''Ekta Jeev Sadashiv'' is 1972

Marathi film Marathi cinema is an Indian film industry of Marathi-language motion pictures. It is based in Mumbai, Maharashtra. Based in old Mumbai, it is the oldest film industry of Indian cinema. The first Marathi film to be released in India was '' S ...

directed by Govind Kulkarni and starring

Dada Kondke Krishna "Dada" Kondke (Marathi pronunciation: ̪aːd̪a koːɳɖke 8 August 1932 – 14 March 1998) was an Indian actor and film producer. He was one of the most renowned personalities in Marathi film industry, famous for his double entendre ...

and Usha Chavan as leads. It was remade in Hindi as ''

Jis Desh Mein Ganga Rehta Hain ''Jis Desh Mein Ganga Rehta Hai'' () is 2000 Indian Hindi-language comedy film directed by Mahesh Manjrekar and starring Govinda and Sonali Bendre as leads. It is a remake of the 1972 Marathi film ''Ekta Jeev Sadashiv'', and the 1974 Kannada ...

'' which was released in 2000. The core plot of the 1974 Kannada movie '' Bangaarada Panjara'' was thematically similar to this movie since it was also based on the Marathi play ''Ekta Jeev Sadashiv''.

Plot

Sadashiv (Dada Kondke) is the son of a poor rural family. As a remedy for an unspecified childhood illness, infant Sadashiv is moved from an urban environment to a rural environment. In a village, he is raised by a simple couple whom he regards as his parents. As a young man he falls in love with a village girl played Usha Chavan. When the time comes for Dada to marry, his parents inform him that his biological parents live in the city and want him to settle there. Sadashiv bids tearful farewell to his village and its inhabitants and travels to the city of his birth parents. The rest of the movie deals with the young man's comic struggle to adjust to city life, and the corruption and hypocrisy he encounters.

Cast

* Usha Chavan *Ratnamala

Soundtrack

References

Films set in Mumbai Indian comedy films 1972 films 1970s Marathi-language films Marathi films remade in other languages 1972 comedy films {{1970s-Marathi-film-stub