![]() ![]() While looking up on the internet, with sparse information scattered on different platforms, I stumbled upon an old video of Randhir Kapoor (his son) talking about the production of the film. I was curious to find out Raj Kapoor’s inspiration behind the film. Naturally, a film imbued with allusions, and symbols and steeped so much in Indian mythology, piqued my curiosity to read up on its background story. The literal and metaphorical descent of Ganga, the protagonist in the film, and the river Ganges from the pristine hills of Uttarakhand to the plains, is not too hard to see. We see a crooked politician colluding with his industrialist friend to open another factory, sidestepping environmental laws. The film itself opens with a protest rally against water pollution in the Ganges in Calcutta (where our protagonist will eventually arrive). 1985 was also the year that witnessed Narmada Bachao Andolon, which started as a protest against callous negligence on the part of the government in the Sardar Sarovar Dam project but morphed into a large-scale environmental movement to protect the pristine ecosystem of Narmada Valley. The year was 1985, a decade after Chipko and Silent Valley movements have headed home the importance of ecology and environmentalism. ![]()
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