Do Boond Pani

Do Poond Pani
Directed by	Khwaja Ahmad Abbas
Produced by	Khwaja Ahmad Abbas
Written by	Khwaja Ahmad Abbas
Starring	Simi Garewal,; Jalal Agha,; Kiran Kumar,; Madhu Chanda
Music by	Jaidev
Cinematography	Ramchandra
Production; company	Naya Sansar
Release date	1971; ; ; ; ;
Running time	141 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Do Boond Pani (meaning: Two Drops of Water) is a 1971 Hindi social drama film produced and directed by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas. Made under the "Naya Sansar" banner; the story, screenplay and dialogues were by K. A. Abbas, with additional dialogues by Inder Raj Anand. The music was composed by Jaidev. The cast included Simi Garewal, Jalal Agha and Madhu Chanda and was the debut film of actor Kiran Kumar. The film won the award for Best Feature film on National integration.

Set against the backdrop of Rajasthan, the film focused on the scarcity of water, and the eventual building of a dam. Ganga Singh (Jalal Agha) goes to work on the dam, but loses his life, leaving behind his widow and a young son in the village. His sacrifice helps transform the desert land into a fertile area with the dam being called Ganga Sagar dam.^[6]

Plot

Ganga Singh (Jalal Agha), newly married to Gauri (Simi Garewal), brings his wife to his village where he lives with his father Hari Singh (Sajjan), and sister Sonki (Madhu Chanda). The village is suffering from drought and villagers have to travel a long distance to get water. Ganga Singh hears of a dam being constructed and leaves his wife to join in the building of it. His family goes through misfortunes, with his father dying and his sister being raped by the dacoit Mangal Singh. Ganga himself dies preventing a disaster at the dam. The dam is eventually built bringing greenery to an arid region. His wife bears a son and lives on in the village.

Cast

Jalal Agha as Ganga Singh
Simi Garewal as Gauri
Madhu Chanda as Sonki
Sajjan as Hari Singh
Prakash Thapa as Mangal Singh
Kiran Kumar
Rashid Khan
Pinchoo Kapoor
Maruti Rao

Reception

The film was referred to as an "inspirational melodrama" and the music by Jaidev was stated as a "magisterial score", however, the film was not a commercial success and flopped at the box office.^[7]

Awards

Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration.^[8]

Soundtrack

Composer Jaidev got Asha Bhosle to sing for Do Boond Pani, for the song "Ja Ri Pawaniya". The lyricists were Kaifi Azmi, Balkavi Bairagi and M. R. Mukul. The playback singing was provided by Asha Bhosle, Lakshmi Shankar, Parveen Sultana, Meenu Purushottam, Mukesh, Ambar Kumar, Shrikant Moghe and Bhushan Mehta.^[9]

Song List

#	Title	Singer	Lyricist
1	"Ja Ri Pawaniya Piya Ke Des Ja"	Asha Bhosle	Kaifi Azmi
2	"Bani Teri Bindiya Ki"	Lakshmi Shankar	Balkavi Bairagi
3	"Peetal Ki Mori Gaagri" (Happy)	Parveen Sultana, Minu Purushottam	Kaifi Azmi
4	"Peetal Ki Mori Gaagri" (Sad)	Parveen Sultana	Kaifi Azmi
5	"Mar Gai Mar Gai Re"	Meenu Purushottam, Ambar Kumar, Bhushan Mehta	Kaifi Azmi
6	"Do Boond Pani"	Mukesh	Kaifi Azmi
7	"Sai Naam"	Shrikant Moghe, Ambar Kumar	M. R. Mukul