'''Jesal Toral''' 1971 137’ col Gujarati d Ravindra Dave p Kanti R. Dave, T.J. Patel pc Kirti Films st Himmat Dave sc Jitubhai Mehta dial Ramesh Mehta c Pratap Dave lyr/m Avinash Vyas lp Anupama, Upendra Trivedi, Arvind Trivedi, Ramesh Mehta, Jayant Bhatt, Mulraj Rajda, Mukund Pandya, Laxmi Patel, Sarala Dand, Induben Rajda, Lily Patel, Vandana, Suryakant, Umakant, Veljibhai Gajjar, Jayashree T. A big Gujarati hit in Eastmancolor renovating the tradition of the adventure folk-tale. It adapts a famous Kutchhi legend (first filmed, with great success, by Chaturbhuji Doshi in 1948) featuring the dreaded bandit Jesal (U. Trivedi) and the devout god-woman Toral (Anupama) who reforms him. Director Dave’s Gujarati debut sees the star Upendra Trivedi in one of his best-known performances. [[Film]]