Ram Teri Ganga Maili

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Ram Teri Ganga Maili
Directed by	Raj Kapoor
Produced by	Randhir Kapoor
Written by	Raj Kapoor V. P. Sathe K. K. Singh Jyoti Swaroop
Starring	Rajiv Kapoor Divya Rana Saeed Jaffrey Kulbhushan Kharbanda Mandakini
Music by	Ravindra Jain
Cinematography	Radhu Karmakar
Editing by	Raj Kapoor
Release date(s)	25 July 1985
Running time	178 min.
Country	India
Language	Hindi
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Ram Teri Ganga Maili (literally translated into English as "Rama your Ganges has become dirty") was a hit 1985 Bollywood movie made by Raj Kapoor. This movie stars Mandakini and Rajiv Kapoor, son of the director-producer Raj Kapoor. Many believe the success of the movie was due to Mandakini's great sex appeal. Despite this, the film is also noted for its cinematography, music and well-written dialogue.

[edit] Plot

This is a story of a young man from Kolkata, who falls in love with a very innocent girl in mountains and marries her. Before leaving for Kolkata, he promised that he will come back to get her. Unfortunately, he never returned due to family barriers. The girl becomes mother of his child and finally she decides to search her husband. The girl, who is named Ganga, travels from Gangotri to Kolkata to find him (this is also the real path the Ganges river takes). On the way, she only meets sinful and bad people. Though she left Gangotri, innocent and clean (like the Ganges river), her journey has led her into the path of people who try to exploit her for her beauty.

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"Rama Teri ganga maili ho gayi papiyon ke paap dhote dhote (Rama your Ganges has become dirty by cleaning the sins of sinful people)"
"Suno to ganga ye kya sunaye (Listen to what Ganges says)"
"Husna Pahadon ka" - Describes the beauty of mountains .
"Ek Radha ek Meera" - Describes two women, Radha and Meera, who at different times both loved the same person.
"Sun sahiba sun, pyaar ki dun (Listen sir, to a love story)" - Sung when when Ganga is declaring her love for her future husband.