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Manvini Bhavai (film)
''Manvini Bhavai'' is a 1993 Gujarati film directed Upendra Trivedi, starring Upendra Trivedi and Anuradha Patel in lead role. The film was produced by Upendra Trivedi and Aashish Trivedi. Based on an eponymous novel written by Indian writer Pannalal Patel, the film tells a love story of Kalu (Trivedi) and Raju (Patel), with a backdrop of rural setting of north Gujarat. Cast *Upendra Trivedi *Anuradha Patel *Chandrakant Pandya *Kalpana Divan Plot The film narrates the story of farmer and his struggle to survive during the Indian famine of 1899–1900 The Indian famine of 1899–1900 began with the failure of the summer monsoons in 1899 over Western and Central India and, during the next year, affected an area of and a population of 59.5 million. The famine was acute in the Central Provinc .... With a backdrop of famine, it depicts a love story between Kalu (Trivedi) and Raju (Patel). Accolades The film won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Gujarati at the ...
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Upendra Trivedi
Upendra Jethalal Trivedi (14 July 1936 4 January 2015) was an Indian film and stage actor, director and producer who was one of the most prolific actors of Gujarati cinema. As an actor films like '' Mehndi Rang Lagyo'' (1960), ''Jogidas Khuman'' (1962) were few of his earliest appearances in Gujarati films. He was also politically active. He was also known as ''Abhinay Samrat''. Early life Upendra Trivedi was born on 14 July 1936 in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India. His family hailed from Kukadia village near Idar, Gujarat. His parents moved to Ujjain where he completed his education. He lived with his elder brother in Mumbai in early life. He worked as a coolie and a labourer in umbrella manufacturing factory when his father who was a mill worker suffered paralysis. Trivedi was one of the four siblings – three brothers and a sister. He did his graduation from the Bombay University in Arts faculty. His younger brother, Arvind Trivedi, is also well-known actor who played Ravana ...
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Manvini Bhavai
''Manvi Ni Bhavai'' ( en, Endurance: A Droll Saga) is a 1947 Gujarati language, Gujarati novel written by Pannalal Patel. It is set in the period of the Indian famine of 1899–1900, locally known as the ''Chhappaniyo Dukal'' (The Famine of Vikram Samvat, Samvat 1956) in Gujarat. The novel centres around the love story of Kalu and Raju as well as the difficult and often tragic life of farmers during the famine. It was translated into English by V. Y Kantak in 1995. It was adapted into a Gujarati film scene in 1993. Background Patel wrote ''Manvi Ni Bhavai'' at his small house in Mandli village, and at his maize farm in 1947, during the time of the Indian independence movement. Theme ''Manvi Ni Bhavai'' tells the love story of Kalu, son of Vala Patel, and Raju, daughter of Gala Patel. They love each other and want to marry, but they are betrothed to other people. Patel set the love story during the time of the Indian famine of 1899–1900, Indian famine of 1899-1900, and the l ...
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Pannalal Patel
Pannalal Nanalal Patel (7 May 1912 – 6 April 1989) was an Indian author known for his contributions in Gujarati literature. He wrote more than 20 short story collections, such as ''Sukhdukhna Sathi'' (1940) and ''Vatrakne Kanthe'' (1952), and more than 20 social novels, such as '' Malela Jeev'' (1941), '' Manvini Bhavai'' (1947) and ''Bhangyana Bheru'' (1957), and several mythological novels. He received the Jnanpith Award in 1985. Some of his works were translated as well as adapted into plays and films. Life He was born on 7 May 1912 in Mandli village (now in Dungarpur, Rajasthan) to Nanasha a.k.a. Nanalal and Hiraba, an Anjana Chaudhari family. He is youngest among his four siblings. His father was a farmer and used to recite ''Ramayana'', ''Okhaharan'' and other mythological stories for his village. This earned his house a nickname "abode of learning". His father died during his childhood and his mother Hiraba raised the children. His education progressed with many di ...
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Anuradha Patel
Anuradha Patel (born 30 August 1961) is an Indian actress of the famous Ganguly family. Early life Anuradha was born in Mumbai. Her maternal grandfather is the Hindi veteran actor Ashok Kumar and her grand-uncle is Kishore Kumar. Personal life She is married to actor Kanwaljit Singh. They have two sons Sidharth and Aditya and a god daughter, Mariam, living in the United States. Career Patel made her film debut in the 1983 film ''Love in Goa'' paired opposite former child actor Mayur Verma. She went onto appear in successful films like ''Utsav'' (1984), ''Phir Aayee Barsat'' (1985), ''Dharm Adhikari'', ''Sadaa Suhagan'' (1986), ''Ijaazat'' (1987), ''Rukhsat'' (1988). But then she did not get lead roles in films from 1989 and chose to do Television and advertisements. She took an hiatus from acting from the early 1990s to focus on her family and sons, yet continued her career in modeling. After a 10-year break, she returned to films in the late 2000s appearing in films like ''J ...
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Gujarati Language
Gujarati (; gu, ગુજરાતી, Gujarātī, translit-std=ISO, label=Gujarati script, ) is an Indo-Aryan language native to the Indian state of Gujarat and spoken predominantly by the Gujarati people. Gujarati is descended from Old Gujarati (). In India, it is one of the 22 scheduled languages of the Union. It is also the official language in the state of Gujarat, as well as an official language in the union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. As of 2011, Gujarati is the 6th most widely spoken language in India by number of native speakers, spoken by 55.5 million speakers which amounts to about 4.5% of the total Indian population. It is the 26th most widely spoken language in the world by number of native speakers as of 2007.Mikael Parkvall, "Världens 100 största språk 2007" (The World's 100 Largest Languages in 2007), in ''Nationalencyklopedin''. Asterisks mark th2010 estimatesfor the top dozen languages. Outside of Gujarat, Gujarati is ...
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Gujarati Cinema
Gujarati cinema, also known as Gollywood or Dhollywood, is the Gujarati language film industry. It is one of the major regional and vernacular film industries of the cinema of India, having produced more than one thousand films since its inception. During the silent film era, many individuals in the industry were Gujarati people, Gujaratis. The language-associated industry dates back to 1932, when the first Gujarati talkie, ''Narsinh Mehta (1932 film), Narsinh Mehta'', was released. Until the independence of India in 1947, only twelve Gujarati films were produced. There was a spurt in film production in the 1940s focused on saint, sati or dacoit stories as well as Hindu mythological film, mythology and folktales. In the 1950s–1960s, the trend continued with the addition of films on literary works. In the 1970s, the Government of Gujarat announced a tax exemption and subsidies which resulted in an increase in the number of films, but the quality declined. After flourishing t ...
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North Gujarat
North Gujarat (), the Northern part of Indian state of Gujarat includes the districts of Gandhinagar, Banaskantha, Sabarkantha, Aravalli, Mehsana, and Patan. North Gujarat is dominant in the dairy industry. Currently, the water table of the region is dropping 6 meters every year. The dialects of Gujarati Gujarati may refer to: * something of, from, or related to Gujarat, a state of India * Gujarati people, the major ethnic group of Gujarat * Gujarati language, the Indo-Aryan language spoken by them * Gujarati languages, the Western Indo-Aryan sub- ... in this region differ from each other and from dialects in other parts with minor differences. All dialects have the common difference from Gujarati in that the word "chhe" is replaced by "she" or "sh". References {{coord missing, Gujarat Regions of Gujarat ...
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Indian Famine Of 1899–1900
The Indian famine of 1899–1900 began with the failure of the summer monsoons in 1899 over Western and Central India and, during the next year, affected an area of and a population of 59.5 million. The famine was acute in the Central Provinces and Berar, the Bombay Presidency, the minor province of Ajmer-Merwara, and the Hissar District of the Punjab; it also caused great distress in the princely states of the Rajputana Agency, the Central India Agency, Hyderabad and the Kathiawar Agency. In addition, small areas of the Bengal Presidency, the Madras Presidency and the North-Western Provinces were acutely afflicted by the famine. The population in many areas had barely recovered from the famine of 1896–1897. As in that famine, this one too was preceded by a drought. The Meteorological Office of India in its report of 1900, stated, "The mean average rainfall of India is . In no previous famine year has it been in greater defect than . But in 1899 the defect exceeded 11 i ...
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41st National Film Awards
The 41st National Film Awards, presented by Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India to felicitate the best of Indian Cinema released in the year 1993. Ceremony took place in 1994. With 41st National Film Awards, a new award for Best Non-Feature Film Music Direction was introduced for non-feature films section awarded with Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus). Awards Awards were divided into feature films, non-feature films and books written on Indian cinema. Lifetime Achievement Award Feature films Feature films were awarded at All India as well as regional level. For 41st National Film Awards, a Bengali film, ''Charachar'' won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film whereas an Urdu film, '' Muhafiz'' along with a Malayalam film, ''Ponthan Mada'' won the maximum number of awards (4). Following were the awards given in each category: Juries A committee headed by T. Subbarami Reddy was appointed to e ...
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