Gangaa Jamunaa Saraswati

Gangaa Jamunaa Saraswathi is 1988 Indian Hindi-language romantic action film directed by Manmohan Desai, produced by S. Ramanathan and starring Amitabh Bachchan as Ganga, Meenakshi Sheshadri as Jamuna, Jaya Prada as Saraswati. Supporting cast includes Mithun Chakraborty, Nirupa Roy, Amrish Puri.

Gangaa Jamunaa Saraswathi
Theatrical Poster
Directed byManmohan Desai
Written byKader Khan
Anil Nagrath
Sohel Don
(dialogues)
Screenplay byK. K. Shukla
Story byPrayag Raj
Produced byS. Ramanathan
StarringAmitabh Bachchan
Meenakshi Sheshadri
Jaya Prada
Mithun Chakraborty
Nirupa Roy
Amrish Puri
CinematographyPravin Bhatt
Edited byRaju Kapadia
Mangal Mistry
Music byAnu Malik
Production
company
Raasi Kalamandir
Release date
  • 23 December 1988 (1988-12-23)
Running time
187 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹80 million[1]
Box office₹50 million[1]

The movie was released on 23 December 1988 to excellent collections which subsequently dropped following negative reviews it received. India Today in January 1989 reported that by the second week collections in the Mumbai area were ranging between 28 and 40% resulting in the film being declared a box office flop. It however performed financially well when in its reruns during the 90s.[2]

Plot

Thakur Hansraj (Amrish Puri) is a greedy man who kills his brother-in-law (Trilok Kapoor), gets the signature of his sister Bharati (Nirupa Roy) on the property papers under a false pretext and takes control of her property. Bharati's son Ganga (Amitabh Bachchan) who has taken a pledge to avenge the wrong done to his family, becomes a truck driver.

One day Jamuna (Meenakshi Sheshadri) jumps into his truck to save herself from a goon. Ganga is forced to stop the truck due to a road block. When it starts raining, Ganga ends up going to a nearby lodge to take shelter, pretending he and Jamuna are a couple. The next day, when the goon returns to take Jamuna away forcibly, Ganga gets into a fight with him. Ganga is arrested for beating up the Thakur's son and jailed for two years.

When he returns, the Thakur sends his aides to kill him. A blast takes place at the bridge and Jamuna falls into the river along with her child. Ganga saves his child but cannot find Jamuna. Jamuna, who loses her memory from the fall, ends up reaching the home of singer Shankar (Mithun Chakraborty) who recognizes her from a qawwali performance she had performed and falls in love with her. Ganga takes help from Saraswati (Jaya Prada) to take care of his son and she ends up falling in love with him.

The remainder of the movie deals with how Ganga and Jamuna reunite by the roles played by Saraswati and Shankar, and of course Ganga's mission to exact revenge on the Thakur uncle.

Cast

Music

The music director for the film was Anu Malik and the lyricist was Indeevar and Prayag Raj, The song "Tere Dar Ko Chhod Chale" was originally sung by Maqbool Ahmed Sabri who was uncredited for the song, and was later re-recorded in the voice of Pankaj Udhas[3]

Track listing (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

SongSinger
"Ganga Aaja" Lata Mangeshkar
"Naachegi Saraswati" Lata Mangeshkar
"Pati Parmeshwar Ke Siva" Lata Mangeshkar
"Saajan Mera Us Paar Hai" Lata Mangeshkar
"Ek Ek Ho Jaaye, Phir Ghar Chale Jaana" Kishore Kumar, Pankaj Udhas
"Tere Dar Ko Chhod Chale" Pankaj Udhas
"Tere Dar Ko Chhod Chale" Maqbool Ahmed Sabri
"Disco Bhangra" Mohammed Aziz
"Chudiya Khanki" Sadhana Sargam
"Ganga Jamuna Saraswati" Suresh Wadkar

References
  1. "Gangaa Jamunaa Saraswathi (1988) Hindi Movie Review, Budget and Box Office Collection". Bollywood Product. 8 July 2021. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
  2. "Amitabh Bachchan's future looks uncertain as Gangaa Jamunaa Saraswathi bombs".
  3. Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "MAQBOOL AHMED SABRI, YADGAAR INTERVIEW ALONG HIS DAUGHTER AMEEMA BAJI WITH FARAH MADAM". YouTube.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.