Desh Premee
1982 Indian film / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Desh Premee (transl. The Patriot) is a 1982 Hindi action film directed by Manmohan Desai, starring Amitabh Bachchan in a dual role alongside Hema Malini, Sharmila Tagore, Navin Nischol, Parveen Babi, Uttam Kumar, Shammi Kapoor, Premnath, Parikshit Sahni, Amjad Khan and Gita Siddharth. The film has musical score by Laxmikant-Pyarelal.
Desh Premee | |
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Directed by | Manmohan Desai |
Written by | Kader Khan K.B. Pathak Prayag Raj |
Produced by | Subhash Desai |
Starring | Amitabh Bachchan Hema Malini Navin Nischol Parveen Babi Shammi Kapoor Premnath Uttam Kumar Kader Khan Prem Chopra Parikshit Sahni Amjad Khan Sharmila Tagore |
Cinematography | Peter Pereira |
Edited by | Mukhtar Ahmed |
Music by | Laxmikant-Pyarelal |
Production company | S.S. Movietone |
Release date |
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Running time | 165 mins |
Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
Budget | ₹30 million[1] |
Box office | ₹72 million[1] |
It was the fifth collaboration of Manmohan Desai and Amitabh Bachchan. The film fell short of the standards of the previous films by this duo garnering mixed reviews and becoming a moderate success at the box office. It did celebrate silver jubilee in Hyderabad.
The film is dedicated to the memory of Mohammed Rafi, who sang the film's title song and key cast member Uttam Kumar, both of whom died a little before the film was released. This was the only film for which music director Laxmikant Shantaram Kudalkar was a playback singer for a song. All the songs were penned by Anand Bakshi.[2]