''Ganga'' ( kn, ಗಂಗಾ) is a 2015 Indian

Kannada Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native s ...

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written and directed by

Sai Prakash Enreddy Prakash Reddy a.k.a. Om Sai Prakash is a Telugu and Kannada film director and producer. Born in Phirangipuram in Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh, he started as an assistant to Kodi Ramakrishna and then charted his own course in dir ...

, and produced by

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. The film stars

Malashri Malashri (born 10 August 1973) is an Indian actress. She has predominantly worked in Kannada films and was the topmost heroine in the 1990s. She has also worked in Telugu and Tamil cinema. Malashri was popular for playing diverse roles in wome ...

in the lead role. The supporting cast features Srinivasa Murthy, Hema Chowdhary,

Pavithra Lokesh Pavitra Lokesh is an Indian film and television actress. She appears primarily in Kannada and Telugu films playing supporting roles. The daughter of stage and film actor Mysore Lokesh, she made her film debut at the age of 16 and has since ap ...

Rangayana Raghu Kotturu Chikkarangappa Raghunath (born 17 April 1965), known by his screen name Rangayana Raghu, is an Indian film and stage actor, known for his work in Kannada cinema. Portraying mostly comic and negative-shaded characters, he has appeared ...

, Suchendra Prasad,

Sharath Lohitashwa Sharatchandra Lohithaswa (born 5 May 1972), known popularly as Sharath Lohithaswa, is an Indian actor mostly known for his work in Kannada and Tamil films. He has had a successful career in theatre, where he continues to work, and television. A ...

. Malashri won her first

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for her performance in this movie.

Cast

Production

Having worked together in many successful films, with their last being the 1995 film, ''

Gadibidi Aliya ''Gadibidi Aliya'' is a 1995 Indian Kannada-language comedy drama film, directed by Sai Prakash and produced by K. Raghava Rao. This film stars Shiva Rajkumar in a dual role, Malashri and Mohini whilst Jayamala and Srinath play other pivota ...

'',

and

came together for a film after 19 years with ''Ganga''. For the film,

Arjun Janya Arjun Janya (born Lokesh Kumar) is an Indian Film composer, film score soundtrack composer and singer. Arjun made his film debut in the 2006 Kannada film ''Autograph Please''. Since then he has composed and scored music for successful films suc ...

was roped in to compose the music, Anil Kumar for dialogue writing and Rajesh Katta for cinematography. The filming of ''Ganga'' began on 6 June 2014 in

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Soundtrack

composed the film's background score and music for its soundtrack, with the lyrics penned by

K. Kalyan K Kalyan (born 1 January 1975) is an Indian songwriter and music composer known for his works in Kannada film industry. He is also called as "Premakavi. Career K.Kalyan entered the film industry at the age of 17 as a Music director cum lyrici ...

. The soundtrack album consists of two tracks.

References

2015 films Indian drama films Films scored by Arjun Janya 2010s Kannada-language films Films directed by Sai Prakash {{2010s-Kannada-film-stub