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{{Infobox film
| name = Vir Mangdavalo
| image = Vir Mangdavalo 1976 film poster.jpg
| caption = Poster
| director = [[Babubhai Mistry]]
| producer = Subhash Sagar, Upendra Trivedi
| writer = Ramjibhai Vania
| starring = {{plainlist|
* [[Upendra Trivedi]]
* [[Arvind Trivedi]]
* Snehlata
}}
| music = [[Avinash Vyas]]
| cinematography = [[:en:K_Vaikunth|K Vaikunth]]
| editing =
| studio = Sagar Arts Corporation
| runtime = 161 minutes
| country = India
| language = Gujarati
| released = {{Film date|1976}}
| based_on = Folklore of Vir Mangdavalo
| distributor =
| budget =
| gross = {{INR|400000000}}<ref name="md"/>
}}
'''''Vir Mangdavalo''''' is 1976 [[Gujarati cinema|Gujarati]] romantic fantasy film directed by [[Babubhai Mistry]] from India. The film depicted a folklore from [[Gujarat]]. The lead role was played by [[Upendra Trivedi]], [[Arvind Trivedi]] and Snehlata. The music was composed by [[Avinash Vyas]]. It was a commercial success. The film was dubbed in Bhojpuri as ''Amar Suhagin'' in 1978.

== Plot ==
Mangdavalo was a nephew of Bhan Jethva, royal of Dhatarvad. He chases a bandit Bayal Chadva who has abducted cows from his maternal uncle's town [[Ghumli]]. On the way, he meets her lover Padmavati at [[Patan, Gujarat|Patan]] who invite her to play [[Chaupar|Chopat]]. He promises to return for play and chases Bayal. In ensued fight, Mangdavalo dies and becomes a ghost as he died unfulfilling his promise.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Dharap |first=B. V. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AckHAQAAIAAJ&q=Veer+Mangdavalo |title=Indian Films |date=1977 |publisher= |language=en}}</ref>

Following his death, Padmavati becomes mad and her marriage is arranged with a [[Bania (caste)|Vanik]]. The ghost of Mangdavalo stops the marriage party on the way and requests his uncle Alasivala to arrange his marriage with Padmavati. They marry in a [[stepwell]] near a banyan tree which turns in a palace at night and back to banyan tree in day. The couple lives a mix of happy and sad life as their union is only possible at night. At last, Padmavati liberates the ghost of Mangdavalo from his ghostly life at [[Damodar Kund]] by drowning with his ashes.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />

== Cast ==
The cast is as follows:<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />
* [[Upendra Trivedi]] as Mangdavalo, played double roles<ref name=":0" />
* [[Arvind Trivedi]]
* Snehlata Gadkari as Padmavati
* Champshibhai Nagda
* [[P. Kharsani]]
Others include Hercules, Jayant Vyas, [[Jagat Singh Jagga]], Minal Mehta, Madhav Sangani, Mahesh Joshi, Mukund Pandya, Jayant Shah, Saroj Parikh, Jayendra Mishra, Sharmishtha Vaidya, Pushpa Mehta, Rashidabanu, Anjanidevi, Hansa Lakod, Ranglal Nayak, Narhari Jani, Mukund Joshi, Kaustubh Trivedi, Prabhakar Joshi, Amrut Nayak, Nandu Pahelwan, Ganja Pahelwan, Lili Patel, Devyani Thakkar, Rajnibala. The film also starred [[Hindi cinema]] actors [[Achala Sachdev]], [[Tun Tun]], [[Keshto Mukherjee]], Shakilabanu Bhopali, [[Padma Khanna]] and [[Amjad Khan (actor)|Amjad Khan]] who played Bayal Chadva.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Raghuvanshi |first=Harish |date=2005-02-01 |title=વીર માંગડાવાળો (ચલચિત્ર) |url=https://gujarativishwakosh.org/%e0%aa%b5%e0%ab%80%e0%aa%b0-%e0%aa%ae%e0%aa%be%e0%aa%82%e0%aa%97%e0%aa%a1%e0%aa%be%e0%aa%b5%e0%aa%be%e0%aa%b3%e0%ab%8b/ |access-date=2023-10-20|website=[[Gujarati Vishwakosh]] |language=gu}}</ref><ref name="md">{{Cite web |last=Patel |first=Aashu |date=2019-12-25 |title=અમજદ ખાને ગુજરાતી ફિલ્મ વીર માંગડાવાળોમાં વિલન તરીકે અભિનય કર્યો હતો |trans-title=Amjad Khan acted as a villain in the Gujarati film Veer Mangdawalo |url=https://www.gujaratimidday.com/entertainment-news/bollywood-news/article/amjad-khan-acted-as-a-villain-in-the-gujarati-film-veer-mangdawalo-110659 |access-date=2023-10-21 |website=Gujarati Mid-day |language=gu }}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

==Production==
The film is based on a folklore of Vir Mangdavalo popular in villages of [[Saurashtra (region)|Saurashtra]] region of [[Gujarat]]. It was the first film produced by Subhash Sagar and presented by [[Ramanand Sagar]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name="md" /> It was shot at [[Lakshmi Vilas Palace, Vadodara|Lakshmi Vilas Palace]].

== Soundtrack ==

The film included folk music. The soundtrack is as follows:<ref>{{Citation |publisher=Saregama |title=Vir Mangdavalo|url=https://www.saregama.com/album/vir-mangda-walo-guj_2037 |access-date=2023-10-20 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last1=Rajadhyaksha |first1=Ashish |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rF8ABAAAQBAJ&dq=Veer+Mangdavalo&pg=RA39-PA1991 |title=Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema |last2=Willemen |first2=Paul |date=2014-07-10 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-135-94325-7 |pages=148, 227, 237 |language=en}}</ref>
{{Infobox album
| name = Vir Mangdavalo
| type = soundtrack
| artist = [[Avinash Vyas]]
| cover = Vir Mangdavalo 1976 album cover.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|df=y|1976}}
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Film soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]]
| length = 47:54
| label = EMI ([[Saregama]])
| producer = Sagar Arts Corporation
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title =
| next_year =
| misc = {{External media | audio1 = [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmwCGwMUG3Y&list=OLAK5uy_kiE40-1KirVmywETHMEdkSdhgyT3VDbdA&index=2 Album] on [[YouTube]]}}
}}
{{track listing
| total_length = 47:54
| headline = Track list
| all_music = [[Avinash Vyas]]
| all_lyrics =
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| title1 = Tari Vanki Re Paghaldi
| lyrics1 = Avinash Vyas
| extra1 = [[Asha Bhonsle]], chorus
| length1 = 7:04
| title2 = Aankhiyun Man Gori
| lyrics2 = [[Kavi Daad]]
| extra2 = Asha Bhonsle, [[Mahendra Kapoor]]
| length2 = 3:27
| title3 = Ruperi Raatma
| lyrics3 = Avinash Vyas
| extra3 = Asha Bhonsle, [[Mahendra Kapoor]]
| length3 = 5:07
| title4 = Kahun Chhun Re Kanuda ([[Dandiya Raas|Raas]])
| lyrics4 =Avinash Vyas
| extra4 = Asha Bhonsle, Veljibhai Gajjar, chorus
| length4 = 8:09
| title5 = Suraj Ugta Santani
| lyrics5 =Avinash Vyas
| extra5 = Asha Bhonsle, [[Mahendra Kapoor]]
| length5 = 5:49
| title6 = Aashak Mashuk Samasami ([[Qawwali]])
| lyrics6 = Avinash Vyas
| extra6 = Anand Kumar C., Asha Bhosle, Mahendra Kapur
| length6 = 8:46
| title7 = Joshida Mara Josh To Juvone
| lyrics7 =Avinash Vyas
| extra7 = Asha Bhonsle
| length7 = 4:38
| title8 = Tari Vanki Re Paghaldi
| lyrics8 =Avinash Vyas
| extra8 = Jayesh Nayak, Seema Trivedi
| length8 = 4:54
}}

==Reception==
The film was a commercial success.<ref name=":0" /> The song "Tari Vanki Re Paghaldi" became a hit. It grossed over {{INRconvert|40|l|year=1976}}.<ref name="md"/>

The 2019 Gujarati film ''Vir Mangdavalo'' was produced with similar subject.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Vir MangdavaloUA |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/gujarati/movie-details/vir-mangdavalo/movieshow/72738075.cms |access-date=2023-10-21 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>

== See also ==

* [[Bhanvad]] - a town where a banyan tree associated with Mangdavalo is located

==References==
{{reflist}}

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

[[Category:1976 films]]
[[Category:1976 Indian films]]
[[Category:Films set in Gujarat]]
[[Category:Films shot in Gujarat]]
[[Category:1970s Gujarati-language films]]
[[Category:Films based on Indian folklore]]
[[Category:Indian fantasy drama films]]
[[Category:1970s ghost films]]
[[Category:Indian ghost films]]
[[Category:1970s romantic fantasy films]]
[[Category:1970s fantasy drama films]]
[[Category:Indian romantic fantasy films]]
[[Category:1976 drama films]]

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