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{{Infobox film
| name = Do Poond Pani
| image = Do_Boond_Pani_(1971).jpg
| image_size =
| caption =
| director = [[Khwaja Ahmad Abbas]]
| producer = Khwaja Ahmad Abbas
| writer = Khwaja Ahmad Abbas
| narrator =
| starring = [[Simi Garewal]],<br />[[Jalal Agha]],<br />[[Kiran Kumar]],<br />[[Madhu Chanda]]
| music = [[Jaidev]]
| cinematography = Ramchandra
| editing =
| distributor =
| studio = Naya Sansar
| released = {{film date|df=yes|1971}}
| runtime = 141 minutes
| country = [[India]]
| language = [[Hindi language|Hindi]]
| budget =
| gross =
}}

'''''Do Boond Pani''''' (meaning: Two Drops of Water) is a [[List of Bollywood films of 1971|1971]] [[Hindi]] social drama film produced and directed by [[Khwaja Ahmad Abbas]].<ref name="RajadhyakshaWillemen2014">{{cite book|author1=Ashish Rajadhyaksha|author2=Paul Willemen|author3=Professor of Critical Studies Paul Willemen|title=Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SLkABAAAQBAJ&pg=PT69|accessdate=4 March 2015|date=10 July 2014|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-135-94318-9|pages=69–}}</ref> Made under the "Naya Sansar" banner; the story, screenplay and dialogues were by K. A. Abbas, with additional dialogues by [[Inder Raj Anand]]. The music was composed by [[Jaidev]].<ref name=Gomolo>{{cite web|title=Do Boond Pani|url=http://www.gomolo.com/do-boond-pani-movie/4183|website=gomolo.com|publisher=Gomolo.com|accessdate=4 March 2015}}</ref> The cast included [[Simi Garewal]], [[Jalal Agha]] and [[Madhu Chanda]] and was the debut film of actor [[Kiran Kumar]].<ref name=Indiancinema>{{cite web|title=Do Boond Pani|url=https://wiki.indiancine.ma/wiki/Do%20Boond%20Pani|website=wiki.indiancine.ma|publisher=Indiancine.ma|accessdate=4 March 2015}}</ref> The film won the award for Best Feature film on National integration.<ref name=Awards>{{cite web|title=Awards-Do Boond Pani|url=http://www.gomolo.com/do-boond-pani-movie-awards/4183|website=gomolo.com|publisher=Gomolo|accessdate=4 March 2015}}</ref>

Set against the backdrop of [[Rajasthan]], the film focused on the scarcity of water, and the eventual building of a dam. Ganga Singh (Jalal Agha) goes to work on the dam, but loses his life, leaving behind his widow and a young son in the village.<ref name="Purohit1988">{{cite book|author=Vinayak Purohit|title=Arts of Transitional India Twentieth Century|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ae1Zrmz6ETwC&pg=PA1137|accessdate=4 March 2015|year=1988|publisher=Popular Prakashan|isbn=978-0-86132-138-4|pages=1137–}}</ref> His sacrifice helps transform the desert land into a fertile area with the dam being called Ganga Sagar dam.<ref name="Kapur2008">{{cite book|author=Anu Kapur|title=Vulnerable India: A Geographical Study of Disasters|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DeeGAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA153|accessdate=4 March 2015|date=1 August 2008|publisher=SAGE Publications|isbn=978-81-321-0542-8|pages=153–}}</ref>

==Plot==
Ganga Singh ([[Jalal Agha]]), newly married to Gauri ([[Simi Garewal]]), brings his wife to his village, in [[Rajasthan|Rajsthan]] where he lives with his father Hari Singh (Sajjan), and sister Sonki (Madhu Chanda<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1154858/|title=Madhu Chanda|website=IMDb|access-date=2020-02-11}}</ref>). They live hand to mouth in this poor village which is suffering from drought and villagers have to travel a long distance to get water. Ganga Singh hears of a dam being constructed and leaves his wife to join in the building of it. His family goes through misfortunes, with his father dying and his sister being raped by the dacoit Mangal Singh. Ganga himself dies preventing a disaster at the dam. The dam is eventually built bringing greenery to an arid region. His wife bears a son and lives on in the village.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theprint.in/features/reel-take/as-chennai-grapples-with-water-crisis-do-boond-pani-shows-what-day-zero-could-look-like/255864/|title=As Chennai grapples with water crisis, Do Boond Pani shows what Day Zero could look like|last=Pothukuchi|first=Madhavi|date=2019-06-28|website=ThePrint|language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-11}}</ref>

==Cast==
* [[Jalal Agha]] as Ganga Singh
* [[Simi Garewal]] as Gauri
* [[Madhu Chanda]] as Sonki
* [[Sajjan (actor)|Sajjan]] as Hari Singh
* [[Prakash Thapa]] as Mangal Singh
* [[Kiran Kumar]] as Mohan Kaul
* [[Rashid Khan (actor)|Rashid Khan]] as Bhikhu
* [[Pinchoo Kapoor]] as Postman

==Reception==
The film was referred to as an "inspirational melodrama" and the music by Jaidev was stated as a "magisterial score", however, the film was not a commercial success and flopped at the box office.<ref name=Slingo>{{cite web|last1=Slingo|first1=Carol J.|title=K. A. Abbas|url=http://www.ejumpcut.org/archive/onlinessays/JC33folder/KAAbbas.html|website=ejumpcut.org|publisher=Jump Cut:A Review of Contemporary Media|accessdate=4 March 2015|ref=jumpcut No. 33 Feb 1988 p.99}}</ref>

==Awards==
* [[Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration]].<ref name=Abbas>{{cite web|title=K. A. Abbas|url=https://wiki.indiancine.ma/wiki/K%20A%20Abbas|website=wiki.indiancine.ma|publisher=Indiancine.ma|accessdate=4 March 2015}}</ref>

==Soundtrack==
Composer Jaidev got Asha Bhosle to sing for ''Do Boond Pani'', for the song "Ja Ri Pawaniya". The lyricists were [[Kaifi Azmi]], Balkavi Bairagi and M. R. Mukul. The playback singing was provided by [[Asha Bhosle]], Lakshmi Shankar, [[Parveen Sultana]], Meenu Purushottam, [[Mukesh (singer)|Mukesh]], Ambar Kumar, Shrikant Moghe and Bhushan Mehta.<ref name=MySwar>{{cite web|title=Do Boond Pani|url=http://myswar.com/album/do-boond-pani-1971|website=myswar.com|publisher=MySwar|accessdate=4 March 2015}}</ref>

===Song List===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! # !! Title !! Singer !! Lyricist
|-
| 1
| "Ja Ri Pawaniya Piya Ke Des Ja"
| [[Asha Bhosle]]
| Kaifi Azmi
|-
| 2
| "Bani Teri Bindiya Ki"
| Lakshmi Shankar
| Balkavi Bairagi
|-
| 3
| "Peetal Ki Mori Gaagri" (Happy)
| Parveen Sultana, Minu Purushottam
| Kaifi Azmi
|-
| 4
| "Peetal Ki Mori Gaagri" (Sad)
| Parveen Sultana
| Kaifi Azmi
|-
| 5
| "Mar Gai Mar Gai Re"
| Meenu Purushottam, Ambar Kumar, Bhushan Mehta
| Kaifi Azmi
|-
| 6
| "Do Boond Pani"
| Mukesh
| Kaifi Azmi
|-
| 7
| "Sai Naam"
| Shrikant Moghe, Ambar Kumar
| M. R. Mukul
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0067000}}

{{K. A. Abbas}}

[[Category:1971 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:1970s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:1971 drama films]]
[[Category:Films directed by K. A. Abbas]]
[[Category:Films scored by Jaidev]]
[[Category:Best Film on National Integration National Film Award winners]]
[[Category:Indian drama films]]

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