Apna Desh (Our Country) is a 1949 Hindi social drama film set against the backdrop of Partition and directed by V. Shantaram for his Rajkamal Kalamandir banner.

Apna Desh is the story of revenge by an abducted woman after the rejection she faces when she meets her family.

In the melee while her family escape their home, which now becomes part of Pakistan, and go to India, she is kidnapped and raped by some Muslim rioters.

Shantaram made socially relevant films and in Apna Desh he dealt with the issues of abduction, rape and black-marketing during, and following Partition.

[4] The film "predicted" problems like languages, black-marketing and corruption that India would face following the "newly acquired independepence".

[6] The story caused a backlash of criticism from all the reputed papers and magazines and had to be eventually withdrawn from theatres.