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{{Infobox film
| name = Kariyavar
| image =
| caption = Poster
| director = [[Chaturbhuj Doshi]]
| producer = Chimanlal Desai
| writer = [[Shayda]], Chaturbhuj Doshi
| starring = {{plainlist|
* [[Dina Pathak|Dina Sanghvi]]
}}
| music = [[Ajit Merchant]]
| cinematography = Adi Irani, Jayant Dadawala
| editing =
| studio = [[Sagar Movietone]]
| runtime = 138 minute
| country = India
| language = Gujarati
| released = {{Film date|1948}}
| based_on = ''Vanzari Vaav'' by [[Shayda]]
| distributor =
| budget =
| gross =
}}
'''''Kariyavar''''' is 1948 Indian [[Gujarati cinema|Gujarati]] film written and directed by [[Chaturbhuj Doshi]]. It was produced by Chimanlal Desai under banner of [[Sagar Movietone]]. It was based on the story by [[Shayda]] which itself was based on a folklore of a [[stepwell]]. The soundtrack was composed by [[Ajit Merchant]].

==Plot==
In a village, there was a challenge that whoever reach into a pot housing a venomous cobra would have the privilege of installing an idol in a temple. A village girl Raju accepts and becomes successful in the challenge. The cobra forms a bond with Raju and also grants her wish that he will protect her whenever she needs. Madhav, a son of gypsy Balam Vanzara, falls in love with Raju while Champa, Vanzara's adoptive daughter, falls in love with Veera, Raju's malevolent neighbour who harbors envy for Madhav. Madhav was bitten by the cobra while he went to watch Raju's dance performance. Raju uses of the previously granted wish so the cobra retracts its venom, stipulating that a stepwell must be dug in the village. Meanwhile Raju and Madhav get married. Seeking vengeance, Veera shows the wrong place to dig the stepwell resulting in a dry well. The village suffering from the drought is manipulated by Veera to demand a sacrificial exorcism involving newly married couple of Raju and Madhav to rise the water in the stepwell. Champa decides to marry Veera as well as agrees to sacrifice herself. Finally the sacrifice of Champa and Veera results in the miraculous rising of well waters, resolving the village's problem.<ref name="RajadhyakshaWillemen2014" /><ref name=":0" />

==Cast==
* [[Dina Pathak|Dina Sanghvi]]<ref name="RajadhyakshaWillemen2014" /><ref name=":0" /> as Raju
* Dhulia<ref name="RajadhyakshaWillemen2014" />
* Shobha<ref name="RajadhyakshaWillemen2014" />
* Mulchand Khichdi<ref name="RajadhyakshaWillemen2014" />
* Manhar Desai<ref name=":0" />
* Chhanalal<ref name=":0" />
* Urmila<ref name=":0" />
* Kusum Thakur
* Kamlakant
* Shyamabai
* Narendra Desai

==Production==
The story of the film was based on [[Shayda]]'s novel ''Vanzari Vaav'' which was based on a folklore.<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=311}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Raghuvanshi |first=Harish |date= |title=કરિયાવર |url=https://gujarativishwakosh.org/%E0%AA%95%E0%AA%B0%E0%AA%BF%E0%AA%AF%E0%AA%BE%E0%AA%B5%E0%AA%B0/ |website=[[Gujarati Vishwakosh]] |language=gu}}</ref> The black-and-white film was produced by Chimanlal Desai under banner of [[Sagar Movietone]] while script, dialogues and direction was by Chaturbhuj Doshi.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="RajadhyakshaWillemen2014" /> It features a rural, folkloric, mythological story. The love story in the film is complex and contains numerous symbolic allusions with clear sexual undertones.<ref name="RajadhyakshaWillemen2014" />

It is known for debut film of Dina Sanghvi who is also known as Dina Pathak.<ref name="RajadhyakshaWillemen2014" />

==Soundtrack==
The music was composed by [[Ajit Merchant]] while the lyrics were written by Chaitanya and Nandkumar Pathak.<ref name=":0" />

{{Infobox album
| name = Kariyavar
| type = soundtrack
| artist = [[Ajit Merchant]]
| cover =
| alt =
| released = 1948
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Feature film soundtrack]]
| length =
| language = [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]
| label =
| producer = Sagar Movietone
| misc = {{External media
| audio1 = {{URL|https://open.spotify.com/album/6HT2FP8dTdRLE5YkDVuF63|Spotify}}}}
}}

{{track listing
| headline =Track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| total_length =
|all_music= [[Ajit Merchant]]
|all_lyrics= Chaitanya, Nandkumar Pathak.

| title1 = Mane Marya Nenana Baan
| extra1 = [[Geeta Dutt]]
| length1 = 3:10

| title2 = Gori Zaza Na Rahiye Gumanman
| extra2 = Geeta Dutt, Mukesh
| length2 = 3:23

| title3 = Aave Ne Jaye
| extra3 = Meena Kapoor
| length3 = 3:20

| title4 = Bholi Ne Bharamavi
| extra4 = Geeta Dutt
| length4 = 3:01

| title5 = Gokuliyun Gaam Nanun
| extra5 = Geeta Dutt, Suman Banavalkar
| length5 = 3:13

| title6 = He Man Bhooleli
| extra6 = Meena Kapoor
| length6 = 3:12

| title7 = Kesudani Kaliye
| extra7 = Ajit Merchant, Meena Kapoor
| length7 = 3:02

| title8 = Mare Sapana Ne Mandvade
| extra8 = Geeta Dutt
| length8 = 3:10

| title9 = Vanzarare
| extra9 = Ajit Merchant, Meena Kapoor
| length9 = 3:15

}}

==See also==
* [[List of Gujarati films]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

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

[[Category:1948 films]]
[[Category:Indian drama films]]
[[Category:Indian black-and-white films]]
[[Category:1948 drama films]]
[[Category:1940s Gujarati-language films]]
[[Category:Films based on mythology]]
[[Category:Films based on Indian folklore]]
[[Category:Films based on Indian novels]]
[[Category:Films directed by Chaturbhuj Doshi]]

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