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{{Infobox film
| name = Liludi Dharati
| native_name =
| image = Liludi Dharati CD cover.jpg
| caption = C.D. cover
| director = Vallabh Choksi
| producer = Suresh Amin
| writer = [[Chunilal Madia]]
| starring = {{Plainlist|
* [[Daisy Irani (actress)|Daisy Irani]]
* Mahesh Desai
* Kala Shah
* Champshibhai Nagda
* Upendra Kumar
}}
| music ={{plainlist|
* Purushottam Upadhyay
* Gaurang Vyas
}}
| cinematography =
| editing =
| studio = K V Films
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|1968|||India|df=yes}}
| runtime = 2 Hrs 18 Minutes<ref>{{Citation|title=Leeludi Dharti|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0318399/|access-date=2019-10-04}}</ref>
| country = India
| language = [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]
| budget =
| gross =
| based_on = {{based on|[[Liludi Dharati]]|[[Chunilal Madia]]}}
}}

'''''Liludi Dharati''''' ({{trans|The Green Earth}}) is a 1968 [[Gujarati cinema|Gujarati]] social drama film directed by Vallabh Choksi.<ref name="Routledge">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=djUFmlFbzFkC&q=liludi+dharti+film&pg=PA94|title=Routledge Handbook of Indian Cinemas|last1=Gokulsing|first1=K. Moti|last2=Dissanayake|first2=Wimal|date=2013|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-136-77284-9}}</ref> It stars [[Daisy Irani (actress)|Daizy Irani]], Mahesh Desai, Kala Shah, Champshibhai Nagda, Upendra Kumar, Kishore Bhatt, Narahari Jani, Vina Prabhu, Vanalata Mehta. The film was adapted from Gujarati writer [[Chunilal Madia]]'s novel of the [[Liludi Dharati|same name]]. It was the first [[ORWO|ORWO colour film]] of Gujarati cinema.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Py9LAQAAIAAJ|title=Limca Book of Records|date=2006|publisher=Bisleri Beverages Limited|page=111|oclc=609208641}}</ref><ref name="GV"/><ref name="dnac2012">{{cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/comment-gujarati-cinema-a-battle-for-relevance-1777960|title=Gujarati cinema: A battle for relevance|date=16 December 2012|website=dna|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150717083857/http://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/comment-gujarati-cinema-a-battle-for-relevance-1777960|archive-date=17 July 2015|access-date=15 July 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

==Plot==
The film follows a love story of Gobar and Santu, and is set in a rural background. It depicts the struggle of negative influence among characters and their corrupted desires. Antagonists such as Mandal and Shardul inject doubt in the lives of the couple. An unexpected twist comes in the form of the death of Gobar, which leads to Santu's loss of mental balance. After the death of Gobar, the family encounters financial stress. As a result, Santu and her sister-in-law turn to farming. Gobar's brother returns and joins the ploughing.<ref name="GV"/>

==Cast==
* [[Daisy Irani (actress)|Daizy Irani]]
* Mahesh Desai, Kala Shah
* Champshibhai Nagda
* Upendra Kumar
* Kishore Bhatt
* Narahari Jani
* Vina Prabhu
* Vanalata Mehta

==Production==
The film was adapted from Gujarati writer [[Chunilal Madia]]'s novel of the [[Liludi Dharati|same name]].<ref name="Routledge"/><ref name="GV">{{Cite encyclopedia|title=લીલુડી ધરતી|encyclopedia=[[Gujarati Vishwakosh]]|last=Raghuvanshi|first=Harish|publisher=Gujarati Vishwakosh Trust|year=2004|edition=1st|editor-last=Thaker|editor-first=Dhirubhai|editor-link=Dhirubhai Thaker|volume=XVIII|location=[[Ahmedabad]]|pages=789|oclc=162213119|language=gu}}</ref> The screenplay was written by Manu Desai and dialogues were written by Jitubhai Mehta.<ref name="GV"/>

== Soundtrack ==
{{Infobox album
| name = Liludi Dharati
| type = soundtrack
| artist = Gaurang Vyas and Purushottam Upadhyay
| cover =
| alt =
| released = {{start date|1968|7|3|df=y}}
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Feature film soundtrack]]
| length = 17:39
| language = [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]
| label = [[Saregama]]
| producer =
| misc = {{External media
| audio1 = {{url|https://www.hungama.com/album/liludi-dharati/22967187/|Hungama}}}}
}}

{{tracklist
| headline =Track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| total_length = 17:39
|all_music= Gaurang Vyas, [[Purushottam Upadhyay]]
|all_lyrics= [[Avinash Vyas]]

| title1 = Chal Mann Dur Dur Tirath Dham
| extra1 = [[Manna Dey]], Chorus
| length1 = 3:29

| title2 = Maru Naam Padyu Chhe Santu Rangilee
| extra2 = [[Kamal Barot]]
| length2 = 3:27

| title3 = Adhvach Phatyo Dungaro
| extra3 = [[Mohammed Rafi]]
| length3 = 3:24

| title4 = He Dhol Dhamakya
| extra4 = [[Asha Bhosle]], Chorus
| length4 = 3:14

| title5 = Hari Halve Halve Hankare
| extra5 = [[Mukesh (singer)|Mukesh]]
| length5 = 4:05

}}

==Home video==
The film was released on DVD by [[Moser Baer]].{{citation needed|date=October 2019}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0318399}}

[[Category:1971 films]]
[[Category:Gujarati-language films]]
[[Category:Films set in Gujarat]]
[[Category:Films shot in Gujarat]]
[[Category:Indian drama films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:1960s Gujarati-language films]]

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