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Malela Jiv

1956 141’ b&w Gujarati d/sc Manhar Raskapur pc Sadhana Chitra st/dial/co-lyr Pannalal Patel c Bipin Gajjar, Manek Mehta co-lyr/m Avinash Vyas lp Dina Gandhi, Mahesh, Champsibhai Nagda, Vishnukumar Vyas, Babu Raje, Pratap Ojha, Chandrika Thakore, Champak Lala, Tarla Mehta, Leela Jariwala, Vijay Bhatt, Kamlesh Thakkar, Manjula, Shobha Joshi, Narmadashankar, Naran Rajgor, Chandrakant Sangani, Baby Purnima

Love story scripted by the prominent Gujarati novelist Patel. The hero Kanji, separated from his lower-caste girlfriend Jivi, tries to persuade her into a pro-forma wedding which, he hopes, will allow the couple to continue their relationship. Things take a tragic turn as Kanji is forced to leave the village and Jivi commits suicide. The earthy realism of Patel’s descriptions and language is substantially retained.

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