Do Boond Pani

Ganga Singh, newly married to Gauri, brings his wife to his village, in Rajasthan where he lives with his father Hari Singh, and sister Sonki. They live hand to mouth in the 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. 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. Composer Jaidev got Asha Bhosle to sing for , for the song “Ja Ri Pawaniya”. The lyricists were , Balkavi Bairagi and M. R. Mukul. The playback singing was provided by , Lakshmi Shankar, , Meenu Purushottam, , Ambar Kumar, Shrikant Moghe and Bhushan Mehta.