radha is already married to him, and produces proof and a witness, Professor Peter Fernandes (Ashok Kumar).

The wedding is cancelled amidst chaos as Radha claims that she had never seen Arun, leave alone married him. A few days later, Narendra and Raj ask Radha to sign a divorce petition, which will annul the marriage so that she will be free to marry Naresh, which she does sign. When the time comes for her to move out, she refuses and admits that she made a mistake and admits having been married to Arun, who lives with his brother, Suraj Prakash (Sunil Dutt), a Jailor and his wife Laxmi (Moushumi Chatterjee). A few days later, Naresh is arrested by the Police for smuggling, and lodged in a jail, where he is killed by a convict named Mahaveer (Dharmendra), who had seen Naresh sexually molest his sister, Vimla (Divya Rana). Enraged at the death of his son, Raj has his men molest and threaten Laxmi. Shortly thereafter Narendra's body is found, knifed to death.

Suraj confesses to this crime, is arrested, tried in court and sentenced to 6 years in the very jail where he used to be the Jailor. Raj arranges the abduction of Radha, Laxmi and Arun and has them confined on an island that is not within the jurisdiction of any country. The questions remain, why did Arun claim that Radha is married to him? why did Suraj confess to kill Narendra? and what is going to be the fate of Raj's victims?

Cast[]

Songs[]

All lyrics are written by Majrooh Sultanpuri.

Box office[]

The film was a super hit and seventh highest-grossing movie of 1987.^[1]

References[]

External links[]

• Watan Ke Rakhwale at IMDb