Jashwant Gangani

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Jashwant Gangani
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Gangani in 2019
Born
Jashwant Shamjibhai Gangani

(1960-04-20) 20 April 1960 (age 64)
Habukvad, Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India
Nationality Indian
Occupations
Years active1989–present
Known for Maiyar Ma Mandu Nathi Lagtu, Man Sayba Ni Mediye
RelativesRaj Gangani (Brother) [1]

Jashwant Gangani is an Indian film writer director and producer. [2] [3]

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Early life

Jashwant Gangani is from Habukvad, Village in Bhavnagar district, Gujarat, India. He moved to Surat in 1973 to find a job. Initially, he wrote short stories which progressed into writing scripts for films and editing.Gangani started working at a young age in the diamond industry. Despite this, his passion for the arts never waned. [4]

Career

In 1989, he started directing and producing Gujarati films under his production house. Gangani Film Production Pvt. Ltd. His first Gujarati film as a writer, lyricist, producer, and director, Man Sayba Ni Mediye (1999) was commercially successful. He produced several commercially successful films targeted at rural audience; Maiyar Ma Mandu Nathi Lagtu (2001), Mandavda Ropavo Mana Raj (2003), Mein to Palavade Bandhi Preet (2005), Maiyar Ma Mandu Nathi Lagtu Part II (2008), Mara Rudiye Rangana Tame Saajana (2010). [2] He directed and produced Hindi film Bezubaan Ishq (2015). [5] [6] [7] He also wrote, directed and produced Gujarati TV series, Kariyaawar, telecast on Zee Gujarati from 2006 to 2007 which completed 270 episodes. [2]

Filmography

YearTitleLanguageDirectorProducerStoryScreenplayDialogueLyricsCastRef.
1990Veer BawavaloGujaratiYesYesYesYes Naresh Kanodia, shyam kumar
1991Prem Na BandhanGujaratiYesYesRanjit Raj, Sripradha
1992Bhadar Ne KantheGujaratiYesYes Upendra Trivedi, Ranjit Raj
1994Aapna Malak Na Mayalu ManviGujaratiYesSharmilee Raj, Arvind Rathod
1997Kanto Vagyo KaljeGujaratiYesYesYes Naresh Kanodia, Roma Manek
1997Preet Pangare Chori ChoriGujaratiYes Naresh Kanodia, Minakshi
1997Parbhav Ni PreetGujaratiYesYesYesYes Naresh Kanodia, Shyamla
1997Mahendi Lili Ne Rang RatoGujaratiYesYesRanjit Raj, Sneha
1999Man Sayba Ni MediyeGujaratiYesYesYesYesYesYes Naresh Kanodia, Roma Manek
1999Maa Te Maa Bija Wagdana VaaGujaratiYes Arvind Trivedi, Snehlata
2000Saacho Sathvaro SaajanoGujaratiYesYes Ayub Khan, Jayendra Mehta, Sudha Pathak
2000Sajan Haiye SambhareGujaratiYes Naresh Kanodia, Deepsikha
2000Mena PopatGujaratiYesManiraaj Barot Devendra Pandit, Shubhalaxmi
2000Dalda Lidha Chori RajGujaratiYes Naresh Kanodia, Roma Manek
2000Ooncha Khordani KhandaniGujaratiYes Naresh Kanodia, Kiran Kumar, Upendra Trivedi
2000Palav Bhini PreetGujaratiYesSandeep Kumar, Minakshi Maru
2001 Maiyar Ma Mandu Nathi Lagtu GujaratiYesYesYesYesYesYes Hiten Kumar, Aanandee Tripathi, Arvind Trivedi [8]
2002Daladu Lagyu Sayba Na Desh MaGujaratiYesYesYesYes Naresh Kanodia, Roma Manek
2003Mandavda Ropavo Mana RajGujaratiYesYesYesYesYesYes Hiten Kumar, Aanandee Tripathi, Arvind Trivedi
2004Mane Lai De Ne Navrang ChundadiGujaratiYesYesYesYesFiroj Irani, Hiten Kumar, Aanandee Tripathi
2005 Shubhodristi BengaliYesYes Jeet, Koyel Mallick
2005Mein to Palavade Bandhi PreetGujaratiYesYesYesYesYesYes Hiten Kumar, Raj Laxmi [9]
2006Shaashu Ghara ChaalijibiOdiaYesSuresh Bal, Akshaya Bastia, Debu Bose
2008Maiyar Ma Mandu Nathi Lagtu 2GujaratiYesYesYesYesYesYes Hiten Kumar, Aanandee Tripathi [10]
2010Mara Rudiye Rangana Tame SaajanaGujaratiYesYesYesYesYesYes Hitu Kanodia, Naresh Kanodia
2012VidhataGujaratiYesYes Hiten Kumar, Aanandee Tripathi, Nishant Pandya
2013Lagyo Kasumbi No RangGujaratiYesPanini Rajkumar,Sadashiv Amrapurkar, Shahbaaz Khan, Kiran Kumar, Govind Namdeo
2015 Bezubaan Ishq HindiYesCo Produced with C.J.Gadara, Dinesh LikhiyaYesYesYesYes Mugdha Godse, Sneha Ullal, Nishant Malkani, Darshan Jariwala
2023My Best Friend DaaduGujaratiYesYesYesYesYesYesUmang Acharya, Urvashi Harsora, Vishal Thakkar, Prashant Barot [11]

Television

YearTitleLanguageDirectorProducerStoryScreenplayDialogueLyricsCastRef.
2006KariyaawarGujaratiYesYesYesYesYes Hitu Kanodia, Devendra Pandit

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