Ganga Jamuna Saraswati
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Ganga Jamuna Saraswati is 1988 Hindi film directed by Manmohan Desai
Manmohan Desai
Manmohan Desai was a producer and director of Indian movies.- Background :His father, Kikubhai Desai, was an Indian film producer and owner of Paramount Studios from 1931 to 1941. His productions, mainly stunt films, included Circus Queen, Golden Gang, and Sheikh Challi...
and starring Amitabh Bachchan
Amitabh Bachchan
Amitabh Bachchan is an Indian film actor. He first gained popularity in the early 1970s as the "angry young man" of Hindi cinema, and has since appeared in over 180 Indian films in a career spanning more than four decades...
as Ganga, Meenakshi Sheshadri as Jamuna, and Jaya Prada
Jaya Prada
Jaya Prada is an Indian film actress and politician. She has starred in hundreds of Telugu, Hindi, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Bengali and Marathi films.-Early life:...
as Saraswati. Other cast includes Mithun Chakraborty
Mithun Chakraborty
Mithun Chakraborty is an Indian film actor, social activist, and entrepreneur, who has won three National Film Awards. He made his acting debut with the arthouse drama Mrigaya , for which he won his first National Film Award for Best Actor....
, Amrish Puri
Amrish Puri
Amrish Singh Puri , ; 22 June 1932 – 12 January 2005 was an iconic theater and film actor from India, who was a key player in the Indian theater movement that picked up steam in the 1960s. He worked with notable playwrights of the time, such as Satyadev Dubey and Girish Karnad...
, Nirupa Roy
Nirupa Roy
-Filmography:* Lal Baadshah * Mard * Mawali * Betab * Khoon aur Pani * Aatish * Kartavya .... Vijay's mother* Khandaan .... Savitri G. Srivastav...
and Aruna Irani
Aruna Irani
Aruna Irani is an Indian actress. An accomplished actress and dancer of her time, Aruna Irani has acted in about 300 movies, with many memorable acting performances to her credit...
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Thakur Hansraj (Amrish Puri) is very greedy and kills his brother-in-law and using false means takes the signature of his sister Bharati Devi (Nirupa Roy) on the property papers claiming that his sister has transferred the entire property to him. When his sister comes to know about it. She gets very angry. The son of Bharati Devi, Ganga (Amitabh Bachchan) takes a pledge that he would one day take revenge on Thakur at the same place.
Ganga becomes a truck driver, who transports goods. Jamuna (Meenakshi Sheshadri) jumps on the truck one day to save herself from Bheema who is after her. Ganga has to stop the truck as the road ahead is blocked due to some accident of a car and truck. It starts raining heavily and the only staying place nearby is for honeymoon couples only. Ganga decides to go there to get shelter with Jamuna through the fake couple drama. Next day, When Bheema comes to take Jamuna away forcibly, Ganga fights with him and Jamuna falls in deep ice and there is no fire nearby to save her life which forces Ganga to have sexual relations with her.
Ganga is arrested for beating up Thakur's son and is jailed for 2 years. When he returns, thakur sends his person to kill him. A blast takes place at the bridge and Jamuna and their child fall into the river, Ganga then gets hold of his child but cannot find Jamuna. Jamuna reaches the home of Shankar (Mithun Chakraborty) who fell in love with her the first time he had seen her during one of his qawaali programmes. Jamuna has now forgotten her identity. There also is the involvement of Saraswati (Jaya Prada) who loves Ganga. Will Jamuna get her memory back? Will Ganga find her? What will happen to Thakur? Whom will Ganga be with ultimately, Jamuna or Saraswati?