Yeh Desh
Yeh Desh (transl. The Country) is a 1984 Indian Hindi-language political film, produced by P. Mallikharjuna Rao under the Bharati International banner and directed by Tatineni Rama Rao.[1] It stars Jeetendra, Kamal Haasan and Zeenat Aman with music composed by R. D. Burman.[2] The film is a remake of the Malayalam film Ee Nadu (1982) which also remade in Telugu with the same title.[3][4]
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Directed by | Tatineni Rama Rao |
Produced by | P Mallikharjuna Rao |
Written by | Kamleshwar (dialogues) |
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Music by | R. D. Burman |
Cinematography | V. Durgaprasad |
Edited by | Swamy, Balu |
Production company | Bharati International |
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Running time | 151 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
Plot
Chandramohan Azad (Jeetendra) is an employee and a union leader. His zeal and hard work are detested by some of his fellow-workers and his employer, Sinha (Pincho Kapoor). He is framed for the murder of a fellow union worker and sentenced to jail for several years. After his release, he finds out that his brother-in-law, Deshbandhu (Utpal Dutt) is an MLA, and his sister (Seema Deo) is content with the way the things are. Chandramohan's right to assert what is truthful and right is frustrated at every attempt by a corrupt society and law enforcement officers. Will Chandramohan continue to fight inequality or will he himself become part of the system he fights now?
Cast
- Jeetendra as Chandra Mohan Azaad[5]
- Kamal Haasan as Inspector Mathur[6]
- Zeenat Aman as Sumathi[5]
- Geetha as Pani
- Vinod Mehra as Salim
- Shakti Kapoor as Dharmdas
- Utpal Dutt as Deshbandhu
- Om Shivpuri as Inspector Jagjit Singh
- Satyen Kappu as Rehman
- Amrish Puri as Dhuliya
- Gulshan Grover as Pratap
- Sachin Pilgaonkar as Shashi
- Chandrashekhar as Chief Minister
- Pinchoo Kapoor as Sinha
- Dinesh Hingoo as Reporter
- Yunus Parvez as Bade Babu
- Bhagwan as Harold
- Aruna Irani as Dancer
- Seema Deo as Azad's sister
Soundtrack
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Released | 1984 |
Genre | Feature film soundtrack |
Language | Hindi |
Label | EMI |
Producer | R. D. Burman |
The film's music was composed by R. D. Burman and lyrics were penned by Anand Bakshi. The soundtrack was also marked the debut of noted singer, Kumar Sanu.[7]
No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Mazdooron Ka Nara Hai" | Anand Bakshi | Mahendra Kapoor & Chorus | |
2. | "Yaar Ko Salam, Pyar Ko Salam" | Anand Bakshi | Usha Mangeshkar, Suresh Wadkar & Chorus | |
3. | "Dekhna Dekhna Dekhte Dekhte" | Anand Bakshi | Shailender Singh, Shakti Thakur, Udit Narayan, Kumar Sanu | |
4. | "Aaj Ki Raat Main" | Anand Bakshi | Asha Bhosle | |
5. | "Meri Umar Ka Ik Ladka" | Anand Bakshi | Asha Bhosle, Kishore Kumar & Chorus |
References
- "Yeh Desh (Cast & Crew)". Osianama.
- "Yeh Desh". youtube. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
- https://archive.org/details/dli.bengal.10689.20974/page/n643/mode/2up
- Arunachalam, Param (2020). BollySwar: 1981–1990. Mavrix Infotech. p. 511. ISBN 9788193848227.
- "I am as BUSY as EVER!". The Indian Express. 11 August 2011. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
- "Happy Birthday Kamal Haasan: Priceless Throwback Pictures of the Legendary Actor". The Times of India. 7 November 2020. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
- "Eighties - and COUNTING". The Indian Express. 3 July 2008. Retrieved 10 January 2021.