Gangaa Jamunaa Saraswati

Ganga Jamuna
Theatric al Poster
Directed by	Manmohan Desai
Produced by	S. Ramanathan
Written by	Dialogue: Kader Khan , Sohel Don, Anil Nagrath
Screenplay by	K.K. Shukla
Story by	Prayag Raj
Starring	Amitabh Bachchan Mithun Chakraborty Meenakshi Sheshadri Jaya Prada Nirupa Roy Amrish Puri
Music by	AMalik
Cinematography	Pravin Bhatt
Release date	23 December 1988 (1988-12-23)
Running time	187 minutes
Language	Hindi
Budget	Rs 10 crores

'Ganga Jamuna Saraswati' (Hindi: गंगा जमुना सरस्वती) is 1988 Hindi film directed by Manmohan Desai, financed by Harakh Chand Nahata, produced by S. Ramanathan and starring Amitabh Bachchan as Ganga, Meenakshi Sheshadri as Jamuna, and Jaya Prada as Saraswati. Other cast includes Mithun Chakraborty, Amrish Puri, Nirupa Roy and Aruna Irani. The movie was released on 23 December 1988 and did not do well at the box office. India Today in January, 1989 reported that by the second week collections in Mumbai area were ranging between 28 - 40%.^[1]

It was Manmohan Desai's last film as a director.

Plot

Thakur Hansraj (Amrish Puri) is a greedy man who kills his brother-in-law to fulfill his greed. Using false means, he takes the signature of his sister Bharati Devi (Nirupa Roy) on the property papers taking control of the entire property. Bharati Devi's son, Ganga (Amitabh Bachchan) takes a pledge that he will one day avenge the wrong done to his family.

Ganga becomes a truck driver who transports goods. Jamuna (Meenakshi Sheshadri) jumps on the truck one day to save herself from a goon who is after her. Ganga has to stop the truck as the road ahead is blocked. It starts raining heavily and the only place nearby is a lodge for couples on their honeymoon. Ganga who has discovered Jamuna, decides to go there to take shelter with Jamuna pretending they are a couple. The next day, when the same goon returns to take Jamuna away forcibly, Ganga fights him. Jamuna falls in deep ice and there is no fire nearby to save her life. In the process of providing Jamuna with body heat, they end up having sex.

Ganga is arrested for beating up Thakur's son and is jailed for two years. When he returns, Thakur sends his person to kill him. A blast takes place at the bridge and Jamuna and their child fall into the river. Ganga gets hold of his child but cannot find Jamuna. Jamuna loses her memory, but reaches the home of singer Shankar (Mithun Chakraborty), who fell in love with her the first time he saw her during one of his qawaali programmes. Meanwhile, a girl, Saraswati (Jayaprada) emerges, who loves Ganga. The remainder of the movie deals with how Ganga and Jamuna reunite, the roles played by Saraswati and Shankar, and how Ganga exacts his revenge from Thakur.

Cast

• Amitabh Bachchan as Ganga
• Meenakshi Sheshadri as Jamunaa
• Jaya Prada as Saraswati
• Mithun Chakraborty as Shankar Qawaal
• Trilok Kapoor as Thakur Prasad (Gangaa's dad)
• Nirupa Roy as Bharati Devi (Gangaa's mom)
• Amrish Puri as Thakur Hansraj Singh
• Mahesh Anand as Shakta (Hansraj's Son)
• Bharat Bhushan as Pandit, Shankar's father
• Chandrashekhar as Police Commissioner
• Jack Gaud as Bheema
• Aruna Irani as Jamuna's aunt (Cameo)
• Goga Kapoor as Inspector Goga
• Mukri as Manager of Honeymoon Lodge
• Murad as Judge (uncredited)
• Bhushan Tiwari as Jagga
• Dev Kumar as Hansraj's Goon
• Joginder as Ranga

Music

The overall music director for the film was Anu Malik and the lyricist was Indeevar and Prayaag Raj.

References

External links

• Gangaa Jamunaa Saraswati on IMDb