Watan Ke Rakhwale


Watan Ke Rakhwale is a 1987 Indian drama-thriller film directed by T. Rama Rao, starring Mithun Chakraborty, Dharmendra, Sunil Dutt, Sridevi, Moushumi Chatterjee, Prem Chopra, Shakti Kapoor and Kader Khan. The film also has Ashok Kumar in an important role.

Plot

Radha Pratap lives a wealthy lifestyle with her widowed businessman dad, Raja ; her maternal grandma ; and paternal uncle, Dr. Narendra, who runs a mental hospital. Shortly after her father dies in a car accident, her marriage is arranged with equally wealthy Naresh Puri, the only child of Raj. When the marriage is about to be finalized, a man named Arun interrupts the ceremony, informing them that Radha is already married to him, and produces proof and a witness, Prof. Peter Fernandes.
The wedding is canceled 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 Jailor brother, Suraj Prakash and his wife, Laxmi. 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 Mahavir, who had seen Naresh sexually molest his sister, Vimla. 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, and why did Suraj confess to killing Narendra, and what is going to be the fate of Raj's victims?

Cast

  1. "Jab Pyar Kiya" - Mohammed Aziz, Anuradha Paudwal
  2. "Tana Tan Tan" - Kavita Krishnamurthy, Suresh Wadkar, Mohammed Aziz
  3. "Tere Mere Beech Mein" - Kavita Krishnamurthy, Mohammed Aziz
  4. "Mata Bhi Tu Pita Bhi Tu" - Mohammed Aziz, Anuradha Paudwal
  5. "Watan Ke Rakhawale" - Mahendra Kapoor

    Box office

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