Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai is a 1960 Hindi film directed by Radhu Karmakar and produced by Raj Kapoor. The film stars Kapoor, Pran and Padmini in lead roles. This was the first directorial venture of Karmakar who had previously been cinematographer for many of Kapoor's films. The film was declared "Hit" at the box office. The team of Shankar Jaikishan composed the music for film, which includes the hit songs penned by Shailendra like "O Basanti Pawan Pagal", "Aa Ab Lout Chalen" and the title song of "Hothon Pe Sacchai Rehti Hai". Raju is a poor friendly orphan who wins his bread by... singing songs. One day he sees an injured man and helps him. Later he is kidnapped by few bandits who mistake him to be an undercover policeman. It then turns out that the injured man he helped is the leader of this gang. The Sardar takes good care of Raju and treats him with honour. Sardar's daughter Kammo falls in love with Raju. Kammo and Sardar convince Raju of how they are good bandits who just are making sure that wealth is equally distributed amongst people.
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| Release date: | 1960 |
| Directed by: | Radhu Karmakar |
| Runtime: | 167 Minutes |
| Producer: | Raj Kapoor |
| Editor: | G. G. Mayekar |
| Music by: | Shankar Jaikishan, Shankarsinh Raghuwanshi, Jaikishan Dayabhai Panchal, Hasrat Jaipuri |
| Cinematography: | Tara Dutt |
| Screenplay by: | Arjun Dev Rashk |
| Genre: | Musical |