Jeena Yahan is a 1979 Bollywood film, directed by Basu Chatterjee and produced by N.P. Ali under Jamu Pictures. The film is based on story Ekhane Aakash Neyi by Manu Bhandari. Lekha marries Shekhar, who does not belong to her caste, and lives happily with him in Mumbai. When they visit his village, she learns that his sister is in love but is forced to marry someone else.
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Shabana Azmi
Lekha
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Halo
Neerja
Shekhar Kapur
Shekhar
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Vishwaroopam
Dina Pathak
Mother
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Devdas
Gol Maal
Arvind Deshpande
Father
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Vidya Sinha
Shipra
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Bodyguard
Amol Palekar
Dinesh
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Farzi
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Zarina Wahab
Sushma
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Agneepath
Basu Chatterjee Director · Manu Bhandari Writer K.K. Mahajan Cinematographer
First release July 16, 1979
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
Hindi
Release dates
India · July 16, 1979
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No release date listed for United States.
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