''Jis Desh Mein Ganga Rehta Hai'' () is 2000 Indian

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-language

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directed by

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and starring

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and

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as leads. It is a remake of the 1972 Marathi film '' Ekta Jeev Sadashiv'', and the 1974

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film '' Bangaarada Panjara''. It was later remade in

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as '' Mayer Anchal'' (2003).

Plot

Gangaram alias Ganga (

) lives a simple, straightforward life in a small village with his mom and dad ( Shivaji Satham and

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), and his lover and childhood friend, Saawni (

). When the time comes for Ganga to marry, his parents inform him that his biological parents live in the city and want him to settle there. Ganga bids tearful farewell to his village and its inhabitants and travels to the city of his birth parents. He finds that he has an elder brother, who is married to Supriya, and younger siblings, as well as his birth parents, Avinash (

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) and Radha ( Himani Shivpuri), who are all very wealthy. Ganga struggles to cope up with the modern city lifestyle. His sister-in-law dislikes him more as days pass by. Soon word spreads about Ganga being the latest eligible bachelor. He is asked to marry a socialite, Tina (

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), as per his parents' wishes. Ganga agrees to everything his new-found family wants him to do. Things get so bad for Ganga that he runs away from his biological parents' home and finds his older brother being blackmailed by a woman and two goons. He saves his brother, but his best friend gets stabbed in the stomach by one of the goons who flees the scene; he gets accused for stabbing his own friend. Ganga refuses to speak the truth about the incident at court as he does not want his family's reputation to be ruined. His sister-in-law, who learns the truth from her husband, speaks out at court and proves his innocence. After the verdict, Ganga and his best friend return to their village where he reunites with Saawni. His parents agree to get them married.

Cast

as Ganga *

as Saavni *

as Tina Dutt * Ankush Choudhary as Rahul Vashisht *

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as Milind * Supriya Karnik as Supriya Gokhale *

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as Gangaram's Father *

as Gangaram Mother *

as Avinash Trivedi * Himani Shivpuri as Radha * Kishore Nandlaskar as Sannata *

Anand Abhyankar Anand Abhyankar (2 June 1963 – 24 December 2012) was an Indian Marathi film, television and theatre actor. He starred in films such as ''Spandan'' (2012), ''Balgandharva'' (2011), ''Matichya Chuli'' (2006), '' Vaastav'' (1999) and '' Jis De ...

as Tina Father *

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as Iqbal Ansari * Atul Kale as Birbal, Avinash's Secretary *

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as guest appearance in song "Pren nagar me" *

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* Farhad Shahnawaz *

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* Herman D'souza as villain Rakhi sawant's brother

Soundtrack

The soundtrack is on

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, the music is composed by

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, while the songs are written by Dev Kohli and Praveen Bhardwaj.

References

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* 2000 films 2000s Hindi-language films Films set in Mumbai Films shot in Mumbai Indian comedy-drama films Films directed by Mahesh Manjrekar Hindi remakes of Marathi films Hindi remakes of Kannada films Films scored by Anand Raj Anand 2000 comedy-drama films {{2000s-Hindi-film-stub