Ganga (2006 film)

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Ganga
Directed byAbhishek Chhadha
Produced byDeepak Sawant
Starring Amitabh Bachchan
Hema Malini
Nagma
Ravi Kishan
Manoj Tiwari
Release date
  • 20 October 2006 (2006-10-20)
Country India
Language Bhojpuri

Ganga is a 2006 Indian Bhojpuri-language film directed by Abhishek Chhadha and produced by Deepak Sawant. Nagma has won Bhojpuri Film Award for Best Actress at Second Bhojpuri Film Awards in 2007. [1] [2] [3]

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