''Ekta Jeev Sadashiv'' is a 1972 Indian

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-language

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film directed by Govind Kulkarni, starring

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as leads. It was remade in

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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

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movie ''

Bangaarada Panjara ''Bangaarada Panjara'' ( ) is a 1974 Indian Kannada-language comedy film directed by debutant V. Somashekhar and co-produced by actor Raja Shankar. It starred Dr. Rajkumar in the lead role along with Aarathi, K. S. Ashwath, Pandari Bai and Lok ...

'' was thematically similar to this movie since it was also based on the Marathi play ''Ekta Jeev Sadashiv''.

Plot

Sadashiv, the infant son of a rich family, has an unspecified childhood illness. For reasons of health, Sadashiv's family sends him away from the city to live in a country village. There he is raised by a simple couple whom he regards as his parents. When he becomes a young man, he falls in love with a village girl. When the time comes for Sadashiv to marry, his parents inform him that his biological parents live in the city and want him to settle there. Sadashiv bids a tearful farewell to his village and its inhabitants. He travels to the city of his birth parents. The rest of the movie presents the young man's comic struggle to adjust to city life, its corruption, and its hypocrisy.

Cast

* Ratnamala *Gulab Korgaonkar *Suman Jagtap *Pushpa Bhosale *Madhu Apte * Sharad Talwalkar *Bipin Talpade *Nana Oak *Saroj Sukhtankar *Janardhan Sohni *Appa Gajmal *Dhananjay Bhave *B. Majnalkar *Bhalchandra Kulkarni *Gulab Mokashi *Madhu Bhosle *Pramod Damle *Sampat Nikam *Damodar Gaikwad *Vasant Khedekar *Sadhana Bhosle

Soundtrack

The music is composed by Ram Kadam and lyrics by

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and

Track listing

Remakes

*''

'' (Kannada) * ''Jis Desh Mein Ganga Rahta Hain'' (Hindi) *'' Mayer Anchal'' (Bengali)

References

External links

*{{IMDb title, id=13194540 Films set in Mumbai Indian comedy films 1972 films 1970s Marathi-language films Marathi films remade in other languages 1972 comedy films Films scored by Ram Kadam Marathi-language comedy drama films