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Watan Ke Rakhwale | |
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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 | Ashok Kumar Sunil Dutt Dharmendra Mithun Chakraborty Sridevi Moushumi Chatterjee Puneet Issar Prem Chopra Shakti Kapoor Kader Khan |
Cinematography | V. Durga Prasad |
Edited by | Waman Bhosle 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 (transl. Saviours of the Nation) is a 1987 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed by T. Rama Rao. It features an ensemble cast of Ashok Kumar, Sunil Dutt, Dharmendra, Mithun Chakraborty, Sridevi, Moushumi Chatterjee, Puneet Issar, Prem Chopra, Shakti Kapoor, Kader Khan. The film revolves around how a spy plots to bring a terrorist to justice, and how he is helped out by his lover, his elder brother and sister-in-law and a jailed convict.
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.