Mujhe Jeene Do [SEP] country of origin
Bollywood film of the year, and the 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,
was a "none too smooth takeoff". Bhattacharjee went on to direct numerous films, and is best known for the dacoit film, "Mujhe Jeene Do" (1963), which starred Sunil Dutt and Waheeda Rehman and was among the "Official Selection" at the 1964 Cannes Film Festival.
"The Hindu" praised "Mujhe Jeene Do", writing that the "brilliant synthesis of script, photography, music, lyrics, acting and direction sends you on an emotional rollercoaster". "The Illustrated Weekly of