Mera Gaon Mera Desh (1971)

Original title

मेरा गाँव मेरा देश

Directed by

Raj Khosla

Genre

action film

Country

India

Runtime

2h 35m

Rating

5.1 of 10 from 8 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man returns to his village and stands up against a ruthless dacoit. He faces threats and fights to protect his community.

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What happens

Mera Gaon Mera Desh (transl. My village, my country) is a 1971 Indian Hindi-language dacoit Western film directed by Raj Khosla, from a story by Akhtar Romani. It stars Dharmendra and Asha Parekh in lead roles with Vinod Khanna as the villain. It was a box office success. The film contains many hit songs including: "Apni Prem Kahaniyan", "Aaya Aaya Atariya Pe Koi Chor", "Sona Lai Ja Re", "Kuch Kehta Hai Yeh Saawan" and "Maar Diya Jaye Ke Chhod Diya Jaye". The film was remade in Telugu as Manchi Babayi. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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