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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Gunsundari<br />
| image = <br />
| caption = Poster<br />
| director = [[Chandulal Shah]]<br />
| producer = <br />
| writer = Chandulal Shah<br />
| starring = {{plainlist|<br />
* [[Gohar Mamajiwala|Gohar]]<br />
* [[P. K. Raja Sandow]]<br />
}}<br />
| music = <br />
| cinematography = Narayan G. Devare<br />
| editing = <br />
| studio = [[Kohinoor Film Company]]<br />
| runtime = <br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Silent<br />
| released = {{Film date|1927}}<br />
| based_on = <br />
| distributor = Dayaram Shah<br />
| budget = <br />
| gross = <br />
}}<br />
'''''Gunsundari''''' ({{langx|en|Why do Husbands Go Astray?}})<ref name="RajadhyakshaWillemen2014"/> is 1927 Indian silent social drama film written and directed by [[Chandulal Shah]]. The film was successful and was remade twice later.<br />
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==Plot==<br />
Gunsundari is a devoted wife to his husband who is not involved in his domestic responsibilities and claims that he is busy in his office work. He dislikes his wife due to her moral stand and involves with a dancing girl. The wife goes beyond her home and discovers a new world as well as meets a social outcast person like her. The story ends there.<ref name="Ro2013">{{cite book |last1=Gangar |first1=Amrit |url=http://swbplus.bsz-bw.de/bsz375710701inh.htm |title=Routledge Handbook of Indian Cinemas |last2=Moti |first2=Gokulsing K. |last3=Dissanayake |first3=Wimal |date=17 April 2013 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-136-77284-9 |pages=88–99 |chapter=Gujarati Cinema: Stories of sant, sati, shethani and sparks so few |doi=10.4324/9780203556054 |author-link1=Amrit Gangar |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=djUFmlFbzFkC&pg=PA99 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160106080734/https://books.google.com/books?id=djUFmlFbzFkC&pg=PA99 |archive-date=6 January 2016 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="RajadhyakshaWillemen2014"/><br />
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==Cast==<br />
The cast is as follows:<ref name="RajadhyakshaWillemen2014"/><br />
* [[Gohar Mamajiwala|Gohar]] as Gunsundari<br />
* [[P. K. Raja Sandow]]<br />
* Rampiyari<br />
* Jamna<br />
* R. N. Vaidya<br />
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==Production==<br />
Chandulal Shah wrote and directed the film when the cinema was dominated by mythological films. It was produced in 22 days.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Ushakant |first=Mehta |date=2011-02-01 |title=ગુણસુંદરી |url=https://gujarativishwakosh.org/%e0%aa%97%e0%ab%81%e0%aa%a3%e0%aa%b8%e0%ab%81%e0%aa%82%e0%aa%a6%e0%aa%b0%e0%ab%80/ |website=[[Gujarati Vishwakosh]] |language=gu}}</ref> It told the modern women that their husband should be more participating in their domestic responsibilities and they should be more exploring of the world beyond their homes. The black and white film was 9452 feet long.<ref name="RajadhyakshaWillemen2014"/><br />
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==Legacy and remakes==<br />
''Gunsundari'' is Shah's most known film. Gohar subsequently played similar signature roles in her career. The film was such a success in its first appearance in 1927, that director Chandulal Shah [[Gunsundari (1934 film)|remade it in 1934]] under [[Ranjit Studios]] starring Gohar. It was [[Gunsundari (1948 film)|remade again in 1948]] under Ajit Pictures and directed by Shah's nephew Ratilal Punatar and starred [[Nirupa Roy]]. However, these three versions include some changes to reflect their times.<ref name="Ro2013">{{cite book |last1=Gangar |first1=Amrit |url=http://swbplus.bsz-bw.de/bsz375710701inh.htm |title=Routledge Handbook of Indian Cinemas |last2=Moti |first2=Gokulsing K. |last3=Dissanayake |first3=Wimal |date=17 April 2013 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-136-77284-9 |pages=88–99 |chapter=Gujarati Cinema: Stories of sant, sati, shethani and sparks so few |doi=10.4324/9780203556054 |author-link1=Amrit Gangar |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=djUFmlFbzFkC&pg=PA99 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160106080734/https://books.google.com/books?id=djUFmlFbzFkC&pg=PA99 |archive-date=6 January 2016 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="RajadhyakshaWillemen2014">{{Cite book |last1=Rajadhyaksha |first1=Ashish |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rF8ABAAAQBAJ |title=Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema |last2=Willemen |first2=Paul |publisher=Routledge |year=1999 |isbn=978-1-135-94325-7 |edition=Revised |pages=251}}</ref><ref name=":0" /><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
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[[Category:1927 films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian drama films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian black-and-white films]]<br />
[[Category:1927 drama films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian silent films]]<br />
[[Category:Films shot in Mumbai]]<br />
[[Category:1927 Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:Kohinoor Film Company films]]</div>JaimieCarrigan