Gangaa Jamunaa Saraswati

'Ganga Jamuna Saraswati' (Hindi: गंगा जमुना सरस्वती) is  1988 Hindi film directed by Manmohan Desai, financed by Harakh Chand Nahata, produced by S. Ramanathan and starring Amitabh Bachchan as Ganga, Meenakshi Sheshadri as Jamuna, and Jaya Prada as Saraswati. Other cast includes Mithun Chakraborty, Amrish Puri, Nirupa Roy and Aruna Irani. The movie was released on 23 December 1988 to excellent collections which dropped following the mixed reviews it received. The film was a below average grosser at the box office but turned out to be a huge box office success in its Re-Run in 1990s. India Today in January, 1989 reported that by the second week collections in Mumbai area were ranging between 28 - 40%.

It was  Manmohan Desai's last film as a director.  The film has gained an immense cult following among family audiences.  The songs of the film proved to be highly popular.

Plot

Thakur Hansraj (Amrish Puri) is a greedy man who kills his brother-in-law to fulfill his greed. Using false means, he takes the signature of his sister Bharati Devi (Nirupa Roy) on the property papers taking control of the entire property. Bharati Devi's son, Ganga (Amitabh Bachchan) takes a pledge that he will one day avenge the wrong done to his family.

Ganga becomes a truck driver who transports goods. Jamuna (Meenakshi Sheshadri) jumps on the truck one day to save herself from a goon who is after her. Ganga has to stop the truck as the road ahead is blocked. It starts raining heavily and the only place nearby is a lodge for couples on their honeymoon. Ganga who has discovered Jamuna decides to go there to take shelter with Jamuna pretending they are a couple. The next day, when the same goon returns to take Jamuna away forcibly, Ganga fights him. Jamuna falls in deep ice and there is no fire nearby to save her life. In the process of providing Jamuna with body heat, they end up having sex.

Ganga is arrested for beating up Thakur's son and is jailed for two years. When he returns, Thakur sends his person to kill him. A blast takes place at the bridge and Jamuna and their child falls into the river. Ganga gets hold of his child but cannot find Jamuna. Jamuna loses her memory but reaches the home of singer Shankar (Mithun Chakraborty), who fell in love with her the first time he saw her during one of his qawaali programmes. Meanwhile, a girl, Saraswati (Jayaprada) emerges, who loves Ganga. The remainder of the movie deals with how Ganga and Jamuna reunite, the roles played by Saraswati and Shankar, and how Ganga exacts his revenge from Thakur.

Cast

Amitabh Bachchan as Ganga
Meenakshi Sheshadri as Jamunaa
Jaya Prada as Saraswati
Mithun Chakraborty as Shankar Qawaal
Trilok Kapoor as Thakur Prasad (Ganga's dad)
Nirupa Roy as Bharati Devi (Ganga's mom)
Amrish Puri as Thakur Hansraj Singh
Mahesh Anand as Shakta (Hansraj's Son)
Bharat Bhushan as Pandit, (Shankar's father)
Chandrashekhar as Police Commissioner
Jack Gaud as Bheema
Aruna Irani as Jamuna's aunt (Cameo)
Goga Kapoor as Inspector Goga
Mukri as Manager of Honeymoon Lodge
Murad as Judge (uncredited)
Bhushan Tiwari as Jagga
Dev Kumar as Hansraj's Goon
Joginder as Ranga

Music 
The overall music director for the film was Anu Malik and the lyricist was Indeevar and Prayaag Raj, The song "Tere dar ko chod chale" was originally sung by Pankaj udhas and was later re - recorded in the voice of Maqbool Ahmed Sabri who was un - credited for the song

References

External links
 

Category:1988 films
Category:1980s Hindi-language films
Category:Indian drama films
Category:Indian films
Category:Films scored by Anu Malik
Category:Films directed by Manmohan Desai