Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai
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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
Cinematography	Tara Dutt
Editing by	G. G. Mayekar
Release date(s)	1960
Running time	167 min.
Country	India
Language	Hindi
IMDb profile

Jis Desh Men Ganga Behti Hai (Hindi: जिस देश में गंगा बहती है, Urdu: جس دیش میں گنگا بہتی ہے) is a 1960 Hindi film directed by Radhu Karmakar. The film stars Raj Kapoor, Pran and Padmini. The team of Shankar Jaikishan wrote music for the film, which includes the hit songs "O Basanti", "Jis desh men ganga behti hai" and "Aa ab lout chalen". Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... Raj Kapoor (Hindi: राज कपूर, , Urdu: راج کپور, Rāj KapÅ«r, December 14, 1924 - June 2, 1988) was a legendary Indian actor, producer and director of Bollywood movies. ... Raj Kapoor (Hindi: राज कपूर, , Urdu: راج کپور, Rāj KapÅ«r, December 14, 1924 - June 2, 1988) was a legendary Indian actor, producer and director of Bollywood movies. ... Padmini (June 12, 1932 - September 24, 2006) was an Indian actress and trained Bharathanatyam dancer who acted in over 250 Indian movies. ... Pran Sikand (born 12 February 1920), best known as Pran, is a veteran Bollywood actor. ... KFP 18:35, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC) Categories: Possible copyright violations ... Hindi ( , Devanagari: or , IAST: , IPA: ), an Indo-European language spoken all over India in varying degrees and extensively in northern and central India, is one of the two central official languages of India, the other being English. ... Hindi ( , Devanagari: or , IAST: , IPA: ), an Indo-European language spoken all over India in varying degrees and extensively in northern and central India, is one of the two central official languages of India, the other being English. ... Urdu ( , , trans. ... Year 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Hindi ( , Devanagari: or , IAST: , IPA: ), an Indo-European language spoken all over India in varying degrees and extensively in northern and central India, is one of the two central official languages of India, the other being English. ... Raj Kapoor (Hindi: राज कपूर, , Urdu: راج کپور, Rāj KapÅ«r, December 14, 1924 - June 2, 1988) was a legendary Indian actor, producer and director of Bollywood movies. ... Pran Sikand (born 12 February 1920), best known as Pran, is a veteran Bollywood actor. ... Padmini (June 12, 1932 - September 24, 2006) was an Indian actress and trained Bharathanatyam dancer who acted in over 250 Indian movies. ... KFP 18:35, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC) Categories: Possible copyright violations ...

Plot

The movie has a basic theme: dacoits against the law. But in between those two barriers is Raju (Raj Kapoor), a simple and honest fellow, who is pure as the Ganga River...hence the title. He is a dafli wala.

The story begins when the Sardar of a gang of Dakkus is shot by a police officer. When Raju passes by, singing in a quite jolly way, the Sardar points a gun at him, and tells Raju to take out any weapons that he has. Raju reaches into his bag and takes out his most powerful weapon...a fork. Yes, a fork, obviously Raju isn't a very violent person. In fact, he ties the wound, and feeds the man. When the Sardar becomes unconscious, Raju is worried. When he hears sounds outside, he comes out and says, "Khabardaar, mein police officer hoon" (Don't dare, I'm a police officer). Misunderstanding this, the dakkus kidnap Raju.

Here he has to prove to the unbelieving dacoits and their families that he is indeed just a dafliwala, and not a police officer. He shows off his talent, and some believe him and some don't.

One of the people who don't believe Raju is Rakka (Pran). He is very suspicious and is annoyed at Raju. Why is he annoyed, you ask? Because the village girl that Rakka wants to marry, Kammo (Padmini) starts to like Raju. And just as predicted, they want to get married. Kammo explains to him that the dakkus aren't bad, and that they just want to make the rich and the poor equal.

Ha, and Raju believes it.

But he soon finds out about their ruthless crime, especially Rakka, who kills a little boy and the brand new groom of a wedding where they were to steal. Raju can't take it any more, and he decides that he has a lot of problems to solve, not just with the dakkus, but with the police too...who he thinks stoop just as low to stop crime. His journey of love and justice starts here.

Cast

• Raj Kapoor ... Raju
• Padmini ... Kammo
• Pran ... Raka
• Chanchal ... Bijli
• Lalita Pawar ... Mirabai
• Raj Mehra ... Police Superintendent
• Tiwari ... Mirabai's Husband
• Nana Palsikar ... Tau
• S.B. Nayampalli ... Sardar (as Nayampalli)
• Sulochana Chatterjee (as Salochana Chatterjee)
• Vishwa Mehra ... Bhimu
• Baburao (as Baboo Rao)
• S.K. Singh
• Ratan Gaurang (as Rattan Gaurang)

Raj Kapoor (Hindi: राज कपूर, , Urdu: راج کپور, Rāj Kapūr, December 14, 1924 - June 2, 1988) was a legendary Indian actor, producer and director of Bollywood movies. ... Padmini (June 12, 1932 - September 24, 2006) was an Indian actress and trained Bharathanatyam dancer who acted in over 250 Indian movies. ... Pran Sikand (born 12 February 1920), best known as Pran, is a veteran Bollywood actor. ... Chanchal is a small town in Malda District, West Bengal, India. ... Lalita Pawar (April 16, 1916—February 24, 1998) was a prolific Indian character actress, appearing in over 600 Hindi and Marathi films. ... Tiwari is an Brahmin surname common in Northern and Central parts of India. ... Shri Shilendra Kumar Singh (S.K. Singh) (b. ...

External link

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