Gunsundari (1934 film)

Gunsundari
Gunsundari
	Poster
Directed by	Chandulal Shah
Written by	Chandulal Shah
Starring	Gohar; E. Bilimoria;
Cinematography	Pandurang Naik
Music by	Rewashankar Marwadi, Gangaprasad Pathak
Production; company	Ranjit Movietone
Release date	1934;
Running time	185 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Gunsundari is 1934 Indian Hindi social drama film directed by Chandulal Shah. The film was a remake of 1927 film of same name and was remade again in 1948. It was successful.

Plot

Shyamaldas has two sons Chandrakant and Vinu, and a daughter Kusum. Due to his alcoholic father's behaviour, Chandrakant is disheartened as falls for schemes of Madanrai and prostitute Bansari who are plotting to get her property. Sushila, a sister-in-law of Chandrakant's wife Gunsundari, has troubled relationship with his husband Vasantrai who takes away her necklace. Gunsundari helps her by giving her some money which she can not reveal to other due to promise of secrecy. She gets into trouble for it later. Gunsundari tries to save his husband by seducing him back to his family but was cast out to streets. She eventually meets her husband Chandrakant who has been to streets now. At the end, it is found that dead Shyamaldas has left all his property to Chandrakant.^[1]

Cast

The cast is as follows:^[1]^[2]

Gohar as Gunsundari
Keki Bawa as Shyamaldas
E. Bilimoria as Chandrakant
Ram Apte as Vinu
Shanta as Kusum
Gangaprasad Pathak as Madanrai
Rampiyari as Bansari
Ghory as Vasantrai
Kamlabai Gokhale as Sushila

Other cast include Charubala and Dixit.

Production

After advent of talkies, Chandulal Shah remade his 1927 silent film Gunsundari in Hindi.^[2]

Music

Rewashankar Marwadi and Gangaprasad Pathak gave music for the film.^[1]

The songs were as follows:

Gagari Chhalak Na Jaay Gori Gagari
Mujhe Mat Chhedo Baar Baar
Tumhen Ye To Soojhi Nayi Tadbeer
Jal Bharne Ko Main Gayi Thi Sanwariya
Piya Man Bas Gayi Kya Koi Baala
Parde Mein Muskura Kar Bijli Se Ye Gira Kar
Mora Saiyan Sautaniya Ke Dwar Gayo Re
Kahan Le Jayen Is Dil Ko
Jiya Dharat Naahi Dheer Dheer Re
Chalo Patjhad Rut Beet Gayi

Reception

The film ran for 14 weeks and was commercially successful.^[2]

Remake

It was remade again in 1948 under Ajit Pictures and directed by Shah's nephew Ratilal Punatar and starred Nirupa Roy. However, this version include some changes to reflect their times.^[3]^[1]^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Rajadhyaksha, Ashish; Willemen, Paul (1999). Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema (Revised ed.). Routledge. p. 259. ISBN 978-1-135-94325-7.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Ushakant, Mehta (1 February 2011). "ગુણસુંદરી". Gujarati Vishwakosh (in Gujarati).
^ Gangar, Amrit; Moti, Gokulsing K.; Dissanayake, Wimal (17 April 2013). "Gujarati Cinema: Stories of sant, sati, shethani and sparks so few". Routledge Handbook of Indian Cinemas. Routledge. pp. 88–99. doi:10.4324/9780203556054. ISBN 978-1-136-77284-9. Archived from the original on 6 January 2016.

External links

Gunsundari at IMDb

[RajadhyakshaWillemen2014-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Rajadhyaksha, Ashish; Willemen, Paul (1999). Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema (Revised ed.). Routledge. p. 259. ISBN 978-1-135-94325-7.

[:0-2] Ushakant, Mehta (1 February 2011). "ગુણસુંદરી". Gujarati Vishwakosh (in Gujarati).

[Ro2013-3] Gangar, Amrit; Moti, Gokulsing K.; Dissanayake, Wimal (17 April 2013). "Gujarati Cinema: Stories of sant, sati, shethani and sparks so few". Routledge Handbook of Indian Cinemas. Routledge. pp. 88–99. doi:10.4324/9780203556054. ISBN 978-1-136-77284-9. Archived from the original on 6 January 2016.

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