''Do Boond Pani'' (meaning: Two Drops of Water) is a

1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses ( February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses ( February 10, and August 6). The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history. Events J ...

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social drama film produced and directed by

Khwaja Ahmad Abbas Khwaja Ahmad Abbas (7 June 1914 – 1 June 1987) was an Indian film director, screenwriter, novelist, and journalist in Urdu, Hindi and English. He won four National Film Awards in India. Internationally, his films won the Palme d'Or (Golden ...

. Made under the "Naya Sansar" banner; the story, screenplay and dialogues were by K. A. Abbas, with additional dialogues by Inder Raj Anand. The music was composed by

Jaidev Jaidev (3 August 1918 – 6 January 1987; born Jaidev Verma) was a music composer in Hindi films, most known for his work in films: '' Hum Dono'' (1961), '' Reshma Aur Shera'' (1971), ''Prem Parbat'' (1973), ''Gharaonda'' (1977) and '' Gaman ...

. The cast included

Simi Garewal Simi Garewal (born Simrita Garewal; 17 October 1947) is an Indian actress, director, producer and a talk show host. She is the recipient of two Filmfare awards and an ITA Award. She is known for her work in Hindi films like ''Do Badan'', '' Saa ...

, Jalal Agha and

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and was the debut film of actor

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. The film won the award for Best Feature film on National integration. Set against the backdrop of

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, the film focused on the scarcity of water, and the eventual building of a dam. Ganga Singh (Jalal Agha) goes to work on the dam, but loses his life, leaving behind his widow and a young son in the village. His sacrifice helps transform the desert land into a fertile area with the dam being called Ganga Sagar dam.

Plot

Ganga Singh ( Jalal Agha), newly married to Gauri (

), brings his wife to his village, in Rajsthan where he lives with his father Hari Singh (Sajjan), and sister Sonki (Madhu Chanda). They live hand to mouth in this poor village which is suffering from drought and villagers have to travel a long distance to get water. Ganga Singh hears of a dam being constructed and leaves his wife to join in the building of it. His family goes through misfortunes, with his father dying and his sister being raped by the dacoit Mangal Singh. Ganga himself dies preventing a disaster at the dam. The dam is eventually built bringing greenery to an arid region. His wife bears a son and lives on in the village.

Cast

* Jalal Agha as Ganga Singh *

as Gauri *

as Sonki * Sajjan as Hari Singh *

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as Mangal Singh *

as Mohan Kaul * Rashid Khan as Bhikhu *

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as Postman

Reception

The film was referred to as an "inspirational melodrama" and the music by Jaidev was stated as a "magisterial score", however, the film was not a commercial success and flopped at the box office.

Awards

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Soundtrack

Composer Jaidev got Asha Bhosle to sing for ''Do Boond Pani'', for the song "Ja Ri Pawaniya". The lyricists were

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, Balkavi Bairagi and M. R. Mukul. The playback singing was provided by

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, Lakshmi Shankar,

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, Meenu Purushottam,

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, Ambar Kumar, Shrikant Moghe and Bhushan Mehta.

Song list

References

External links

* {{K. A. Abbas 1971 films 1970s Hindi-language films 1971 drama films Films directed by K. A. Abbas Films scored by Jaidev Best Film on National Integration National Film Award winners Indian drama films