Ganga Maiyya Tohe Piyari Chadhaibo
| Ganga Maiya Tohe Piyari Chadhaibo | |
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| Directed by | Kundan Kumar |
| Screenplay by | Nazir Hussain |
| Story by | Nazir Hussain |
| Produced by | Bishwanath Prasad Shahabadi and Jai Narayan Lal |
| Starring | Kumkum Ashim Kumar Nazir Hussain Tiwari |
| Cinematography | R. K. Pandit |
| Edited by | Kamalakar |
| Music by | Chitragupta Shailendra |
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Running time | 120 min. |
| Country | India |
| Language | Bhojpuri |
| Budget | ₹5 lakh (equivalent to ₹4 Crore or US$500,000 in 2022) |
| Box office | ₹75 lakh |
Ganga Maiyya Tohe Piyari Chadhaibo is a Bhojpuri film released in 1962 directed by Kundan Kumar. It was the first-ever Bhojpuri film, and starred Kumkum, Ashim Kumar and Nazir Hussain. It had music by Chitragupta, lyrics by Shailendra and songs sung by Lata Mangeshkar and Mohammad Rafi. The film is based on author Acharya Shivpujan Sahay's short story Kahani Ka Plot.
Ganga Maiyya Tohe Piyari Chadhaibo was released on 5 February 1962 at Prakash Talkies, Benares. The film was directed by Kundan Kumar and produced by Bishwanath Prasad Shahabadi and his partner Jai Narayan Lal on behest of the first president of India, Dr. Rajendra Prasad, with initial budget of Rs.150,000 eventually ending up at approximately 500,000. It was shown to Desh Ratna Dr. Rajendra Prasad at a special screening organized at Sadaqat Ashram, Patna before its release.
The theme is based on widow remarriage.