Watan Ke Rakhwale

Watan Ke Rakhwale
Directed byT. Rama Rao
Written byKader Khan (dialogues)
Screenplay byM. D. Sundar
Story byM. D. Sundar
B. Krishna Rao
Produced byFiroz Nadiadwala
StarringAshok Kumar
Sunil Dutt
Dharmendra
Mithun Chakraborty
Sridevi
Moushumi Chatterjee
Puneet Issar
Prem Chopra
Shakti Kapoor
Kader Khan
CinematographyV. Durga Prasad
Edited byWaman Bhosle
Gurudutt Shirali
Music byLaxmikant–Pyarelal
Production
company
A. G. Films
Release date
  • 14 August 1987 (1987-08-14)
Running time
155 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget20.5 million[1]
Box office70 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.

  1. ^ a b "Watan Ke Rakhwale 1987 Movie Box Office Collection, Budget and Unknown Facts 1980's Box Office Collection". KS Box Office. 25 May 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2021.