Jesal Toral is a 1971 Indian Gujarati 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.
Movie:- Jesal Toral
Year:- 1971
Cast: Upendra Trivedi, Ramesh Mehta, Arvind Trivedi
Directed by: Ravindra Dave
Cast[edit]
- 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[edit]
Ravindra Dave had planned to remake his Hindi blockbuster film Nagina (1951) with Leena Chandavarkar and Sanjay Khan, but the project was delayed.[1][2] As a result, he turned his production crew to Gujarati cinema to keep them employed.[3]
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[citation needed] and was a debut film of Upendra Trivedi and Ramesh Mehta.[1][2]
Soundtrack[edit]
All lyrics are written by Avinash Vyas; all music is composed by Avinash Vyas.
| Track listing | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
| 1. | “Dhuni Re Dhakhavi” | Mahendra Kapoor | 2:50 |
| 2. | “Ori Ori Aav Gori” | Asha Bhosle | 3:11 |
| 3. | “Jesal Karile Vichar” | Suman Kalyanpur | 3:20 |
| 4. | “Paap Tarun” | Diwaliben Bhil, Ismail Valera | 1:42 |
| 5. | “Roi Roi Kone Sambhalavu” | Ismail Valera | 4:31 |
| 6. | “Bujhai Ja” | Mahendra Kapoor, | 1:43 |
| 7. | “Thobhi Ja Thobhi Ja” | Suman Kalyanpur | 3:22 |
| 8. | “Mara Payal Ni Chhuti Dor” | Krishna Kalle | 3:17 |
| Total length: | 23:56 | ||