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Ram Teri Ganga Maili - Sun Saiba Sun Pyar Ki Dhun Maine Tujhe Chun Liya - Lata Mangeshkar. MUSIC LOVERZONE. Song Tune:- Ram Teri Ganga Mali Ho Gayi.

Ram Teri Ganga Maili (transl. Ram, Your Ganga is Tainted) is a 1985 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film directed by Raj Kapoor. The film stars Mandakini and Rajiv Kapoor. Music director Ravindra Jain received a Filmfare Award for this film.

1. The iconic film “Ram teri ganga maili” is a 1985 Bollywood film directed by actor-director Raj Kapoor and picturised on Rajiv Kapoor and Mandakini. Rajiv Kapoor, who along with brothers Randhir Kapoor and Rishi Kapoor was clicked at a special event organised to honor their father and legendary actor Raj Kapoor, when asked that would it be difficult to made that film again in today’s era.
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The film became very controversial because of Mandakini's bold scenes of breastfeeding and bathing in a transparent saree, which wasn't something the conservative Indian Censor Board allowed then. Yet, it had a U (Universal) age rating, which was later amended to U/A. It was the last film directed by Raj Kapoor.

Ram Teri Ganga Maili is included in the 'All-Time Blockbusters' list of Indian Cinema. It was certified Diamond Jubilee in Mumbai and Golden Jubilee in other major cities.The film was the year's highest-grossing film. It was also one of the highest-grossing films of 1980s, alongside Kranti (1981) and Maine Pyar Kiya (1989).^[1]

Plot[edit]

Ganga lives in Gangotri with her brother, Karam. One day she comes to the assistance of a young man, Narendra Sahay, who has come with a group of Calcutta-based college students to study the source of the holy river Ganga and to get some holy water for his paternal grandmother, who uses a wheelchair. Both are attracted to each other, and on the next Puran Mashi get married, and spend the night together. Narendra leaves but promises Ganga that he will be back soon. Months go by, but he does not return. She gives birth to a son, and as soon as she can, she starts her journey to Alipore, Calcutta, to confront Narendra and ensure a better future for their son. At Rishikesh, she is exploited by two women and a man from whom she escapes and takes shelter in a crematorium. Then at Banaras, she is molested by a Pandit, rescued by the police and given a ticket to Calcutta. When she alights en route to get water for her baby, the train leaves, and she falls into the clutches of Manilal who feigns blindness and lures her to a brothel near Banaras, where she is forced to stay so that she can provide for her son. It is here that she is introduced to a powerful politician, Bhagwat Choudhary, who pays a hefty sum and asks Manilal to bring Ganga to Calcutta where he intends to keep her as his and Jeeva Sahay's mistress. What Ganga does not know is that Bhagwat's daughter, Radha, is Narendra's bride-to-be; that Jeeva is none other than Narendra's father, and that soon she is asked to perform on her husband's wedding. It creates a scene when Naren recognises that the girl dancing in the veil is none other than Ganga. He stops the marriage saying that he is already married but his family asks him to marry Radha and not that 'polluted' girl. However, he disagrees and leaves his house with Ganga and his child.

Cast[edit]

• Rajiv Kapoor as Narendra 'Naren' Sahay
• Mandakini as Ganga
• Divya Rana as Radha B. Choudhary
• Sushma Seth as Dadimaa
• Saeed Jaffrey as Kunj Bihari
• Kulbhushan Kharbanda as Jeeva Sahay
• Raza Murad as Bhagwat Choudhary
• Geeta Siddharth as Mrs. Sahay
• Trilok Kapoor as Professor
• Krishan Dhawan as Manilal
• Vishwa Mehra as Postbabu
• Urmila Bhatt as Tajeshwaribai
• A.K. Hangal as Brij Kishore
• Gautam Sarin as Naren's fellow student
• Monty Nath as Naren's fellow student who lost his watch
• Kamaldeep as Chamanlal
• Tom Alter as Karam Singh (Ganga's elder brother)

Cultural allusions[edit]

According to Philip Lutgendorf,^[2] the movie is an allegory that 'synthesizes classical and mythic narrative, soft-core political and social commentary (here condemning the corruption of politicians and capitalists and championing the nascent environmental initiatives of Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi). The narrative recapitulates the Abhijñānaśākuntalam story that first appeared in the epic Mahabharata and then was reworked, some six hundred years later, by the poet Kalidasa.'

The final song sequence 'Ek Radha ek Meera' brings Raj Kapoor's personal experiences with filmdom and reality. This song sequence is the climax of the plot where the bride-to-be is face-to-face with the other 'saut', the culturally 'polluted' dancer who has made that journey from the pure source of the Himalayas to the ever-flowing and ever-absorbing Ganges with all of the human impurities. It also differentiates between the love of Radha and Meera and reconnects the movie back to the Krishna Leelas.

The movie was a hit, and it earned Mandakini a Filmfare nomination as Best Actress.^[3] The film also caused a stir because of two scenes: one in which Mandakini bathes under a waterfall wearing only a flimsy white saree through which her breasts are clearly visible and another in which she is shown breast-feeding a child. Some critics claimed that the scenes were vulgar and exploitative, and were used to get around the Censor Board's stringent rules against nudity. Kapoor defended the inclusion of the scenes stating that they were tasteful.

Awards[edit]

The film won five Filmfare Awards.

• Best Art Director – Suresh Sawant
• Best Director – Raj Kapoor
• Best Editor – Raj Kapoor^[4]
• Best Music Director – Ravindra Jain

Songs[edit]

Music of this movie was given by late Ravindra Jain, who won Fimfare Award for Best Music Director for this.

1. 'Ek Dukhiyari Kahe' – Lata Mangeshkar
2. 'Ek Radha Ek Meera' – Lata Mangeshkar
3. 'Husn Pahadon Ka' – Lata Mangeshkar, Suresh Wadkar
4. 'Ram Teri Ganga Maili Ho Gayee' – Part 1 – Suresh Wadkar
5. 'Sun Sahiba Sun Pyaar Ki Dhun Maine Tujhe Chun Liya' – Lata Mangeshkar; Lyrics – Hasrat Jaipuri
6. 'Tujhe Bulayen Yeh Meri Bahen' – Lata Mangeshkar
7. 'Yaara O Yaara' – Lata Mangeshkar, Suresh Wadkar
8. 'Ram Teri Ganga Maili Ho Gayee' – Part 2 – Suresh Wadkar
9. 'Main Hi Main Hoon -Suresh Wadkar; Lyrics – Amir Qazalbash

References[edit]

1. ^'Boxofficeindia.com'. 14 October 2013. Archived from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
2. ^Philip Lutgendorf. 'Ram teri Ganga Maili'. University of Iowa, South Asian Studies Program. Archived from the original on 28 December 2011. Retrieved 19 December 2011.
3. ^'Filmfare Awards'(PDF). p. 71. Retrieved 14 September 2008.
4. ^'Best Editor Award'. Official Listings, Indiatimes. Retrieved 29 April 2014.

External links[edit]

• Ram Teri Ganga Maili on IMDb

Aapne Jeevan Ki Uljhan Ko
Film - Uljhan
Year - 1975
Rag - Ahir Bhairav
Tal - Dadra
Music Director(s) - Kalyanji, Anandji
Singer(s) - Kishore Kumar
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Albela Sajan Aayo Re
Film - Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam
Year - 1999
Rag - Ahir Bhairav
Tal - Tintal, Kaherava
Music Director(s) - Ismail Darbar
Singer(s) - Kavita Krishnamurthy, Shankar Mahadevan, Sultan Khan
Links -
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Comments - There is a bit of mixing here, so it is not 100% Ahir Bhairav.

Chalo Man Jayen Ghar Aapne
Film - Swami Vivekananda
Year - 1994
Rag - Ahir Bhairav
Tal - Kaherava
Music Director(s) - Salil Chowdhury
Singer(s) - Yesudas
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Comments - This is an excellent song to get a feel for Ahir Bhairav

Dhire Dhire Subah Hui He Jag Uthi Zindagi
Film - Haisiyat
Year - 1984
Rag - Ahir Bhairav
Tal - Kaherava
Music Director(s) - Bappi Lahiri
Singer(s) - Yesudas
Links -
Lyrics - http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~navin/india/songs/isongs/6/604.html
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Comments - This is by no means a pure Ahir Bhairav. There are better ones to use to get a feel for this rag.

Hamen Koi Gham Nahin Tha, Gham-e-Ashiqi Se Pahle
Film - (non-film song)
Year -
Rag - Ahir Bhairav
Tal - Dadra
Music Director(s) -
Singer(s) - Mehedi Hassan
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Comments - This is a ghazal from his album 'Yaadein'. There is a modest amount of mixing of rags going on here.

Mai Ri Main, Kaise Jiyun Ri
Film - Dastak
Year - 1970
Rag - Ahir Bhairav
Tal - Kaherava
Music Director(s) - Madan Mohan
Singer(s) - Lata Mangeshkar
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Comments - This is not a good example of Ahir Bhairav. There is just way too much mixing of other rags going on here.

Main To Kabse Teri Sharan Men Hun
Film - Ram Nagari
Year - 1982
Rag - Ahir Bhairav
Tal - Rupak
Music Director(s) - Jaidev
Singer(s) - Anuradha Paudwal, A Hariharan
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Man Anand Anand Chhayo
Film - Vijeta
Year - 1983
Rag - Ahir Bhairav
Tal - There is no tabla in the film version, but the structure of the piece implies either Tintal, Kaherava, or Punjabi Theka (a.k.a. Sitar Khani).
Music Director(s) - Ajit Verman
Singer(s) - Asha Bhosle, Satyasheel Deshpande
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Lyrics - http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~navin/india/songs/isongs/additions/N8192.html
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Comments - This starts off as a good example of Ahir Bhairav, but then towards the end it starts to mix elements that are not within the rag

Meri Vina Tum Bin Roye
Film - Dekh Kabira Roya
Year - 1957
Rag - Ahir Bhairav
Tal - Kaherava
Music Director(s) - Madan Mohan
Singer(s) - Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle
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Comments - This starts of as a fairly pure version of Ahir Bhairavi, but very quickly there is a lot of mixing of non-Ahir Bhairav elements. It is not a good example of Ahir Bhairav.

Puchho Na Kaise Maine Rain Bitai
Film - Meri Surat Teri Aankhen
Year - 1963
Rag - Ahir Bhairav
Tal - Kaherava
Music Director(s) - S.D. Burman
Singer(s) - Manna Dey
Links -
Lyrics - http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~navin/india/songs/isongs/8/839.html
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Comments - This is a very good example of Ahir Bhairav with very little mixing of other rags. This example is generally held up to be the benchmark for a filmi Ahir Bhairav.

Ram Ka Gun Gaan Kariye
Film - (non-film song)'Ram Shyam Gun Gaan' (Album)
Year -
Rag - Ahir Bhairav
Tal - Rupak
Music Director(s) - Shriniwas Khale
Singer(s) - Lata Mangeshkar & Bhimsen Joshi
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Ram Teri Ganga Maili Ho Gayi...
Film - Ram Teri Ganga Maili
Year - 1985
Rag - Ahir Bhairav
Tal - Kaherava
Music Director(s) - Ravindra Jain
Singer(s) - Suresh Wadkar
Links -
Lyrics - http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~navin/india/songs/isongs/5/593.html
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Comments - Lot of mixing here, don,t use this to try and figure out Ahir Bhairav

Sola Baras Ki Baali Umar ko Salam
Film - Ek Duje Ke Liye
Year - 1981
Rag - Ahir Bhairav
Tal - Kaherava
Music Director(s) - Laxmikant, Pyarelal
Singer(s) - Lata Mangeshkar
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Comments - fairly good example of Ahir Bhairav

Waqt Karta Jo Wafa Aap Hamare Hote
Film - Dil Ne Pukara
Year - 1967
Rag - Ahir Bhairav
Tal - Dadra
Music Director(s) - Kalyanji, Anandji
Singer(s) - Mukesh
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Zindagi Ko Sanvarana Hoga
Film - Alaap
Year - 1977
Rag - Ahir Bhairav
Tal - Kaherava
Music Director(s) - Jaidev
Singer(s) - Yesudas
Links -
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