Story of movie Jis Desh Men Ganga Behti Hai :
Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai (lit.?The country in which the Ganges flows) 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 a "hit" at Box Office India.
| Jis Desh Men Ganga Behti Hai | |
|---|---|
Film poster | |
| Directed by | Radhu Karmakar |
| Produced by | Raj Kapoor |
| Written by | Arjun Dev Rashk |
| Starring | Raj Kapoor Padmini Pran |
| Music by | Shankar Jaikishan Shailendra (lyrics) Hasrat Jaipuri(lyrics) |
| Cinematography | Tara Dutt |
| Edited by | G. G. Mayekar |
Release date | 1961 |
Running time | 167 min |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Box office | ? 20,000,000 |
The team of Shankar Jaikishan composed the music for the film, which includes hit songs penned by Shailendra such as "O Basanti Pawan Pagal", "Aa Ab Lout Chalen" and the title song; "Hothon Pe Sacchai Rehti Hai".
Screenplay
Raju (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 a 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 (Padmini) falls in love with Raju. Kammo and Sardar convince Raju that they are good bandits who are making sure that wealth is equally distributed amongst people.
On one of the lootings, Raju witnesses the murder of a newlywed couple. He decides to go to the police and leaves the gang. One of the bandits, Raka (Pran), kills the Sardar and takes over; he wishes to forcibly wed Kammo. When Raju tells all the truth to the police, they decide to confront and kill the bandits. Raj begs police to not kill them, but is shunned. Raju is then posed in a dilemma of what to do and finds himself helpless when he sees police stooping just as low to stop crime.
- 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
Composed by Shankar Jaikishan, the film has classic songs penned by Shailendra and Hasrat Jaipuri.
| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Mera Naam Raju" | Mukesh | 03:10 |
| 2. | "Kya Hua, Yeh Mujhe Kya Hua" | Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle | |
| 3. | "Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai" | Mukesh | 04:13 |
| 4. | "Ho Maine Pyar Kiya" | Lata Mangeshkar | |
| 5. | "Hum Bhi Hain, Tum Bhi Ho" | Geeta Dutt, Lata Mangeshkar, Mukesh, Manna Dey | 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, Lata Mangeshkar | 04:15 |
The film won many prestigious awards at National Film Awards and Filmfare Awards. The film stood out at the 9th Filmfare Awards function by winning the most (four) awards in various categories from eight nominations.
- National Film Awards
- 1960: Certificate of Merit for Best Feature Film in Hindi
- Filmfare Awards
- 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"
- Best Music Director for Shankar Jaikishan
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