Published 10:45 IST, July 13th 2020

Amitabh Bachchan's 'Gangaa Jamunaa Saraswathi' was Manmohan Desai's last film as director

Amitabh Bachchan's 'Gangaa Jamunaa Saraswathi' remains to be the last film directed by popular director, Manmohan Desai. Read on to know interesting trivia.

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Amitabh Bachchan has worked in a wide range of movies and has delivered several memorable performances throughout his acting career. Gangaa Jamunaa Saraswati is one of his most memorable collaborations with Manmohan Desai in 80s. Produced by S. Ramanathan, film features Amitabh Bachchan, Mithun Chakraborty, Jaya Pra, Meenakshi Sheshri, Nirupa Roy and Amrish Puri in key roles. Although movie did t perform well at box-office, film received acclaim for its storyline, songs and performances by actors. With all that said w, re to kw some of most interesting trivia about Amitabh Bachchan's Gangaa Jamunaa Saraswathi:

Amitabh Bachchan's 'Gangaa Jamunaa Saraswathi' trivia

  • Amitabh Bachchan's Gangaa Jamunaa Saraswathi was last movie helmed by prominent director Manmohan Desai as director has anunced his retirement along with completion of movie. 
  • Manmohan Desai was reportedly disappointed with Jaya Prha's marri as director felt that marital status of Jaya Prha would affect movie and he wished that Prha kept her marri private inste of going public.

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  • Originally, script for Amitabh Bachchan's Gangaa Jamunaa Saraswathi was penned by Ker Khan, however, due to an alleged fight between director, Manmohan Desai and Ker Khan, script of movie was later changed. original script penned by Ker Khan has three heroes and one of heroes was penned for Rishi Kapoor.  
  • original script changed and Rishi Kapoor, who was originally assigned le role was dropped and actor was t informed about same. This hurt actor as Kapoor h a strong bond with director, Manmohan Desai. 

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  • Amitabh Bachchan's Gangaa Jamunaa Saraswathi was officially anunced in year 1985 and title of movie was Amar Akbar Anthony Part 2. Three le actors, Amitabh Bachchan, Jeetendra, and Rishi Kapoor were signed for Manmohan Desai-directorial. However, due to unkwn reasons, Jeetendra opted out of movie and Mithun Chakraborty was replaced by Jeetendra. Ker Khan was working on script of movie during that time.
  • Amitabh Bachchan's Gangaa Jamuna Saraswathi was dedicated to iconic actor, Raj Kapoor. 
  • Allah Rakha Rahman's background music was used in some of scenes of Gangaa Jamunaa Saraswathi.

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10:45 IST, July 13th 2020