Ram Teri Ganga Maili (1985)

A jilted lover embarks on a journey to find the father of her infant child in the sweeping Bollywood melodrama Ram Teri Ganga Maili (1985). Mandakini stars as Ganga Singh, a beautiful woman living in abject poverty on the banks of the Ganges. When an affluent college student travels to her village to study, Ganga falls in love with the man, and they decide to marry. After consummating the marriage, Narendra (Rajiv Kapoor) returns to Calcutta, vowing to someday return. Pregnant and destitute, Ganga begins to doubt his word and sets out on a journey to find him. Raj Kapoor’s epic love story bursts with color, music, and narrative twists and turns, though the biggest draw of all may be Mandakini herself, who looks fetching as she frolics on the riverbanks.