Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai

<p>Raju ( ) is a poor, friendly orphan who wins his bread by singing songs. One day, he sees an injured man and helps him. Later, he is kidnapped by a few bandits who mistake him to be an undercover policeman. It then turns out that the injured man he helped is the leader (Sardar) of this gang. The Sardar takes good care of Raju and treats him with honour. Sardar’s daughter Kammo ( ) falls in love with Raju. Kammo and Sardar convince Raju that they are good bandits who are making sure that wealth is equally distributed amongst people. On one of the lootings, Raju witnesses the murder of a newlywed couple. He decides to go to the police and leaves the gang. One of the bandits, Raka ( ), kills the Sardar and takes over, captures Raju; and tries to forcibly marry Kammo. Raju eloped and tells all the truth to the police, they decide to confront and kill the bandits. Raju begs the police to not kill them but is shunned. Raju is then posed in a dilemma of what to do and finds himself helpless when he sees police stooping just as low to stop crime. He then returns to the colony of dacoits to convince them to surrender to the police in order to ensure good and respectful life to their family, especially their children. This movie was inspired by initiatives of and , on their call, hundreds of dacoits surrendered to police and mainstreamed to the society at large. Composed by Shankar Jaikishan, lyrics by Shailendra and Hasrat Jaipuri. The film won many prestigious awards at National Film Awards and Filmfare Awards. The film stood out at the function by winning the most (four) awards in various categories from eight nominations.</p>