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{{Infobox film
| name = Dariya Chhoru
| image =
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| director = [[Vipul Amrutlal Shah]]
| producer = [[Bipin Shah]]
| writer =
| narrator =
| starring = {{Plainlist|
* [[Jamnadas Majethia]]
* [[Shefali Shah]]
}}
| music = [[Uttanak Vinayak Vora]]
| cinematography = [[Inderjit Bansal]]
| editing =
| distributor =
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| released = {{Film date|1999|11|10|df=yes}}
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| country = India
| language = Gujarati
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'''''Dariya Chhoru''''' is a 1999 Indian Gujarati film directed by [[Vipul Amrutlal Shah]]. The film stars [[Jamnadas Majethia]] and [[Shefali Shah]] in lead roles. The film won nine awards by the [[Gujarat|state of Gujarat]], including Best Film, Best Director, and acting awards for its leading stars. The film is a love story situated on the coast of [[Saurashtra (region)|Saurashtra]] in Gujarat between a poor man and young woman from a wealthy family.<ref name="Gujarat"/>

==Plot==
Along the seacoast of [[Saurashtra (region)|Saurashtra]] in Gujarat, a love story sparks between a poor man and a young woman from a rich family. The two decide to marry against her father's disapproval.

==Production==
The film is Vipul Shah's directorial debut.<ref>{{cite news |title=Namaste England director Vipul Amrutlal Shah acquires rights to 21 novels of Gujarati writer Harkisan Mehta |url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/namaste-england-director-vipul-amrutlal-shah-acquires-rights-to-21-novels-of-gujarati-writer-harkisan-mehta-5393001.html |access-date=13 March 2022 |publisher=Firstpost |date=17 October 2018}}</ref> The script was also written by a first-timer, Prakash Kapadia.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Singh |first1=Poonam |title=The New Theatres Are Now OTT Platforms: Prakash Kapadia, Screenplay Writer |url=https://www.businessworld.in/article/The-New-Theatres-Are-Now-OTT-Platforms-Prakash-Kapadia-Screenplay-Writer/26-02-2021-382203/ |access-date=13 March 2022 |work=[[Businessworld]] |date=26 February 2021}}</ref> The film is the first Gujarati film to be filmed on 35 mm cinemascope.<ref name="Gujarat">{{cite book |last1=Navanitbhai |first1=Hiralaxmi Shah |title=Gujarat |date=2007 |publisher=Gujarat Vishvakosh Trust |page=515 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g4oMAQAAMAAJ}}</ref>

==Cast==
*[[Jamnadas Majethia]]
*[[Shefali Shah]]
*Rupa Divetia<ref>{{cite news |title=Directors now play safe with scripts: Rupa Divetia |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/directors-now-play-safe-with-scripts-rupa-divetia/articleshow/9981346.cms |access-date=13 March 2022 |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=14 January 2017}}</ref>

==Soundtrack==
{{track listing
| extra_column = Artist(s)
| title1 = Sanam Sanam
| extra1 = Uttanak Vinayak Vora & [[Mahalaxmi Iyer|Mahalaxmi]]
| length1 = 3:56
| title2 = Haiyya Re Haiyya
| extra2 = [[Vinod Rathod]] & Mahalaxmi
| length2 = 5:15
| title3 = Hunto Vadal Ni Jem
| extra3 = Vinod Rathod & Mahalaxmi
| length3 = 4:25
| title4 = Dariyane Ponkhava
| extra4 = Various artists
| length4 = 4:02
| title5 = Aansoomara Khotya
| note5 =
| extra5 = Jaywant Singh & Mahalaxmi
| length5 = 5:24
| title6 = Ekltha Sangathe
| extra6 = Jaywant Singh & Mahalaxmi
| length6 = 5:57
| title7 = Kapyo Che
| extra7 = Uttanak Vinayak Vora & Mahalaxmi
| length7 = 5:27
}}

==Release and reception==
The film was a box-office success.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Khatri |first1=J. A. H. |title=Gujarathi Cinema: From a Historical Perspective |journal=International Journal of Research Culture Society |date=1 January 2021 |issue=21 |url=https://www.academia.edu/45453666 |issn=2456-6683}}</ref> According to ''The Times of India'', the film catered to educated Gujarati viewers.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Young |first1=Michelle |title=Lights, camera, resurgence! |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/lights-camera-resurgence/articleshow/14198987.cms?from=mdr |access-date=13 March 2022 |work=The Times of India |date=17 June 2012}}</ref> According to the book ''Routledge Handbook of Indian Cinemas'', ''Dariya Chhoru'' was among the films "started the trend of spending big money on publicity in the Gujarati film industry."<ref>{{cite book |last1=Gokulsing |first1=K. Moti |last2=Dissanayake |first2=Wimal|author-link2=Wimal Dissanayake |title=Routledge Handbook of Indian Cinemas |date=17 April 2013 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-136-77284-9 |page=99 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=djUFmlFbzFkC&pg=PA99}}</ref> According to the director, film actor [[Amitabh Bachchan]] praised it as the best regional film he had seen.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bhatt |first1=Sheela |title=Bachchan for baddie! |url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/2000/aug/31amit.htm |access-date=13 March 2022 |publisher=[[Rediff.com]] |date=31 August 2000}}</ref> According to the book ''Gujarat'', the film succeeded in spite of prejudice against Gujarati cinema:
{{blockquote|It was left to Vipul Shah, the director of the film ''Dariya Chhoru'', to face the bitter sarcasm made against Gujarati films and to meet the challenge successfully.<ref name="Gujarat"/>}}
The same book wrote that the film "proved that with sincere efforts made for them , good Gujarati films can be produced".<ref name="Gujarat"/> The author further writes that the story is "beautifully portrayed" due to the "skillful handling" of the director, and takes note of how "Vipul Shah and J. D. Majithia and Shefali Chhaya as screen artists could create fresh hopes among the film goers in Gujarat".<ref name="Gujarat"/>

Film director [[Sanjay Leela Bhansali]] had watched the film and was so impressed with the film and the dialogue that he employed writer Kapadia for his 2002 [[British Academy Film Awards|BAFTA Award]]-nominated film ''[[Devdas (2002 Hindi film)|Devdas]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bamzai |first1=Kaveree |author1-link=Kaveree Bamzai |title=The Elder Statesman? |url=https://openthemagazine.com/cinema/the-elder-statesman/ |access-date=9 May 2022 |work=[[Open (Indian magazine)|Open]] |date=25 March 2022}}</ref>

==Awards==
The film was the major winner with nine wins at the Gujarat State Film Awards, including Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor for Majethia, and Best Actress for Shah.<ref>{{cite book |title=Mass Media 2001 |date=2001 |publisher=Publications Division Ministry of Information & Broadcasting |isbn=978-81-230-3014-2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XtuSDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT212}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Gujarat State Awards announced Dariya Chhoru is best film |url=http://www.screenindia.com/20000825/film1.htm |access-date=13 March 2022 |work=Screen |date=28 July 2000 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010524115121/http://www.screenindia.com/20000825/film1.htm |archive-date=24 May 2001}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Gujarati film awards announced |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/gujarati-film-awards-announced/articleshow/4463313.cms |access-date=13 March 2022 |work=The Times of India |date=18 August 2000}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

===Bibliography===
* {{Cite book|title=Gujarat: A Panorama of the Heritage of Gujarat|publisher=Smt. Hiralaxmi Navanitbhai Shah Dhanya Gurjari Kendra, Gujarat Vishwakosh Trust|year=2007|editor-last=Thaker|editor-first=Dhirubhai|editor-link=Dhirubhai Thaker|edition=1st|location=Ahmedabad|pages=512–532|ref={{sfnref|Thaker|2007}}|editor-last2=Desai|editor-first2=Kumarpal|editor-link2=Kumarpal Desai|series=Prakashan: 2}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|31579497}}

[[Category:1999 films]]
[[Category:1990s Gujarati-language films]]
[[Category:1999 Indian films]]

Dariya Chhoru - Revision history

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