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Desh Premee

  • 1982
  • 2h 45m
IMDb RATING
5.8/10
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Amitabh Bachchan, Hema Malini, Parveen Babi, and Navin Nischol in Desh Premee (1982)
ActionComedyDrama

Master Dinanath is an ex-freedom fighter. When he gets Thakur Pratap Singh arrested for arms smuggling, he has Master's wife Bharati and young daughter Priti kidnapped and also turns his loc... Read allMaster Dinanath is an ex-freedom fighter. When he gets Thakur Pratap Singh arrested for arms smuggling, he has Master's wife Bharati and young daughter Priti kidnapped and also turns his locality's public against him. Dinanath escapes with his young son Raju and they settle into ... Read allMaster Dinanath is an ex-freedom fighter. When he gets Thakur Pratap Singh arrested for arms smuggling, he has Master's wife Bharati and young daughter Priti kidnapped and also turns his locality's public against him. Dinanath escapes with his young son Raju and they settle into a slum named Bharat Nagar. Meanwhile, Bharati contracts leprosy and escapes from her kidna... Read all

  • Director
    • Manmohan Desai
  • Writers
    • Kader Khan
    • K.B. Pathak
    • Prayag Raj
  • Stars
    • Amitabh Bachchan
    • Hema Malini
    • Navin Nischol
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.8/10
    654
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Manmohan Desai
    • Writers
      • Kader Khan
      • K.B. Pathak
      • Prayag Raj
    • Stars
      • Amitabh Bachchan
      • Hema Malini
      • Navin Nischol
    • 4User reviews
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    Amitabh Bachchan
    Amitabh Bachchan
    • Master Dinanath…
    Hema Malini
    Hema Malini
    • Asha
    Navin Nischol
    Navin Nischol
    • Inspector Deepak Singh
    Parveen Babi
    Parveen Babi
    • Dr. Preeti
    Shammi Kapoor
    Shammi Kapoor
    • Shamsher Singh
    Premnath Malhotra
    Premnath Malhotra
    • Puthu Anna
    Uttam Kumar
    Uttam Kumar
    • Parunto Ghosh
    Parikshit Sahni
    Parikshit Sahni
    • Ghulam Ali
    Prem Chopra
    Prem Chopra
    • Don
    Kader Khan
    Kader Khan
    • Sher Singh
    Amjad Khan
    Amjad Khan
    • Thakur Pratap Singh
    Sharmila Tagore
    Sharmila Tagore
    • Bharati
    Jeevan Dhar
    Jeevan Dhar
    • Munim
    • (as Jeevan)
    Jagdish Raj
    Jagdish Raj
    • Major B.K. Verma
    Shivraj
    Shivraj
    Daljit Rao
    Gurbachan Singh
    Gurbachan Singh
      Chitra
      • Director
        • Manmohan Desai
      • Writers
        • Kader Khan
        • K.B. Pathak
        • Prayag Raj
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      • Trivia
        'Uttam Kumar' died during filming the movie, his remaining scenes were carried out by Amitabh Bachchan's hairdresser.
      • Goofs
        The "transmitter tracker" that Amjad Khan's character uses to track the transmitter that he fitted in Prem Chopra's shoe is actually just a calculator.
      • Connections
        References Inkaar (1977)
      • Soundtracks
        Jaoji Jao
        Lyrics by Anand Bakshi

        Music by Laxmikant Shantaram Kudalkar and Pyarelal Ramprasad Sharma

        Performed by Lata Mangeshkar

      User reviews4

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      9/10

      Chat with full Indian Massala

      Manmohan Desai, who in his earlier movies "Amar Akbar Anthony" and "Naseeb" introduced formula of "Hindu-Muslim-Christian unity", has gone beyond the formula. Here he has the formula for "east-west-north-south unity of India". Of course, he has his usual spice.

      Dinanath (Amitabh) is a freedom fighter - married to Bharati (Sharmila Taigore). During the freedom struggle, though freedom is won but, he looses Bharati - who leaves as she is affected by leprosy. He is given shelter in Bharat Nagar - as four underworld dons of Bharat Nagar (representing east - great bengali actor Uttam Kumar - who died during filiming the movie and the rest of his role was played by hair dresser to Amitabh Bachchan), west (Parikshit Sahani), north (Shammi Kapoor) and south (Prem Nath)). However, his son (again played by Amitabh) right from childhood realizes that the dons are using his father's stay in Bharat Nagar to cover up their wrong doings. So he starts "hafta-wasooli" and grows up just opposite of his father. He is mistakenly married to Hema Malini while trying to run away from police hides behind "sehra" in a mass marriage ceremony organized by his "Father".

      How the son and the Bharat Nagar is reformed that is rest of the story.

      Lot of massala is there and that include Amitabh Bachchan mimicking his idol "Mehmood"!

      Overall load of fun!
      • ArvindVyas
      • Mar 16, 2004
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      • Release date
        • April 23, 1982 (India)
      • Country of origin
        • India
      • Language
        • Hindi
      • Also known as
        • The Patriot
      • Production company
        • S.S. Movietone
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      • Runtime
        2 hours 45 minutes
      • Sound mix
        • Mono
      • Aspect ratio
        • 2.35 : 1

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