The lovely song I am featuring today is from "Ram Teri Ganga Maili" (1985), a super hit film produced and directed by Raj Kapoor. His youngest son Rajiv Kapoor and newcomer Mandakini played the lead couple. The film follows the course of the river Ganga from Gangotri to Kolkata, personified by the character played by Mandakini, also named Ganga. The title of the film aptly underlines the symbolism of how Ganga is fresh and pure at her source and how she gets polluted along the way.
Mandakini's real name was Yasmin Joseph. An anglo-Indian from Meerut, she was given her screen name by Raj Kapoor. She appeared in a few other films, but they were not as successful.
Singers: Lata Mangeshkar, Suresh Wadkar
Lyrics: Ravindra Jain
Music: Ravindra Jain
Mandakini's real name was Yasmin Joseph. An anglo-Indian from Meerut, she was given her screen name by Raj Kapoor. She appeared in a few other films, but they were not as successful.
Singers: Lata Mangeshkar, Suresh Wadkar
Lyrics: Ravindra Jain
Music: Ravindra Jain
Beautiful film and song.. Good choice once again Lata!! :)
ReplyDeleteThank you Deepa! :-)
DeleteBeautiful song. Nice selection.
ReplyDeleteThank you...yes, this is a nice song with beautiful visuals.
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