RAFI & LATA - KUCH KEHTA HAI - MERA GAON MERA DESH 1971

SONG:KUCH KEHTA HAI
MUSIC:LAXMIKANT PYARELAL
LYRICS:ANAND BAKSHI
SINGER:LATA MANGESHKAR & MOHAMMAD RAFI
FILM:MERA GAON MERA DESH


Mera Gaon Mera Desh is a 1971 Indian film made by Raj Khosla, starring Dharmendra in the lead role and also Vinod Khanna as the villain.As a bandit, Vinod Khanna's role gave him visibility and made him a star. Dharmendra plays a reformed criminal who helps a one armed retired army man protect a village from the dacoits. Asha Parekh played Dharmendra's love interest.

However, it was supporting actress Laxmi Chayya who stole the film by dancing circles around Dharmendra and Asha to the evergreen hit "Maar diya jaaye ya chhod diya jaaye, bol tere saath kya sulook kiya jaaye". As the audience holds its collective breath, the sexy vamp cuts the ropes that bind the heros hands after she has drugged the villains.

The film is particularly noted for a rural setting, and it became a super hit, taking second place at the box office for 1971. It is also said to have many elements that inspired one of the box office champs of all time, Sholay(1975). The climax fights are still remembered for the realism and are very convincing although a single man is fighting a horde of bandits.

Dharmendra Singh Deol , born 8 December 1935 in Punjab, better known as Dharmendra, is an award-winning Bollywood film star who has appeared in more than 200 Hindi films. In 1997 he received the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award for his contribution to Hindi cinema.

He is also the father of actors Sunny Deol, Bobby Deol and Esha Deol.He was born into a jatt clan in the Kapurthala district of Punjab state to Kewal Kishan Singh Deol and Satwant Kaur. His father was a school headmaster in the village of Lalton where the family later moved..

Dharmendra married twice and has maintained both his wives. His first marriage is to Prakash Kaur at the age of 19 in 1954.His second marriage took place with actress Hema Malini. It is rumoured that Dharmendra accepted Islam and changed his name to Dilawar Khan in order to marry Hema Mailini, as his first wife refused to divorce him.

The couple are said to have fallen in love on the set of Sholay (1975) although they had made films together before. he has two daughters: Esha Deol, who is an actress, and Ahana Deol. He is also the uncle of actor Abhay Deol, who is the son of his younger brother Ajit Deol.Dharmendra was also romantically involved with his Phool Aur Patthar co-star Meena Kumari.

Dharmendra has gone on record saying he does not believe that the Mumbai film industry is a place suitable for girls. He was unperturbed by his sons Sunny and Bobby joining the industry, but was vocal about his displeasure regarding his daughter Esha's choice of profession..

He has recently become active in politics. He was elected as a Member of Parliament in the 2004 general elections, from Bikaner in Rajasthan, on a Bharatiya Janata Party ticket. During his election campaign, he made an ironic remark that he should be elected Dictator Perpetuus to teach "basic etiquette that democracy requires" for which he was severely criticized.

Dharmendra has rarely attended the Parliament when the house was in session, preferring to spend the time shooting for movies or doing farming at his farm house. He has also not participated in any debates or raised any queries. Along with actor Govinda, Dharmendra has been criticised for ignoring his duties as a Member of Parliament.

In 1997, he won a Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award for his contribution to Indian Cinema over many years. While receiving the award from Dilip Kumar and his wife Saira Banu, Dharmendra became emotional and remarked that he never received any Filmfare award in the "Best Actor" category despite having worked in so many successful films and nearly a hundred popular movies.

He was glad that his contributions had finally been recognized. Speaking on the occasion Dilip Kumar commented ,"Whenever I get to meet with God Almighty I will set before Him my only complaint-why did You not make me as handsome as Dharmendra?"In the mid seventies, he was voted as one of the most handsome men in the world, a feat only repeated by Salman Khan (from Bollywood) in 1997.He has also received the World Iron Man award.He is a recipient of the prestigious "Living Legend Award" by the Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the Indian entertainment industry.

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[MHS024]

Dharmendra was the only actor who demanded his producers to have his songs sung by Rafi sahab only.

[Shaam44]

@MHS024 Valuable info ! Thanks 4 watching.

[skaramchandani72]

clairty of this video is very good. beautiful song. tks shaam44 gd work n a gift to us viewers n fans from u. god bless u

[Shaam44]

@skaramchandani72 Beautiful comment you have made ! Thanks 4 watching.

[akshayVVV7]

dharmendra is indeed more handsome than any other actor in bollywood, ever

[RSKALAGNANAM]

Transports me back 35+ years. This is as close to time travel as one can get, I suppose.

[dustedballs]

great song !

[dilkhush22]

GREAT VOICE GREAT FILM GREAT ACTOR

[MonalisaBigBen]

@akshayVVV7 AGREED....

[786sarika]

one off my fav song

[abbas206]

@akshayVVV7

true say, he is