Raag Desh (film)

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Raag Desh
Directed byTigmanshu Dhulia
Written byPramod Singh
Tigmanshu Dhulia
Screenplay byTigmanshu Dhulia
Produced byRajya Sabha TV - A public sector entity
Starring
CinematographyRishi Punjabi
Edited byGeeta Singh
Music bySongs
Rana Mazumder
Siddharth Pandit
Background Score
Dharma Vish
Production
company
Distributed byUFO Moviez
Release date
  • 28 July 2017 (2017-July-28)
Running time
137 minutes[1]
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Box office₹33 lakh (US$40,000)[2]

Raag Desh (transl. Love the country) is a 2017 Indian historical action drama film directed by Tigmanshu Dhulia and produced by Gurdeep Singh Sappal and Rajya Sabha TV.[3][4][5] The film is based on Indian National Army trials, the joint court martial of Indian National Army officers Colonel Prem Sahgal, Colonel Gurbaksh Singh Dhillon, Major Shah Nawaz Khan on charges of treason against the British Empire during World War 2.[6] The leading roles in Raag Desh have been played by Kunal Kapoor, Amit Sadh, Mohit Marwah and Mrudula Murali.[7] The film was released on 28 July 2017.[8][1] Rishi Punjabi is the cinematographer of the film.

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  6. ^ "Raag Desh is India's family portrait: Tigmanshu Dhulia". Retrieved 2 July 2017.
  7. ^ "The real and reel life characters of Raag Desh". Rajya Sabha TV.
  8. ^ "RSTV's Raag Desh releases countrywide". Rajya Sabha TV.