The 1985 release of Ram Teri Ganga Maili, a movie by renowned director Raj Kapoor, was a huge commercial success. The performances by Mandakini and Rajiv Kapoor really floored the audience and won them over. Did you know that the actress Dipika Chikhlia, who gained notoriety for playing Sita in Ramanand Sagar's Ramayan, had tried out for the film? Raj Kapoor, however, turned her down for the position.
Dipika Chikhlia allegedly discussed her experience of being rejected in an interview. She acknowledged, however, that after some time, she saw why she had been passed up for the position. Dipika said while discussing her profession that she wanted to engage in the film industry but had turned down numerous screenplays since she did not want to make risky movies.
She learned that acclaimed filmmaker Raj Kapoor was engaged in production on the film Ram Teri Ganga Maili. She went to the audition for the part of Ganga Singh, which was eventually awarded to Mandakini, thinking it would be a religious or family film since she believed the movie's name had Ram in it and was under the RK brand.
She was rejected when she arrived at the audition location. She claims that Raj Kapoor rejected her, stating that she would be unable to do the part. The actress felt defeated by this and went home. However, after seeing the film, she understood why Raj Kapoor did not cast her because the script called for bold scenes, and in the past, she had turned down offers for such roles because they did not feel comfortable.
The mission of Ganga Singh, a mother, in Ram Teri Ganga Maili is to find her estranged husband in Kolkata so that she may provide a better quality of life for her kid. Mandakini, Rajeev Kapoor, Divya Rana, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Saeed Jaffrey, and Raza Murad are just a few of the actors that appear in the film. The film has garnered accolades for Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Editor, and a number of other categories.
