''Watan Ke Rakhwale'' () is a 1987 Indian

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action thriller film directed by

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. It features an

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, Dharmendra, Mithun Chakraborty,

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, Moushumi Chatterjee, Ashok Kumar, Puneet Issar, Prem Chopra, Shakti Kapoor and Kader Khan. The film revolves around how a spy (Chakraborty) fabricates a plot to bring a terrorist to justice, and how he is helped out by his lover (Sridevi), his elder brother and sister-in-law (Dutt and Chatterjee) and a jailed convict (Dharmendra). ''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.

Plot

Radha Pratap (

) lives a wealthy lifestyle with her widowed businessman dad Raja Pratap ( Sudhir Dalvi), her maternal grandmother (

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) and paternal uncle, Dr. Narendra ( Prem Chopra), who runs a mental hospital. Shortly after her father dies in a car accident, her marriage is arranged with equally wealthy Naresh Puri ( Dan Dhanoa), the only child of Raj Puri ( Kader Khan). When the marriage is about to be finalized, a man named Arun ( Mithun Chakraborty) interrupts the ceremony, informing them that Radha is already married to him, and produces proof and a witness, Professor Peter Fernandes ( Ashok Kumar). The wedding is cancelled amidst chaos as Radha claims that she had never seen Arun, leave alone married him. A few days later, Narendra and Raj ask Radha to sign a divorce petition, which will annul the marriage so that she will be free to marry Naresh, which she does sign. When the time comes for her to move out, she refuses and admits that she made a mistake and admits having been married to Arun, who lives with his brother, Suraj Prakash (

), a Jailor and his wife Laxmi ( Moushumi Chatterjee). A few days later, Naresh is arrested by the Police for smuggling, and lodged in a jail, where he is killed by a convict named Mahaveer ( Dharmendra), who had seen Naresh sexually molest his sister, Vimla (

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). Enraged at the death of his son, Raj has his men molest and threaten Laxmi. Shortly thereafter Narendra's body is found, knifed to death. Suraj confesses to this crime, is arrested, tried in court and sentenced to 6 years in the very jail where he used to be the Jailor. Raj arranges the abduction of Radha, Laxmi and Arun and has them confined on an island that is not within the jurisdiction of any country. The questions remain, why did Arun claim that Radha is married to him? why did Suraj confess to kill Narendra? and what is going to be the fate of Raj's victims?

Cast

* Mithun Chakraborty as Arun Prakash * Dharmendra as Mahaveer *

as Radha Pratap *

as Jailor Suraj Prakash * Moushumi Chatterjee as Laxmi Prakash * Ashok Kumar as Professor Peter Fernandes * Puneet Issar as Akbar (Arun's Assistant) * Prem Chopra as Dr. Narendra Pratap * Shakti Kapoor as Koya Koya Attache * Kader Khan as Raj Puri * Parikshit Sahni as Assistant Jailor Madan *

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as Police Commissioner *

as Radha's Maternal Grandmother * Ashalata Wabgaonkar as Mahaveer's Mother *

as Vimla "Vimli" (Mahaveer's Sister) * Birbal as Psychiatrist, Mental Hospital Doctor * Sudhir Dalvi as Raja Pratap * Dan Dhanoa as Naresh Puri *

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as Mac * Jack Gaud as Raj Puri's Goon * Baby Guddu as Young Vimla

Songs

All lyrics are written by Majrooh Sultanpuri.

Box office

The film was a super hit and seventh highest-grossing movie of 1987.

References

External links

* {{Tatineni Rama Rao 1987 films 1980s Hindi-language films 1980s Indian films Films directed by T. Rama Rao Films scored by Laxmikant–Pyarelal Indian action drama films 1980s action drama films