Popular Songs in Hindi Cinema about the Ganga.

 


The Ganga (Ganges) flows for a distance of 2,525 km, all the way from the Himalayas, and flows south and east through the Gangetic Plain of North India into Bangladesh, where it empties into the Bay of Bengal. It is the holiest river for the people of India.  Hindi cinema has embraced it wholeheartedly, Many film titles and songs have been written on this river.

Raj Kapoor had a great fascination for Ganga, he made two films with Ganga in the title Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai(1960) and Ram Teri Ganga Maili(1985) and recall the song 'Bol Radha Bol' from the 1964 film Sangam. Since the beginning of sound cinema, many songs have been written praising Ganga by almost all lyricists. The first song on Ganga as per my research was written by  Pt. Niranjan Sharma ‘Ajit’, for the 1939 film 'Sach Hai'.

Song of Sach Hai 1939

Song of Basant 1942



Mirza Ghalib, the great 19th-century poet, also wrote in praise of Ganga and Banaras when he visited Varanasi.  It all comes out in ‘Chiragh-e-Dair’ (Temple Lamp), a masnavi in Persian which Ghalib wrote on Banaras. Shakeel Badayuni wrote a song in the 1954 film Mirza Ghalib inspired by Ghalib
Song of Mirza Ghalib 1954

Shakeel Badayuni also wrote about Ganga in 1952 film  Baiju Bawra 
Song of  Baiju Bawra 1952



Song of Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai(1960)


This song was written by Gulzar for Kabuliwala
Song of Kabuliwala 1961


                      Machalti huyi hawaa mein chham chham

Song of Ganga Ki Lehren1964


Song of Sangam, 1964

Song of Sant Gyaneshwar 1964



           Ganga mayya mein jabtak ke paani rahe

Song of Suhaagraat (1968)

                Ganga meri maan kaa naam baap ka naam Himalaya

Song of Tumse Achha Kaun Hai 1969


Song of Ganga Tera Paani Amrit 1971


Song of Ganga Ki Saugandh 1978

Song of Don 1978





















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