Dhoondo Dhoondo Re Sajna More Kaan Ka Baala Lata Gunga Jumna 1961 Naushad Shakeel Badayuni Ganga
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Singer: Lata Mangeshkar
Film: Gunga Jumna or Ganga Jamna (1961)
Music: Naushad
Lyrics: Shakeel Badayuni
Produced by Dilip Kumar
Written by Story & screenplay: Dilip Kumar
Dialogue: Wajahat Mirza
Starring: Dilip Kumar,Nasir Khan, Vyjayanthimala, Nazir Hussain, Azra, Leela Chitnis
Cinematography V. Babasaheb
Edited by Das Dhaimade and Hrishikesh Mukherjee
Gunga Jumna (Hindi: गंगा जमना, Urdu: گنگا جمنا also transliterated as Ganga Jamuna or Ganga Jamna)[1] is a 1961 dacoit drama Bollywood film produced in Technicolor by Dilip Kumar and directed by Nitin Bose. The film stars Dilip Kumar and Vyjayanthimala in the lead with Nasir Khan, Azra, Leela Chitnis, Kanhaiyalal, Anwar Hussain, Nazir Hussain and Helen forming an ensemble cast. Notable for its use of Bhojpuri dialect and its rustic setting, the film features real life brothers Dilip Kumar and Nasir Khan in the title role, is on the story of two brothers, Gunga and Jumna, the poignancy of two brothers on opposite sides of the aw.
After six months of delay, the film was finally released in January 1961. Upon release the film was well received by the critics and the audience. It was one of the biggest hits of 1960s and still considered as one of the most successful Indian film in terms of box office collection and its controversial theme which earned the film cult status.
The film and the lead actors, Dilip Kumar and Vyjayanthimala won a lot of accolades for their performance. Upon release it was nominated in seven categories at 9th Filmfare Awards including Best Film, Best Director for Kumar and Bose respectively while winning three; Best Actress for Vyjayanthimala and two other technical award for Wajahat Mirza and V. Balasaheb. It also emerge as the biggest winner at 25th Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards where it won nine awards in the Hindi film category. In additional to that the film also won Certificate of Merit at the 9th National Film Awards.
The film was a trendsetter for movies like Deewaar, Trishul, Amar Akbar Anthony which had similar themes of two brothers on the opposite sides of law.
The film is about two brothers, Gunga and Jumna, growing up in a village controlled by an evil landlord. When Gunga is framed by the landlord for a crime he did not commit, he escapes to the mountains with his girlfiend, Dhanno, and joins a band of bandits. His younger brother, Jumna, is sent to the city for his education and becomes a police officer. Years later, when Gunga is about to become a father, he decides to return to the village to ask for forgiveness. However, Jumna wants him to surrender to the police for his crimes and when Gunga refuses and tries to leave, Jumna shoots him dead. Gunga's death rendered more poignant by the fact that it was his money that paid for Jumna's education and allowed him to become a policeman.
Film: Gunga Jumna or Ganga Jamna (1961)
Music: Naushad
Lyrics: Shakeel Badayuni
Produced by Dilip Kumar
Written by Story & screenplay: Dilip Kumar
Dialogue: Wajahat Mirza
Starring: Dilip Kumar,Nasir Khan, Vyjayanthimala, Nazir Hussain, Azra, Leela Chitnis
Cinematography V. Babasaheb
Edited by Das Dhaimade and Hrishikesh Mukherjee
Gunga Jumna (Hindi: गंगा जमना, Urdu: گنگا جمنا also transliterated as Ganga Jamuna or Ganga Jamna)[1] is a 1961 dacoit drama Bollywood film produced in Technicolor by Dilip Kumar and directed by Nitin Bose. The film stars Dilip Kumar and Vyjayanthimala in the lead with Nasir Khan, Azra, Leela Chitnis, Kanhaiyalal, Anwar Hussain, Nazir Hussain and Helen forming an ensemble cast. Notable for its use of Bhojpuri dialect and its rustic setting, the film features real life brothers Dilip Kumar and Nasir Khan in the title role, is on the story of two brothers, Gunga and Jumna, the poignancy of two brothers on opposite sides of the aw.
After six months of delay, the film was finally released in January 1961. Upon release the film was well received by the critics and the audience. It was one of the biggest hits of 1960s and still considered as one of the most successful Indian film in terms of box office collection and its controversial theme which earned the film cult status.
The film and the lead actors, Dilip Kumar and Vyjayanthimala won a lot of accolades for their performance. Upon release it was nominated in seven categories at 9th Filmfare Awards including Best Film, Best Director for Kumar and Bose respectively while winning three; Best Actress for Vyjayanthimala and two other technical award for Wajahat Mirza and V. Balasaheb. It also emerge as the biggest winner at 25th Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards where it won nine awards in the Hindi film category. In additional to that the film also won Certificate of Merit at the 9th National Film Awards.
The film was a trendsetter for movies like Deewaar, Trishul, Amar Akbar Anthony which had similar themes of two brothers on the opposite sides of law.
The film is about two brothers, Gunga and Jumna, growing up in a village controlled by an evil landlord. When Gunga is framed by the landlord for a crime he did not commit, he escapes to the mountains with his girlfiend, Dhanno, and joins a band of bandits. His younger brother, Jumna, is sent to the city for his education and becomes a police officer. Years later, when Gunga is about to become a father, he decides to return to the village to ask for forgiveness. However, Jumna wants him to surrender to the police for his crimes and when Gunga refuses and tries to leave, Jumna shoots him dead. Gunga's death rendered more poignant by the fact that it was his money that paid for Jumna's education and allowed him to become a policeman.