Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai
| Jis Desh Men Ganga Behti Hai | |
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Film poster
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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) Hasrat Jaipuri(lyrics) |
| Cinematography | Tara Dutt |
| Edited by | G. G. Mayekar |
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Release date
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1960 |
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Running time
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167 min |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Box office | ₹ 2,00,00,000 |
Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai 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.
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".
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 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 of how they are good bandits who are making sure that wealth is equally distributed amongst people.
On one of the loots, Raju witnesses murder of newlywed couple. He decides to go to police and leaves the gang. One of the bandits, Raka (Pran), kills the Sardar and takes over; he 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. 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.
Composed by Shankar Jaikishan, the film has classic songs penned by Shailendra and Hasrat Jaipuri.
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 maximum (four) awards in various categories from eight nominations.
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