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Cry for Life is a film of genre Crime directed by Moni Bhattacharjee with Sunil Dutt

Cry for Life (1963)

Cry for Life
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Length 3h
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Genres Crime
Rating67% 3.3955153.3955153.3955153.3955153.395515

Mujhe Jeene Do (Let Me Live) is a 1963 Hindi film directed by Moni Bhattacharjee. This dacoit-drama stars Sunil Dutt, Waheeda Rehman, Nirupa Roy, Rajendranath and Mumtaz.

Shot in Chambal Valley ravines of Bhind-Morena under police protection in Madhya Pradesh state, and Mohan Studios, Mumbai films highlights are acting talents of its star cast, Waheeda Rehman, and Sunil Dutt and indeed the music by musical genius Jaidev. It went on to become eighth highest grossing Bollywood film of the year, and Official selection at the 1964 Cannes Film Festival. 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).

Synopsis

Mujhe Jeene Do, is a classic dacoit drama, from the western films genre, a story about how love can lead to the redemption of even a hardened criminal like, Thakhur Jernail Singh (Sunil Dutt) who is a noted dacoit in Chambal Valley.

Actors

Sunil Dutt
Waheeda Rehman
Nirupa Roy
Durga Khote
Mumtaz
And :
Rajendra Nath
Tarun Bose
Sapru
Mohan Choti
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