Desh Re Joya Dada Pardesh Joya

Desh Re Joya Dada Pardesh Joya (English: (I) saw country; Grandpa, (I) saw foreign) is a 1998 Indian Gujarati film directed by Govindbhai Patel. It is one of the highest grossing Gujarati film of all time.[2][3][4]

Desh Re Joya Dada Pardesh Joya
Official poster
Directed byGovindbhai Patel
Produced byGovindbhai Patel
Written byGovindbhai Patel
Mukesh Malvankar
Starring
Music byArvind Barot
CinematographyPoonam Beldar
Mahesh Sharma
Edited byAshok Rumde
Production
company
GN Films
Release date
  • 1998 (1998)
Running time
167 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageGujarati
Box office₹22 crore (equivalent to ₹80 crore or US$11 million in 2019) [1][2]

Plot

Ram (Hiten Kumar) and Radha (Roma Manek) are childhood sweethearts, but are separated when Ram and his widowed mother relocates to another village with his uncle. They are reunited when Ram attends Radha's sister's wedding as the groom's cousin. Meanwhile, Radha's elder brother marries the just-back-from-America Rita (Pinky Parikh) without the consent of his parents.

Ram and Radha fall in love once again and they are engaged, much to the chagrin of Rita, who wanted Radha to marry her brother Deepak instead. On the way to the wedding Ram gets killed in an accident and Radha is heart-broken. But Ram is not actually dead, but instead kidnapped by the jealous family members and replaced by another dead body to make it look like him. Rita tries to poison Radha and tries to blame on Sharda, but Radha defends Sharda and rightly blames Rita for this. Rita then falsely accuses Sharda's husband of trying to rape her. Allegations and counter-allegations follow and Dadaji (Arvind Trivedi) decides to split the property and separate brothers. Radha's brother Deepak intervenes and exposes her sister Rita as the conspirator. However, it turns out that this was a ploy to paint Deepak in a good light. Radha's family falls for the trap and agrees to get Radha married to Deepak. Radha, still heart-broken, reluctantly agrees to marry Deepak. Ram escapes from his captors, but it's too late as Radha is already married to Deepak and flown off to America. Rajesh overhears Rita confessing her role in the conspiracy and threatens to expel her from the family. Ram also reaches the house and the whole conspiracy is unveiled to the family. Rita feels guilty and has a change of heart and accuses her elders of maligning her life.

Radha receives culture shock when she reaches America with Deepak and has trouble adjusting with her abusive alcoholic husband. Her in-laws are impressed with her values and her dedication and informs her parents about her true condition with her husband and recommend that they take her back to India. Rita takes it upon herself to bring her back. In America, one of Deepak's friend tries to misbehave with Radha and in ensuing fight, Deepak falls from the first floor and dies as the result. Radha returns to India, but her troubles are not at the end. Deepak's uncle and other conspirators again try to kidnap her, but timely intervention of Ram saves the situation from worsening, but in the fight Dadaji gets mortally wounded from a gunshot. In his dying breath, Dadaji reunites Ram and Radha.

Cast

Soundtrack
Desh Re Joya Dada Pardesh Joya
Soundtrack album by
Arvind Barot
Released1998
GenreFeature film soundtrack
Length55:01
LabelUltra

Music for the film was composed by Arvind Barot.[5]

Track list
No.TitleLyricsArtist(s)Length
1."Vavdi Na Pani Bharva Gyata"Arvind BarotVatsala Patil4:29
2."Uncha Uncha Bangla Banavo"Arvind BarotSadhana Sargam6:49
3."Jaan Jodi Aavya Shu"Arvind BarotArvind Barot, Vatasala Patil6:47
4."Eli Radhadi Re"Arvind BarotArvind Barot, Sadhana Sargam8:04
5."Eva Mandav Ropayva Mare Aangane"Arvind BarotArvind Barot, Vatsala Patil7:35
6."Ghammar Ghammar Maru Valonu Gaaje"Arvind BarotArvind Barot, Sadhana Sargam6:46
7."Desh Re Joya Dada Pardesh Joya"Arvind BarotArvind Barot, Sadhana Sargam9:08
8."Chhodya Dadane Chhodi Deliyu Re"Arvind BarotJayshree Bhojavia5:23

Release

Desh Re Joya Dada Pardesh Joya was released in 1998 and went on to collect around ₹22 crore (US$3.1 million) in days when tickets were sold for Rs 10 or Rs 15, making it the highest grossing collection for a Gujarati film at that time by a long margin until Chaal Jeevi Laiye broke its record.[6] It's still the 2nd highest grossing Gujarati film.[2]

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See also
  • List of highest-grossing Gujarati films

References
  1. "Gujarati films: Cheaper is not better". The Times of India. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  2. "Good shot". 22 June 1998.
  3. DeshGujarat (15 April 2015). "Gujarati film maker Govindbhai Patel passes away". DeshGujarat. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
  4. "Gujarati tearjerker Des Re Joya Dada becomes a big grosser : FILMS". India Today. 22 June 1998. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
  5. "Desh Re Joya Dada Pardesh Joya (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)". iTunes. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
  6. "Showtime: What is hurting box office success of Gujarati movies?". DNA India. 23 February 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
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