Apna Desh (1949)

Directed by

V. Shantaram

Genre

drama film

Country

India

Runtime

2h 31m

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman is abducted during the Partition of India. After she escapes and tries to reunite with her family, they reject her. The story follows her quest for revenge against those who wronged her, while also exposing the black market exploitation that followed the Partition.

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What happens

Apna Desh (Our Country) is a 1949 Hindi social drama film set against the backdrop of Partition and directed by V. Shantaram for his Rajkamal Kalamandir banner. The story was written by Diwan Sharar and Keshavrao Date. Sharar also wrote the screenplay and dialogue along with acting in the film. Music was by S. Purshottam and lyrics were by Diwan Sharar and Mirza Ghalib. The cast included Pushpa Hans, Umesh Sharma, Sudha Apte, Chandrashekhar, Manmohan Krishna, Keshavrao Date, Krishna Goel, Diwan Sharar, Parshuram and Satish Vyas. The film was made a year after Shantaram made Dr. Kotnis Ki Amar Kahani (1946), which was not a success at the box office. Apna Desh is the story of revenge by an abducted woman after the rejection she faces when she meets her family. Using the Partition as background, the film's theme focussed on black-marketing. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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