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Gujarati cinema or Gujarati film industry is one of the largest regional and vernacular film industry of Cinema of India, dating back to April 9, 1932, when the first Gujarati language film titled, Narsinh Mehta was released.^[1][2] After flourishing through the 60s, 70 and 1980s, the industry saw a decline, in 2005 the Government even announced 100% tax exemption for Gujarati film^[3]

History[link]

Gujarati cinema started in year 1932 when the first Gujarati film, Narsinh Mehta, was released. It was directed by Nanubhai Vakil. The film starred Mohanlala, Marutirao, Master Manhar, and Miss Mehtab. It was of the 'saint' genre and was on the life of the saint Narasinh Mehta. The film was matchless as it avoided any depiction of miracles. In 1935, another movie Ghar Jamai was released, directed by Homi Master. The film starred Heera, Jamna, Baby Nurjehan, Amoo, Alimiya, Jamshedji, and Gulam Rasool. It featured a `resident son-in-law` (ghar jamai) and his escapades as well as his problematic attitude towards the freedom of women. It was a comedy-oriented movie and was a major success in the industry. The Gujarati movies such as Kariyavar, directed by Chaturbhuj Doshi, Vadilona Vanke directed by Ramchandra Thakur, Gadano Bel directed by Ratibhai Punatar and Leeludi Dharti, which was inspired by the novel of same name by Chunilal Madia, was directed by Vallabh Choksi. The problems of modernisation are the underlying concern of several films. Movies like Gadano Bel had a strong realism and reformism.

Gunasundari was thrice made from 1927 to 1948. The film was such a success in its first appearance in 1927, that director Chandulal Shah remade it in 1934. The film was again remade in 1948 by Ratilal Hemchand Punater. In its last version Hindi films’ eternal Mother Nirupa Roy made her debut as its heroine.

Gunasundari is the story of a poor Indian woman who is disliked by her husband for her moral stand. The woman finally lands in the street where she meets a person who is just like her — a social outcast. The story ends here. The three versions, however, have made some changes here and there to meet the demands of the time.

In a filmdom which was theatrical and melodramatic and often shunned by the audience, Akhand Saubhagyabati, that starred Bollywood queen Asha Parekh, made a success in 1963. Asha also has immense contribution to Gujarati television serial making. Her TV production Jyoti was a household show for a long time.

In the year 1975 Tanariri, directed by Chandrakant Sangani, highlighted the little-known side of Akbar who is usually presented as a consistently benign ruler. The first cinemascope film of Gujarati cinema was Sonbai ni Chundadi, directed by Girish Manukant released in '1976. Besides these, Bhavni Bhavai released in 1980 was directed by Ketan Mehta. It boasted of superlative performances, fine camerawork and won awards like National Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration, National Film Award for Best Art Direction for Meera Lakhia and another award at the Nantes festival in France. In 1992, Hun Hunshi Hunshilal, directed by Sanjiv Shah was sought to be post-modern.

Subjects[link]

The scripts and stories dealt in the Gujarati films are intrinsically humane. They include relationship and family oriented subjects with human aspirations and deal with the Indian family culture. Thus, there can be no turning away from the essential humanity of these Gujarati cinema.

Actors[link]

Mallika Sarabhai

Many famous actors have worked in Gujarati film industry like Sanjeev Kumar, Rajendra Kumar, Bindu, Asha Parekh, Kiran Kumar, Upendra Trivedi, Arvind Trivedi, Aruna Irani, Mallika Sarabhai, Asrani, Naresh Kanodia, Sneh Lata, Jayshree T. etc.

Gujarati people in other film industries[link]

Gujarati cinema show times

Actors like Sanjeev Kumar, Aruna Irani, Arvind Trivedi, Prachi Desai, Jackie Shroff, Paresh Rawal, Deepshikha, Darshan Jariwala, Pooja Bhatt, Sharman Joshi, Nirupa Roy, Satish Shah, Dina Pathak, Ratna Pathak, Supriya Pathak, Tina Ambani, Parveen Babi, Dimple Kapadia, Ameesha Patel, Tulip Joshi, Ayesha Takia, Anang Desai, Deepika Chikhalia, Neelam Kothari, Upen Patel, Himesh Reshammiya, Shruti Seth, Farooq Shaikh, Manav Gohil etc. are well known personalities who have contributed to Hindi film industry popularly known as Bollywood.

Directors and producers like Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Jiten Purohit Vijay Bhatt, Nanabhai Bhatt, Manmohan Desai, Ketan Desai, Mehboob Khan, Mahesh Bhatt, Mukesh Bhatt, Vikram Bhatt, Chandra Barot,Nariman A. Irani, Sanjay Gadhvi, Indra Kumar, Dhirajlal Shah,A A Nadiadwala, Sajid Nadiadwala, Abbas-Mustan, Mehul Kumar, Vipul Shah, Rahul Dholakia are also inseparable part of Bollywood.

Alisha Chinai, Alka Yagnik, Manhar Udhas, Pankaj Udhas, Falguni Pathak,Himesh Reshammiya are well known singers of this industry.Kalyanji Anandji, Ismail Darbar and Jaikishan(famous pair of Shankar-Jaikishan who made many great compositions for R.K.Films) are known for their music.

Namitha, born as Namita Mukesh Vankawala, is very popular heroine in Kollywood or Tamil film industry.

Kalpen Modi,popularly known as Kal Penn is known name in Hollywood.Dev Patel is world famous name for his work in Slumdog Millionaire movie. Ben Kingsley ,a winner of Academy Award for Best Actor for his work in title the role of the film Gandhi (film), is also Gujarati origin.

Golden Era[link]

From the year 1965 to 1990 can be considered as industry's golden era.

National Awards[link]

Bhavni Bhavai released in the year 1980 was directed by Ketan Mehta. It boasted of superlative performances, fine camerawork and won awards like National Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration, National Film Award for Best Art Direction for Meera Lakhia.

Recently Little Zizou, a 2009 film in Hindi, Gujarati, and English, written and directed by Sooni Taraporevala won the "Silver Lotus Award" or "Rajat Kamal" in the National Film Award for Best Film on Family Welfare category at the 56th National Film Awards.

The state has also thrown up formidable acting talent of the calibre of late Sanjeev Kumar (his actual name was Haribhai Jariwala), Dina Pathak, Urmila Bhatt, Manoj Joshi, Paresh Rawal and Asha Parekh. Says Bhuta,

“One of the main reasons why Upendra Trivedi, better known as the Dilip Kumar of the Gujarati film industry, has been relegated to relative anonymity on the national film scene is the fact that he was not able to adapt well to the Hindi film industry because of language handicap.”

Given the scenario it's not surprising that Dhollywood has little to show in the quantity and quality of films which have been produced in the 75 years of its existence. Compared to Bollywood which has been churning out movies at amazing speed with more than 10,000 films to its credit so far, a minuscule 762 Gujarati films have been made thus far.

“For instance, while an average of 5,000 to 8,000 shots are taken for an 80 to 100 scene Hindi film, for a Gujarati film, a mere 500 to 800 shots are taken as the film maker can neither afford the cost of camera or the feet of raw stock required for such footage. Further, a Gujarati film is made in 16 mm as the producer cannot afford the 35 mm format,” Bhuta elaborates.

It remains to be seen after the Gujarat government decided to give 100 per cent tax exemption to the film industry in the state. It has also announced a Re one rise in the service charge per cinema ticket to encourage theatre owners to screen Gujarati films. Whether the incentives from the state government will do any good to the Gujarati film industry, it is perhaps passing through its worst patch ever.

Perhaps its only then that it will be able to rise from serving pedestrian fare to cinemagoers to providing quality cinema.

“There’s no dearth of brilliant regional novels which are churned out year after year. These can be made into films. Why should we have to depend on a Shyam Benegal to take the story of Operation Flood to the masses through his cine classic Manthan when it could so easily have been made by a Gujarati. And why should a Sanjay Leela Bhansali weave celluloid magic out of the vibrant beauty of Gujarat only for his Bollywood blockbuster Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam when he can so easily do that for regional cinema of the state as well?” ruminates Harshadbhai Shah, chairman of GFDAC for the fifth successive year.

References[link]

External links[link]

• History of Gujarati Cinema
• Gujarati cinema at Internet Movie Database
• Gujarati Plays & Movie

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Paresh Rawal
Paresh Rawal at Swaroop Rawal's new book launch
Born	(1950-05-30) 30 May 1950 (age 62) Ahmedabad, India
Occupation	Actor, Television producer
Years active	1984 - Present
Spouse	Swaroop Sampat

Paresh Rawal (born 30 May 1950) is an Indian Hindi film actor of Gujarati background.

He made his debut in the film industry in 1984 played supporting and villain roles throughout the 1980s and 1990s. Since 2000, he has started playing comic roles^[1] and has succeeded in it.

Family and early life[link]

Paresh was born in Ahmedabad, India. He is married to Swaroop Sampat, an actress and winner of the Miss India contest in 1979. Paresh and Swaroop have two sons - Aditya and Aniruddh. Paresh Rawal is an alumnus from Narsee Monjee College of Commerce & Economics, Vile Parle, Mumbai.^[2]

Career[link]

Rawal made his debut with the 1984 film Holi. He then appeared in over 100 films throughout the 1980s and 1990s. Paresh Rawal's biggest hit was Hera Pheri.

Before he attained national recognition, in 1991 Rawal achieved recognition and adulation for his role of a bank robber in Kshana Kshanam. His quirky accent and mannerisms made him an instant hit. He acted in quite a few Telugu films by the RGV school of direction like Money and Govinda Govinda.

In 1994, he won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performances in the films Woh Chokri and Sir.^[3] For the latter, he also received his first Filmfare Award for Best Comedian. This was followed by Ketan Mehta's Sardar, which saw him playing the lead role of freedom fighter Vallabhbhai Patel, a role that got him not only national but international acclaim.^[3] He followed it with the film Tamanna (1996), in which he played the role of a Hijra (person of "third" gender, typically male transgender) who raises a young, orphaned girl, played by Pooja Bhatt.^[3]

In 2000, Rawal played a dim-witted and boisterous, but kind-hearted Marathi landlord Baburao Ganpatrao Apte in the film Hera Pheri, who takes in Raju (Akshay Kumar) and Shyam (Sunil Shetty) as paying guests in his house. Rawal's acting was a key reason for the major nationwide success the film received.^[4] For his performance, he won the Filmfare Best Comedian Award. Apart from doing comdey roles he played negative roles in 'King Uncle', 'Kabzaa', 'Ram Lakhan', 'Daud', 'Baazi' etc. He reprised his role as Baburao in the sequel to the film, Phir Hera Pheri (2006), which was also successful.^[3]

In 2002, Rawal portrayed one of three blind bank robbers in the hit film Aankhen. Rawal has since played many comedy roles in successful films including Awara Paagal Deewana (2002), Garam Masala (2005), Deewane Huye Paagal (2005), Malamaal Weekly (2006), Golmaal (2006),Hulchul (2004), Chup Chup Ke (2006), Bhagam Bhag (2006), Shankar Dada MBBS, Bhool Bhulaiyaa, Mere baap Pahale Aap, Welcome and De Dana Dan (2009).^[3] In 2010, Rawal acted in the movie Aakrosh based on honour killing.^[5]

A mention should also be made of his very successful acting career in Gujarati plays. The latest hit being "Dear Father" (Gujarati).

Paresh Rawal has produced several Hindi soaps including Zee TV's Teen Bahuraaniyaan, Sahara One's Main Aisi Kyunn Hoon and Colors' Laagi Tujhse Lagan.^[6]

Awards[link]

National Film Awards

• 1994: Won: National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor for Woh Chokri & Sir

Filmfare Awards

• 1993: Won: Filmfare Best Villain Award for Sir
• 1995: Nominated: Filmfare Best Villain Award
• 1996: Nominated: Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award- Raja
• 2001: Won: Filmfare Best Comedian Award for Hera Pheri
• 2003: Won: Filmfare Best Comedian Award for Awara Paagal Deewana

Star Screen Awards

• 1996: Won: Star Screen Award Best Supporting Actor for Raja
• 2001: Won: Star Screen Award for Best Comedian for Hera Pheri
• 2003: Won: Star Screen Award for Best Comedian for Awara Paagal Deewana

IIFA Awards

• 2001: Won: IIFA Best Comedian Award for Hera Pheri

Zee Cine Awards

• 2003: Won: Zee Cine Award for Best Actor in a Comic Role for Awara Paagal Deewana

Apsara Awards

• 2012: Nominated: Apsara Award for Best Performance in Comic Role for Ready

Filmography[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Paresh Rawal at the Internet Movie Database

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Paresh Rawal

• An interview with Paresh Rawal
• I feel secure with Akshay: Paresh Rawal

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Kumar Sanu (alias Kedarnath Bhattacharya, born in Kolkata) is a leading Indian Bollywood playback singer.^[1] He was awarded the Filmfare Best Male Playback Award over five consecutive years. The Government of India honoured him with the Padma Shri in 2009.^[2]

Early life[link]

Kumar Sanu's father Pashupati Bhattacharya was a vocalist and composer. He trained Sanu as a singer and tabla player. After getting a degree in commerce from Calcutta University, Sanu began performing publicly in 1979, singing at shows and restaurants around Calcutta. He modeled his singing style after Bollywood singer Kishore Kumar.^[3] Later he developed his own singing style.^[3]

Career[link]

In 1987, music director and singer Jagjit Singh offered Sanu the chance to sing in the Hindi film Aandhiyan. Sanu then relocated to Mumbai, where Kalyanji-Anandji gave him chance to sing in the film Jaadugar. Kalyanji-Anandji suggested that he change his name from Kedar Nath Bhattacharya to Kumar Sanu.^[3]

Sanu started off singing Jagjit Singh's film songs, and went on to work with composers including Naushad, Ravindra Jain, Hridayanath Mangeshkar, Pt.R K Razdan, Kalyanji Anandji, and Usha Khanna.

For the 1990 film Aashiqui, music directors Nadeem-Shravan got Sanu to sing all but one of the songs which included "Ek Sanam Chahiye", "Tu meri zindagi hain", "Nazar Ke Saamne", "Jaane Jigar Jaaneman", "Ab Tere Bin Jee Lenge Hum" and "Dheere Dheere Se". He won the first of his record five consecutive Filmfare awards as Best Male Playback Singer. His next Filmfare Awards came for songs in the movies Saajan (1991), Deewana (1992), Baazigar (1993), and 1942: A Love Story (1994).

Sanu often collaborated with Nadeem-Shravan. Some of their collaborations include songs in movies like Aashiqi (1990), Dil Hai Ki Manta Nahin (1991), Sadak (1991), Saajan (1991), Deewana (1992), Dil Ka Kya Kasoor (1992), Kal Ki Awaz (1992), Shreeman Aashique (1993), Salami (1993), Damini: Lightning (1993), Dilwale (1994), Agni Sakshi (1996), Raja Hindustani (1996), Jeet (1996), Pardes (1997), among others.

In a career spanning two decades he has sung with composers including R.D. Burman, Anand-Milind, Anu Malik, Jatin-Lalit, Nadeem-Shravan, Himesh Reshammiya, Ismail Darbar, Kalyanji Anandji, Laxmikant-Pyarelal, Rajesh Roshan, Sajid-Wajid, Viju Shah, Uttam Singh for Dushman, Raam Laxman, Dilip Sen-Sameer Sen, Anand Raj Anand, Aadesh Shrivastava, Vishal-Shekhar, M. M. Keeravani & Vishal Bharadwaj.

He has also created music for Indian films and also produced the Bollywood film, Utthaan. Currently Kumar Sanu team up with Rakesh Bhhatia and together they produced Hindi feature film based on the four street children of Mumbai. All four children are doing shoe- polish on railway platform in order to earn their daily bread and butter. Mithun Chakraborty is acting in his movie as a lead role. Recently Kumar Sanu has sang for epic Bengali film Hason Raja, which directed by UK-based filmmaker Ruhul Amin.

Sanu was in the panel of judges on Sony TV for Waar Parriwar, a reality show based on the bringing together of a singing gharana (family of singers) and on Zee Bangla TV in a music reality show called Sa Re Ga Ma Pa - Vishwa Sera.

Awards[link]

• 2009: Padma Shri: India's 4th highest civilian honour given by Government of India.

Filmfare Awards[link]

Won[link]

Nominated[link]

Star Screen Award[link]

Notable Bollywood Filmography[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website
• Kumar Sanu at the Internet Movie Database

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Naresh Kanodia is a superstar in Gujarati cinema.^[1] He is the brother of Mahesh Kanodia, another well known Gujarati musician & singer and was a member of the Vidhansabha, Gujarat. The career of Naresh Kanodia span across 4 decades and he has worked with many leading ladies including Snehlata, Aruna Irani, Roma Manek. Some of his famous movies are Uchi Medi na Ucha Mol, Raj Rajvan, Man saiba ni Medie, Dhola Maru, Meru Malan, MAA BAAP NE BHULSHO NAHI, Rajveer. His son Hitu Kanodia is also famous name in current generation of Gujarati Actors. Naresh Kanodia, along with Upendra Trivedi, Asrani, Kiran Kumar represent the older generation of Gujarati Cinema who went on to give many successful movies in 1980's and 1990's.

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