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{{Infobox film
| name = Mulu Manek
| image =
| caption = Poster
| director = [[Manhar Raskapur]]
| producer =
| writer = [[Gunvantrai Acharya]] (story), Manhar Raskapur (script)
| starring = {{plainlist|
* [[Arvind Pandya]]
}}
| music = Indukumar
| cinematography = Manek Mehta
| editing =
| studio = Vikram Chitra
| runtime = 137 minutes<ref name=":0" />
| country = India
| language = Gujarati
| released = 1955
| based_on = ''Allabeli'' play by Gunvantrai Acharya
| distributor =
| budget =
| gross =
}}
'''''Mulu Manek''''' is 1955 [[Gujarati cinema|Gujarati]] historical fantasy film directed by [[Manhar Raskapur]] from India. The film depicted Mulu Manek, a [[Banditry|bandit]], fighting the [[British Raj|British]]. The lead roles were played by [[Shanta Apte]] and [[Arvind Pandya]]. The music was composed by Indukumar.<ref name="EIC">{{Cite book |last=Rajadhyaksha |first=Ashish |url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=rF8ABAAAQBAJ |title=Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema |last2=Willemen |first2=Paul |date= |publisher=Routledge |year=1999 |isbn=978-1-135-94325-7 |edition=Revised |pages=197, 342}}</ref>

== Plot ==
During the [[British Raj]], [[Okha, India|Okha]] in [[Kathiawar]] region is captured by the British and is ruled by the [[Gaekwad dynasty]]. Before and during the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]], local chief Mulu Manek becomes a bandit and opposes the Gaekwad and the British. When Mulu's childhood friend Devobha's marriage proposal is rejected by Mulu's siter Devbai, Devobha joins the opposition as a soldier. Devobha has changed his mind following the sacrifice of his mother. Mulu decides to surrender to save his comrades but he is prevented and encouraged by Devobha to fight. Eventually they all die fighting.<ref name="EIC"/><ref>{{Cite web |last=Baradi |first=Hasmukh |date=2001-01-01 |title=અલ્લાબેલી |url=https://gujarativishwakosh.org/%E0%AA%85%E0%AA%B2%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%B2%E0%AA%BE%E0%AA%AC%E0%AB%87%E0%AA%B2%E0%AB%80/ |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=[[Gujarati Vishwakosh]] |language=gu}}</ref>

==Cast==
The cast is as follows:<ref name="EIC"/><ref name=":0" />
* [[Shanta Apte]]
* [[Arvind Pandya]]
* Champshibhai Nagda
* Shalini
* Champak Lala
* Ulhas

==Production==
The film was based anti-Imperialist play ''Allabeli'' by Gujarati author [[Gunvantrai Acharya]].<ref name="EIC" /><ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Goble |first=Alan |url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=Yyqc0Qa6b60C&pg=PA877&dq=Mulu+Manek+(1955)&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwist8u3xdyBAxWWS2wGHS4lDTcQ6AF6BAgMEAI#v=onepage&q=Mulu%20Manek%20(1955)&f=false |title=The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film |date=2011-09-08 |publisher=Walter de Gruyter |isbn=978-3-11-095194-3 |pages=2, 877 |language=en}}</ref> The play was staged by [[Indian People's Theatre Association]] (IPTA) first and was adapted into the film. It was directed by Mahnar Raskapur and produced under the banner of film company Vikram Chitra.<ref name="EIC"/><ref>{{Cite book |last=Gokulsing |first=K. Moti |url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=djUFmlFbzFkC&pg=PA455&dq=Mulu+Manek+film&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjJ0LLLxtyBAxXpgFYBHc-GARMQ6AF6BAgFEAI#v=onepage&q=Mulu%20Manek%20film&f=false |title=Routledge Handbook of Indian Cinemas |last2=Dissanayake |first2=Wimal |date=2013-04-17 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-136-77284-9 |pages=92 |language=en}}</ref> The film starred Hindi-Marathi singer Shanta Apte which remained her only Gujarati film.<ref name="EIC"/>

==Music==
The music was composed by Indukumar while the lyrics were written by Karsandas Manek.<ref name="EIC"/>

==Legacy==
The film became the first among the series of similar genre films by Raskapur; all featuring the opposition to the British such as ''[[Kadu Makrani]]'' (1960).<ref name="EIC" /> The film was remade in 1977 in Gujarati by Manibhai Vyas.<ref name="EIC"/>

==References==
{{reflist}}

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

[[Category:1955 films]]
[[Category:Films set in Gujarat]]
[[Category:1950s Gujarati-language films]]
[[Category:Indian biographical films]]
[[Category:Indian historical fantasy films]]
[[Category:Films set in the British Raj]]
[[Category:Films set in the Indian independence movement]]
[[Category:Films based on real people]]

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