Jis Desh Men Ganga Behti Hai
| Jis Desh Men Ganga Behti Hai | |
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| Directed by | Radhu Karmakar |
| Produced by | Raj Kapoor |
| Written by | Arjun Dev Rashk |
| Starring | Raj Kapoor Padmini Pran |
| Music by | Shankar Jaikishan Shailendra (lyrics) |
| Cinematography | Tara Dutt |
| Editing by | G. G. Mayekar |
| Release date(s) | 1960 |
| Running time | 167 min |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Box office |  2,00,00,000[1] |
Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai (Hindi: जिस देश में गंगा बहती है, Urdu: جس دیش میں گنگا بہتی ہے) is a 1960 Hindi film directed by Radhu Karmakar and produced by Raj Kapoor. The film stars Kapoor, Pran and Padmini in lead roles. This was the first directorial venture of Karmakar who had previously been cinematographer for many of Kapoor's films. The film was declared "Hit" at the box office.[1]
The team of Shankar Jaikishan composed the music for film, which includes the hit songs penned by Shailendra like "O Basanti Pawan Pagal", "Aa Ab Lout Chalen" and the title song of "Hothon Pe Sacchai Rehti Hai".
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[edit] Plot
Raju (played by Raj Kapoor) is a poor friendly orphan who wins his bread by singing songs. One day he sees an injured man and helps him. Later he is kidnapped by few bandits who mistake him to be an undercover policeman. It then turns out that the injured man he helped is the leader (Sardar) of this gang. The Sardar takes good care of Raju and treats him with honour. Sardar's daughter Kammo (played by Padmini) falls in love with Raju. Kammo and Sardar convince Raju of how they are good bandits who just are making sure that wealth is equally distributed amongst people. On one of the loots Raju witnesses murder of newly wedded couple and he then decides to go to Police and leaves the gang. In the gang, one of the bandits called Raka (played by Pran) kills the Sardar and takes over the bandits and wishes to forcibly wed Kammo. When Raju tells all truth to police they decide to confront and kill the bandits. Raj begs police to not kill them; but is shunned away. Raju is then posed in a dilema of what to do and finds himself helpless when he sees police also stooping just as low to stop crime.
[edit] Cast
- Raj Kapoor as Raju
- Padmini as Kammo
- Pran as Raka
- Chanchal as Bijli
- Lalita Pawar as Mirabai
- Raj Mehra as Police Superintendent
- Ramayan Tiwari as Mirabai's Husband
- Nana Palsikar as Tau
- S.B. Nayampalli as Sardar
- Sulochana Chatterjee as Police Superintendent's wife
- Vishwa Mehra as Bhimu
[edit] Music
Composed by Shankar Jaikishan, the film has classic songs penned by Shailendra.
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Mera Naam Raju" | Mukesh | 03:10 | |
| 2. | "Kya Hua, Yeh Mujhe Kya Hua" | Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle | ||
| 3. | "Hothon Pe Sacchai Rehti Hai" | Mukesh | 04:13 | |
| 4. | "Ho Maine Pyar Kiya" | Lata Mangeshkar | ||
| 5. | "Hum Bhi Hain, Tum Bhi Ho" | Geeta Dutt, Lata Mangeshkar, Mukesh | 07:35 | |
| 6. | "Begaane Shaadi Mein Abdullah Diwana" | Lata Mangeshkar, Mukesh | 03:29 | |
| 7. | "O Basanti, Pawan Pagal" | Lata Mangeshkar | 03:52 | |
| 8. | "Pyar Kar Le" | Mukesh | ||
| 9. | "Aa Ab Laut Chalen" | Mukesh | 04:15 |
[edit] Awards
The film bagged many prestigious awards at National Film Awards and Filmfare Awards. The film stood out at the 9th Filmfare Awards function by winning maximum (four) awards in various categories from seven nominations.
- Certificate of Merit[2]
- Won
- Best Movie
- Filmfare Best Actor for Raj Kapoor
- Best Editing for G.G. Mayekar
- Best Art Direction for M.R. Acharekar
- Nominated
- Best Actress for Padmini
- Best Male Playback for Mukesh for the song "Hothon Pe Sacchai Rehti Hai"
- Best Lyricist for Shailendra for the song "Hothon Pe Sacchai Rehti Hai"
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Box office 1960". Boxofficeindia.com. http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=166&catName=MTk2MA==. Retrieved 28 Feb 2012.
- ^ "8th National Film Awards". http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm8thNFAAward.aspx?PdfName=46NFA.pdf.
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