''Ram Ram Gangaram'' is a 1977 Indian

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film directed and produced by

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under the banner of Dada Kondke Productions. It stars Kondke himself with

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and Anjana Mumtaz. The music is composed by Raamlaxman, editing is by N. S. Vaidya and cinematography is handled by Arvind Lad. The film originally titled ''Gangaram Vis Kalmi'' reportedly made reference to

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's Twenty-Point Economic Programme during the

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, and the picture itself was meant to be a political satire. This may have contributed to the film's censoring issues. Under this new title, a partially reedited edition was released.

Plot

After his wealthy uncle passes away, Gangaram inherits a million dollars and leaves his village to live in Bombay, where he must deal with his mother's ignorance and his uncle's dishonest manager. Disillusioned, he returns to the village and his beloved Gangi after giving up his money.

Cast

as Gangaram *

as Gangi *

as Mhamdu Khatik *

Anjana Mumtaz Anjana Mumtaz (born 4 January 1941) is an Indian actress, who is known for her supporting roles in over a hundred Hindi, Marathi and Gujarati-language films. Born as Anjana Manjrekar, she married Sajid Mumtaz, an Air India official. Her son ...

as Anjana * Ratnamala as Sundarabai *

Bhagwan Dada Bhagwan Dada (1 August 1913 – 4 February 2002), also credited and mononymously known as Bhagwan, was an Indian actor and film director who worked in Hindi cinema. He is best known for his social film '' Albela'' (1951) and the songs "Shola J ...

as Gangaram's uncle *

Asha Patil Asha Patil (1936 – 18 January 2016) was an Indian actress of Marathi film, television and theatre. She became famous for playing the character of "Aaye" (Mother) for veteran actor late Dada Kondke, including Tumcha Aamcha Jamala, Bot Lavin Ti ...

as Gangaram's aunt * Dhumal *Mohan Kotiwan *Dinanath Takalkar *Kundankumar

Release

The film was released on 5 March 1977 in

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. The film achieved huge success on the box office, running successfully for 25 weeks.

Soundtrack

Raam Laxman Raamlaxman was an Indian musical duo consisting of Vijay Patil (16 September 1942 – 22 May 2021) who performed under the name Laxman, and Surendra who passed in 1976. However, Patil continued to work under the original name. Laxman, was an I ...

composed the music and sound recording is provided by B. N. Sharma. The lyrics of the songs was written by

and Rajesh Majumdar with singers

Usha Mangeshkar Usha Mangeshkar is an Indian singer who has recorded many Marathi, Manipuri, Hindi, Bengali, Kannada, Nepali, Bhojpuri, Gujarati, Odia and Assamese songs. She is the youngest among four Mangeshkar sisters, after Lata Mangeshkar, Meena ...

Mahendra Kapoor Mahendra Kapoor (9 January 1934 – 27 September 2008) was an Indian playback singer. In a long career spanning decades, his repertoire included popular songs such as ''Chalo ekbaar phir se Ajnabi ban jayen hum dono'' ( Gumrah) and ''Neele Gagan ...

. *"Bakricha Samdhyashni Laglay Lala" –

*"Mhora Ho Gangubai" – Usha Mangeshkar,

*"Ala Maharaja" – Mahendra Kapoor *"Gala Varchi Khali Tujhya" - Usha Mangeshkar, Mahendra Kapoor *"Naki Doli Chhaan" – Usha Mangeshkar *"Gangoo Tarunya Tujh Befam" – Usha Mangeshkar, Mahendra Kapoor

References

External links

Ram Ram Gangaran Full movie
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