Yeh Desh is a 1984 Hindi

Hindi

Standard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...

 language film starring Kamal Haasan

Kamal Haasan

Kamal Haasan is an Indian film actor, screenwriter and director, considered to be one of the leading method actors of Indian cinema. He is widely acclaimed as an actor and is well known for his versatility in acting...

in the lead role of the protagonist.
Chandramohan Azad (Jeetendra) is an employee and a union leader. His zeal and hard-work is detested by some of his fellow-workers and his employer, Sinha (Pincho Kapoor). He is framed for the murder of a fellow union worker and sentenced to jail for several years. After his release, he finds out that his brother-in-law, Deshbandhu (Utpal Dutt) is an MLA, and his sister (Seema Deo) is content with the way the things are. Chandramohan's right to assert what is truthful and right is frustrated at every attempt by a corrupt society and law enforcement officers. Will Chandramohan continue to fight inequality or will he himself become part of the system he fights now?

Cast

• Jeetendra...... Chandramohan Azad
• Kamal Haasan...... Inspector Mathur
• Zeenat Aman...... Sumati
• Shakti Kapoor...... Dharamdas
• Utpal Dutt...... Deshbandhu
• Om Shiv Puri...... Inspector Jagjit Singh
• Satyen Kappu...... Rehman
• Amrish Puri...... Dhuliya
• Bhagwan...... Harold
• Chandrashekhar...... Chief Minister
• Seema Deo...... Azad's sister
• Gulshan Grover...... Pratap
• Dinesh Hingoo...... Reporter
• Aruna Irani...... Dancer
• Madhu Kapoor
• Pinchoo Kapoor...... Sinha
• Vinod Mehra...... Salim
• Yunus Parvez...... Bade babu
• Sachin Pilgaonkar...... Shashi