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{{Infobox film
| name = Apna Desh
| image = Apna Desh.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Poster
| director = Jambu
| producer = A.V. Subramaniam T.Govindarajan
| writer = [[Inder Raj Anand]] [[Raj Baldev Raj]]
| story = [[Mullapudi Venkata Ramana]]
| narrator =
| starring = [[Rajesh Khanna]] [[Mumtaz (actress)|Mumtaz]] [[Om Prakash]] [[Jagdeep]] [[Madan Puri]]
| music = {{plainlist|
* [[R. D. Burman]]
* [[Anand Bakshi]] (lyrics)}}
| cinematography = W.R. Subba Rao Pushpal Dutta
| editing = C. P. Jambulingam
| studio = Venus Pictures
| distributor = Olympics Pictures
| released = 26 May 1972
| runtime = 170 minutes
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| budget = {{INR|link=yes|5 [[crore]]}}
|gross = {{Estimation}} {{INR|10 crore}}
}}
'''''Apna Desh''''' ({{trans|Our country}}) is a 1972 Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[action drama film]], produced by A.V. Subramaniam and T.M.Kittu and directed by Jambu. The film stars [[Rajesh Khanna]], [[Mumtaz (actress)|Mumtaz]], [[Om Prakash]], [[Jagdeep]], [[Mukkamala]], [[Madan Puri]] and the credited [[Roja Ramani]], who plays Rajesh Khanna's niece Sharda. The soundtrack is composed by [[R. D. Burman]]. The film was a commercial success.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://muvyz.com/boxoffice/byyear/y2/1972|title = Box Office by Year (1972) - Bollywood MuVyz}}</ref>

The film is a remake of the 1969 Telugu film ''[[Kathanayakudu (1969 film)|Kathanayakudu]]''.<ref name="about the original telugu movie">{{cite book|last1=Mullapudi|first1=Venkata Ramana|title=Inkothi kommacchi|date=July 2013|publisher=Varaprasad Reddy|location=Hyderabad|pages=29, 30|edition=6|language=Telugu|url=http://www.kothikommachi.com/|access-date=17 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170921035947/http://kothikommachi.com/|archive-date=21 September 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Srinivasan|first=Karthik|date=2018-11-06|title=What Connects Japanese Actress Ayumi Ishida And Tony Martin To The 1972 Film Apna Desh?|url=https://www.filmcompanion.in/features/bollywood-features/what-connects-japanese-actress-ayumi-ishida-and-tony-martin-to-the-1972-film-apna-desh/|access-date=2021-02-13|website=Film Companion|language=en-US}}</ref> The child chorus for the song "Rona Kanhi Nahi Rona" was done by Sandhya Pandit and Vijeyta Pandit, who are elder sisters of music directors Jatin-Lalit.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2013-08-15|title=Vijeta Pandit: Life Has Become One Big Tragedy|url=https://www.idiva.com/entertainment/bollywood/vijeta-pandit-life-has-become-one-big-tragedy/23601|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2021-02-13|website=iDiva|language=en-IN}}</ref>

==Plot==
Akash is an honest and educated young man, employed by the Bombay Municipal Corporation as a clerk. He lives with his equally honest brother Dinanath, his sister-in-law, a niece, Sharda and a nephew. Due to Akash's honesty, he becomes a liability to his corrupt superiors. Dharmdas tries to bribe Akash but Akash denied it to do so. Chanda is in love with Akash and Akash also knows it and both agree to it. Dharamdas plans to give Money to Dinanath to deposit in the bank and told his assistant that on the way, he will send goons to snatch money from Dinanath and make him guilty. But Dinanath comes to know this plan and takes money from the locker and runs away. Dharamdas comes to know about the money stealing. One day, they find fault with his work and arrange a board meeting. In the board meeting, people accuses Akash for demanding bribe from Dharamdas and take voting in which people voted to remove Akash from the position and dismiss him. Akash outsmarts Dharamdas in bidding. Akash takes the help of Alibaba to bluff Dharamdas and team. When Akash attempts to assert himself legally, he finds that there is corruption everywhere. In retaliation, even his brother is implicated in a crime, and arrested. Now, Akash must come up with a way to clear his brother, as well as expose the wrong-doers.

==Cast==
* [[Jatin Khanna]] as Akash Chandra
* [[Mumtaz (actress)|Mumtaz]] as Chanda / Madame Popololita
* [[Om Prakash]] as Dharmadas
* [[Jagdeep]] as Shambhu / Ali Baba
* [[Kanhaiyalal (actor)|Kanhaiyalal]] as Sevaram
* [[Madan Puri]] as Satyanarayan
* [[Manmohan Krishna]] as Dinath Chandra
* [[Mukkamala]] as Mrs. Dinath Chandra
* Rajan Haksar
* [[Satyendra Kapoor]]

==Soundtrack==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! # !! Title !! Singer(s)
|-
| 1
| "Duniya Mein Logon Ko"
| [[R D Burman]], [[Asha Bhosle]]
|-
| 2
| "Kajra Lagake Gajra Sajake"
| [[Kishore Kumar]], [[Lata Mangeshkar]]
|-
| 3
| "Ro Na Kabhi Nahin Rona"
| [[Kishore Kumar]], Vijeyta Pandit, Sandhya Pandit
|-
| 4
| "Sun Champa Sun Tara"
| [[Kishore Kumar]], [[Lata Mangeshkar]]
|-
| 5
| "Aaja O Mere Raja"
| [[Asha Bhosle]]
|-
| 6
| "E Babu Lelo Na Narial"
| [[Lata Mangeshkar]]
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|0175448|Apna Desh}}

[[Category:Hindi remakes of Telugu films]]
[[Category:Indian action drama films]]
[[Category:Films scored by R. D. Burman]]
[[Category:1972 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:1970s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Fictional portrayals of police departments in India]]

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