Jaya Ganga
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Jaya Ganga is an international film made by Paris-based Indian writer, film maker and screenplay writer Vijay Singh
Vijay Singh (writer and filmmaker)
Not to be confused with Vijay Singh the Fijian golfer or Vijay Singh Vijay Singh is an Indian writer and filmmaker based in France.-Biography:Vijay Singh is a writer, filmmaker and screenplay writer from India living in Paris...

.

The film stars Asil Rais and Smriti Mishra
Smriti Mishra
Smriti Mishra is an Indian film actor, most known for her roles in Shyam Benegal's Sardari Begum , Pamela Rooks Train to Pakistan and Vijay Singh's Jaya Ganga.-Filmography:* Sardari Begum * Is Raat Ki Subah Nahin...

 as leads.

The film is based on Vijay Singh's first novel Jaya Ganga, In Search Of the River Goddess (French:Jaya Ganga, le Gange et son double) (Penguin
Penguin
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 Delhi/London 1985. Rupa & Co.
Rupa & Co.
Rupa & Co in an Indian publishing company. It was founded in 1936 by D. Mehra in Calcutta. It has published all of Chetan Bhagat's books, some of Ramendra Kumar's and Ruskin Bond's books, and has also published Kaun Banega Crorepati - The Official Book, among many others. According to the...

 Delhi 2005. Ramsay
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 Paris 1985; Ginkgo éditeur Paris 2005). The film is shot on breathtaking locations across North India, including Gomukh, Gangotri, Rishikesh, Haridwar, Chunar, Benares , Paris
Paris
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 and Limours
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.

The film has been screened at several major film festivals across the world. It was first screened at the Montreal International Film Festival in the official competition category. Its first screening in India was at the 27th International Film Festival of India
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 in New Delhi in January 1996, and it was later released in other cities in 1997. Its releases in India and Europe got it a lot of critical and commercial success. This was also the debut for its lead actress Smriti Mishra.

Plot

The story is about Nishant, a young Indian writer from Paris who undertakes a journey along the river Ganges, right from its source in the Himalayas
Himalayas
The Himalaya Range or Himalaya Mountains Sanskrit: Devanagari: हिमालय, literally "abode of snow"), usually called the Himalayas or Himalaya for short, is a mountain range in Asia, separating the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau...

. He is constantly haunted by the fantasy of a woman called Jaya from Paris.

On the banks of the calm and surreal Ganges he meets Zehra, a poetess and a dancer associated with a brothel.

Zehra brings back the memory of Jaya and Nishant loses himself in her. Love takes over and he wants Zehra to be a part of his journey.

Nishant manages to take Zehra away from the brothel. He wants her to go back with him to Paris. While they are enjoying their journey, Nishant receives a telegram. And Zehra soon discovers how Nishant's fantasy could lead to a series of surprises....

Cast

  • Asil Rais - Nishant
  • Smriti Mishra
    Smriti Mishra
    Smriti Mishra is an Indian film actor, most known for her roles in Shyam Benegal's Sardari Begum , Pamela Rooks Train to Pakistan and Vijay Singh's Jaya Ganga.-Filmography:* Sardari Begum * Is Raat Ki Subah Nahin...

     - Zehra
  • Paula Klein - Jaya
  • Vijay Singh
    Vijay Singh (writer and filmmaker)
    Not to be confused with Vijay Singh the Fijian golfer or Vijay Singh Vijay Singh is an Indian writer and filmmaker based in France.-Biography:Vijay Singh is a writer, filmmaker and screenplay writer from India living in Paris...

    - Sanjay
  • Anupam Shyam
    Anupam Shyam
    Anupam Shyam born Anupam Shyam Ojha on 20 September 1957 is an Indian film and television actor, who usually plays villainous or character roles. He most known for his role of Thakur Sajjan Singh in STAR Plus TV series Mann Kee Awaaz Pratigya...

    - Bulldog

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