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Director
  
Khwaja Ahmad Abbas

Country
  
India

7.2/10
IMDb

Duration
  

Language
  
Hindi

Do Boond Pani movie poster
Release date
  
1971 (1971)

Writer
  
Khwaja Ahmad Abbas (screenplay)

Songs
  
Ja Ri Pawaniya Piya Ke Des Ja

Cast
  
Simi Garewal
(Gauri),
Kiran Kumar
,
Jalal Agha
(Ganga Singh),
Madhu Chanda
(Sonki),
Rashid Khan

Do Boond Pani (Two Drops of Water) is a 1971 Hindi social drama film produced and directed by K. A. Abbas. Made under the "Naya Sansar" banner; the story, screenplay and dialogues were by K. A. Abbas, with additional dialogues by Inder Raj Anand. The music was composed by Jaidev. The cast included Simi, Jalal Agha, Madhu Chanda, and was the debut film of actor Kiran Kumar. The film won the Best Feature film on National integration.

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Do Boond Pani movie scenes DO BOOND PAANI Kiran Kumar Simi Garewal

Set Against the backdrop of Rajasthan, the film focused on the scarcity of water, and the eventual building of a dam. Ganga Singh (Jalal Agha) goes to work on the dam but loses his life leaving behind his widow and a young son in the village. His sacrifice helps transform the desert land into a fertile area with the dam being called Ganga Sagar dam.

Bollywood 1971

Plot

Ganga Singh (Jalal Agha), newly married to Gauri (Simi Garewal), brings his wife to his village where he lives with his father Hari Singh (Sajjan), and sister Sonki (Madhu Chanda). The village is suffering from drought and villagers have to travel a long distance to get water. Ganga Singh hears of a dam being constructed and leaves his wife to join in the building of it. His family goes through misfortunes, with his father dying and his sister being raped by the dacoit Mangal Singh. Ganga himself dies preventing a disaster at the dam. The dam is eventually built bringing greenery to an arid region. His wife bears a son and lives on in the village.

Cast

  • Jalal Agha as Ganga Singh
  • Simi Garewal as Gauri
  • Madhu Chanda Sonki
  • Sajjan as Hari Singh
  • Prakash Thapa as Mangal Singh
  • Kiran Kumar
  • Rashid Khan
  • Pinchoo Kapoor
  • Maruti Rao

    • Reception

    The film was referred to as an "inspirational melodrama" and the music by Jaidev was stated as a "magisterial score", however the film was not a commercial success and flopped at the box-office.

    Awards

  • Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration.

    • Soundtrack

    Composer Jaidev got Asha Bhosle to sing for Do Boond Pani, for the song "Ja Ri Pawaniya". The lyricists were Kaifi Azmi, Balkavi Bairagi and M. R. Mukul. The playback singing was provided by Asha Bhosle, Lakshmi Shankar, Parveen Sultana, Meenu Purushottam, Mukesh, Ambar Kumar, Shrikant Moghe, Bhushan Mehta.

    Songs

  • Ja Ri Pawaniya Piya Ke Des Ja (5:19)

  • Do Boond Pani (3:12)

  • Bani Teri Bindiya (3:59)

  • Pital Ki Mori Gagri (3:00)

  • Pital Ki Mori Gagri (1:58)

    • Songlist

    References

    Do Boond Pani Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA

    Do Boond Pani IMDb Do Boond Pani themoviedb.org


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