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Jesal Toral

( 1971 Films )

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Jesal Toral is a 1971 Indian Gujarati cinema devotional film written and directed by Ravindra Dave. It proved to be one of the biggest hits of Gujarati cinema and ran for 25 weeks in theatres.

Cast

The cast is as follows:

Anupama as Toral
Upendra Trivedi as Jesal
Arvind Trivedi
Ramesh Mehta
Jayant Bhatt
Mulraj Rajda
Mukund Pandya
Laxmi Patel
Sarala Dand
Induben Rajda
Lily Patel
Vandana
Suryakant Mandhare
Umakant
Veljibhai Gajjar
Jayshree T. (guest appearance)

Production

Ravindra Dave had planned to remake his Hindi blockbuster film Nagina (1951) with Leena Chandavarkar and Sanjay Khan, but the project was delayed.

(2013). 9781136772849, Routledge. . ISBN 9781136772849

T. M. Ramachandran (1985). 9780861320905, CINEMA India-International. . ISBN 9780861320905

As a result, he turned his production crew to Gujarati cinema to keep them employed.

The film is based on local folk legend of bandit Jesal Jadeja who was preached and reformed by Kathi saint-woman Toral. Their memorial shrines are located in Anjar in Kutch district, Gujarat. It was the first Eastmancolor Gujarati film and was a debut film of Upendra Trivedi and Ramesh Mehta.

T. M. Ramachandran (1985). 9780861320905, CINEMA India-International. . ISBN 9780861320905

It was shot in Orvo technicolor. As the Laxmi Studio at Vadodara was not yet commissioned, the film was partly shot in Kutch district and partly in Mumbai.

Soundtrack

The song "Dhuni Re Dhakhavi" became very popular.

Release and reception

The film was released in 1971. The film was exempted from the tax by the Government of Gujarat to encourage production of the Gujarati films.

The film proved to be one of the biggest hits of Gujarati cinema and ran for 25 weeks in theatres. It won 17 awards from the Government of Gujarat. The film is considered to have revived the Gujarati cinema. Dave went on to direct more than 25 Gujarati films and never returned to Hindi cinema.

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