Mujhe Jeene Do (1963 film)
1963 film by Moni Bhattacharjee / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mujhe Jeene Do (transl.āLet Me Live) is a 1963 Indian Hindi film, directed by Moni Bhattacharjee and written by Aghajani Kashmeri. This dacoit drama stars Sunil Dutt, Waheeda Rehman, Nirupa Roy, Rajendranath and Mumtaz.
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Directed by | Moni Bhattacharjee |
Written by | Aghajani Kashmeri[1] |
Produced by | Sunil Dutt |
Starring | Sunil Dutt Waheeda Rehman |
Music by | Jaidev (Music) Sahir Ludhianvi (Lyrics) |
Production company | Ajanta Arts |
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Running time | 180 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Hindustani[2] |
Shot in the Chambal Valley ravines of Bhind-Morena under police protection in Madhya Pradesh state,[3] and Mohan Studios, Mumbai[4] the film highlights the acting talents of its star cast: Waheeda Rehman and Sunil Dutt.[5] The music is by the composer Jaidev. It was the fourth highest grossing Bollywood film of the year,[6] and the official selection at the 1964 Cannes Film Festival.[7] The film was also the second success in a row of actor Sunil Dutt's production banner, Ajanta Arts, after Yeh Rastey Hain Pyar Ke, which had been released earlier that year. Mujhe Jeene Do was India's third "dacoit" film, a genre loosely inspired by Hollywood westerns, but more so by the menace of dacoity in Central India in the early 1960s. The film was a major success, like the earlier two other big films in the same genre, Ganga Jamuna (1961) and Raj Kapoor's Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai (1960).[8]