Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai

Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai (transl. The country in which the Ganges flows) is a 1960[1] Indian film directed by Radhu Karmakar and produced by Raj Kapoor. The film stars Padmini, Raj Kapoor and Pran in lead roles. This was the first directorial venture of Karmakar, who had previously been cinematographer for many of Kapoor's films. It was declared a "hit" at Box Office India.[2]

Not to be confused with Jis Desh Mein Ganga Rehta Hain.

Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai
Film poster
Directed byRadhu Karmakar
Written byArjun Dev Rashk
Produced byRaj Kapoor
StarringPadmini
Raj Kapoor
Pran
CinematographyTara Dutt
Edited byG. G. Mayekar
Music byShankar Jaikishan
Shailendra (lyrics)
Hasrat Jaipuri (lyrics)
Release date
1960[1]
Running time
167 min
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Box office₹2 crore[2]

The team of Shankar Jaikishan composed the songs, lyrics were written by Shailendra and Hasrat Jaipuri, including "O Basanti Pawan Pagal", "Aa Ab Laut Chalen", and "Hothon Pe Sacchai Rehti Hai".

The outdoor shooting with the marble rock background is done in Bhedaghat in Madhya Pradesh.

Plot

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, captures Raju; and tries to forcibly marry Kammo. Raju eloped and tells all the truth to the police, they decide to confront and kill the bandits. Raju begs the 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. He then returns to the colony of dacoits to convince them to surrender to the police in order to ensure good and respectful life to their family, especially their children.

This movie was inspired by initiatives of Vinoba Bhave and Jayaprakash Narayan , on their call, hundreds of dacoits surrendered to police and mainstreamed to the society at large.

Cast

Music

Composed by Shankar Jaikishan, lyrics by Shailendra and Hasrat Jaipuri.

No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Mera Naam Raju"Mukesh03:10
2."Kya Hua, Yeh Mujhe Kya Hua"Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle 
3."Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai"Mukesh04:13
4."Ho Maine Pyar Kiya"Lata Mangeshkar 
5."Hum Bhi Hain, Tum Bhi Ho"Lata Mangeshkar, Geeta Dutt, Mukesh, Manna Dey07:35
6."Begaane Shaadi Mein Abdullah Diwana"Lata Mangeshkar, Mukesh03:29
7."O Basanti, Pawan Pagal"Lata Mangeshkar03:52
8."Pyar Kar Le"Mukesh 
9."Aa Ab Laut Chalen"Lata Mangeshkar, Mukesh04:15

Awards

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.

9th Filmfare Awards:

Won

Nominated

National Film Awards:

Further reading
  • Rajni Bakshi, "Raj Kapoor", in Ashis Nandy, ed., The Secret Politics of Our Desires: Innocence, Culpability and Indian Popular Cinema (Delhi: Palgrave Macmillan, 1998), 92-117. ISBN 1856495167

References
  1. List of Bollywood films of 1960
  2. "Box office 1960". Boxofficeindia.com. Archived from the original on 7 February 2009. Retrieved 28 February 2012.
  3. "8th National Film Awards". International Film Festival of India. Archived from the original on 23 November 2016. Retrieved 7 September 2011.
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