Hindi गंगा Directed by Yusuf Ansari | Genre Soap opera | |
Created by Sphereorigins Multivision Private Limited Written by Rajita Sharma
Rajesh Joshi
Manish Paliwal Starring Aditi Sharma
Vishal Vashishtha | ||
Gangaa (also known as Sagar Ki Ganga) is a 2015 Indian Hindi-language soap opera that airs daily Monday to Friday at 8:00 pm in the UK and at 8:30pm on &TV. It premiered on March 2, 2015.
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In 2015, the show won the award for Best Programme with a Social Message at the Indian Telly Awards, as well as a Best Child Actress award for Ruhana Khanna as young Ganga. In November 2016, Ruhana bags an award again for Desh Ki Ladli- Most Promising Child Star as Krishna at the Indian Telly Awards
On August 29 2016, on Janmashtami, Ruhana Khanna, who played child Ganga, made her comeback as Ganga and Sagar's daughter Krishna who was born to unite her parents.
Plot
The show centres around a young girl named Ganga, who becomes a widow on the same day as her marriage when her husband and her father, with whom she was very close, are killed in a riot on the bank of river Ganges in Varanasi. The show follows her struggle for her right to live happily, opposing all the restrictions placed upon widows by society. The show goes on to follow her life in the Chaturvedi house when Niranjan Chaturvedi a well known lawyer in Banaras, brings her to his house and her friendship with Sagar.
10 years later, the show documents the pure love Ganga has for her soulmate Sagar, who returns from London and their fight to stay together despite the many consequences of their love and their fight for Ganga's rights.
As 7 years pass,Ganga is seen bringing up her and Sagar's daughter Krishna alone. Sagar who is aware of the truth that Krishna is his daughter is trying to win Ganga's love and trust back to live happily again.