Bollywood patriotic action thriller, Deshpremee, directed by Manmohan Desai and written by Kadar Khan was released on April 23, 1982. The movie starred Amitabh Bachchan and Hema Malini in lead roles while Parveen babi, Navin Nischol, Shammi Kapoor, Prem nath, Jagdish Raj, Parikshat Sahni, Uttam Kumar, Kadar Khan, Prem Chopra and Jeevan also played significant characters in the film. The hit melodious music of the movie was given by the hit veteran music director duo Laxmikant Pyarelal while the songs were sung by Mohammed Rafi, Kishore Kumar, Amit Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhonsle etc.

Master Dinanath ( Amitabh Bachchan ) is a freedom fighter, who is not happy with the way people have taken the independence. He reveals about the illegal activities being performed by Thakur Pratap Singh ( Amjad Khan ) and get him arrested by police. Pratap’s partner, Sher Singh ( Kadar Khan ) abducts vMaster’s wife and daughter, Preeti ( Parveen Babi ). He also attacks master’s house and accuses him of betraying his country. Master then run away from there alongwith his son, Raju. After some time, Master learns that his wife and daughter are dead now.

Master and Raju then settle in a slum called Bharat Nagar. He finds out that the slum is divided in four section and each one of the section is ruled by: Punjabi ( Shammi Kapoor ), Muslim ( Parikshat Sahni ), Madrasi ( Premnath ) and Bengali ( Uttam Kumar ). The four dons decides to use master as the cover for their illegal activities in the slum. Years later, Raju ( Amitabh Bachchan ) is now a grown up guy now.

The songs of the movie are:

1. Gore nahi hum kale
2. Jaaoji jao
3. Ja jaldi bhag ja
4. O bekhabar bedardi
5. Mere deshpremiyon