Jesal Toral

Jesal Toral

1971 137' col Gujarati d Ravindra Dave p Kanti R. Dave, T.J. Patel Kirti Films st Himmat Dave , Jitubhai Mehta dial Ramesh Mehta c Pratap Dave , Avinash Vyas , 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.

A very decent movie based on two famous saints of Kutch, Gujarat, India. There are many remakes of this story in different decades. Jesal Jadeja was a very cruel bandit. A saint lady Toral made him to realize about his destiny. She brought him to path of goodness. However this path was not easy. Life & Society both took very difficult test to check his faith in god. Star Cast and Music are awesome compared to contemporary taste. Bhajan songs in this movie have been unforgettable. These have become important part in Gujarati literature Music is also melodious. This movie also make us to know about Bhakti tradition and other life-style of 19th Century of Gujarat.