Watan Ke Rakhwale
1987 Indian film / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Watan Ke Rakhwale (transl. Saviour of the Nation) is a 1987 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed by T. Rama Rao. It features an ensemble cast of Sunil Dutt, Dharmendra, Mithun Chakraborty, Sridevi, Moushumi Chatterjee, Ashok Kumar, Puneet Issar, Prem Chopra, Shakti Kapoor and Kader Khan. The film revolves around how a spy (Chakraborty) plots to bring a terrorist to justice, and how he is helped out by his lover (Sridevi), his elder brother and sister-in-law (Dutt and Chatterjee) and a jailed convict (Dharmendra).
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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 | Sunil Dutt Dharmendra Mithun Chakraborty Sridevi Moushumi Chatterjee Ashok Kumar Kader Khan Shakti Kapoor Prem Chopra |
Cinematography | V. Durga Prasad |
Edited by | Waman Bhonsle, Gurudutt Shirali |
Music by | Laxmikant–Pyarelal |
Production company | A. G. Films |
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Running time | 155 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
Budget | ₹20.5 million[1] |
Box office | ₹70 million[1] |
Watan Ke Rakhwale released worldwide on 14 August 1987, one day before the Indian Independence Day. It received mainly positive reviews from critics and was a commercial success, becoming the 7th highest grossing film of 1987.