Chandrawal is a 1984 Indian film. It is the third Haryanavi-language film to be released and the first financially successful one. Written by Late. Shri Devi Shankar Prabhakar,produce by usha sharma and directed by Jayant Prabhaker, the film's music was created by J. P. Kaushik. Starring dancer Usha Sharma, the film tells the story of a tragic love affair between Chandrawal, a girl of the Gadia Lohar

Gadia Lohar

Gadia Lohars is a nomadic community of Rajasthan, India . They are also found in Malwa region of Madhya Pradesh. They are Lohar by profession who move on from one place to another place on bullock cart, which in Hindi is called 'gadi'. Hence the name 'Gadia Lohar'...

 community, and Suraj, a boy of another caste

Caste

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. It was released in March 1984 and became very successful, spurred on by a popular soundtrack. A sequel is in development and will be produced by Usha Sharma and directed by Dinesh Tundwal.

Plot

Chandrawal is the grand daughter of the Head of Gadia Lohars tribe Jodha Sardar. They Gypsy tribe is proud of their heritage that they are the descendants of the Great Maharana Pratap. They believe that after h is defeat, their ancestors left Chittoor with the pledge that they would never settle down at a permanent place under roof till they again hoist Maharanas flag at Chitoor fort, and since then the tribe has been roamingabout as Gypsies, doing Lohaars jobs for the people with great honesty and hard work. They never allow their girls to marry the boys of other casts. During their un-ending journey, Jodha Sardar was camping near Ram Garh village and here the young Suraj first saw Chanrdrawal dancing at a marriag ceremony in the camp. Both the young hearts fells in love at the first sight. The love affair becomes an open secret soon and Ranjit Chaudhary the father of Suraj who is also the village Chaudhary becomes very angry. On the other hand Jodha Sardar also reacts very strongly and decides to leave the village at once as he does not like that Chandrawal and Suraj are given any chance to meet. He, before leaving the haveli of Chaudhary Ranjit, warns Suraj that if ultimately with the help of his friends he succeeds in finding out the place of his camp. On seeing Chandrawal after a longtime, Suraj becomes so emotional that he runs towards the Dera crying - Chandra. Chandrawal also sees him and immediately rushes towards him without caring for the warnings of her grandfather that he would cut her into pieces with the long knife. And at last both the lovers come in the lapse of each other, but at the same time Suraj sees Jodha Sardar throwing a knife to kill Chandrawal. Suraj at once turns himself to that side and takes the fatal attack on Chandrawal upon himself. Realising that Suraj is dead, Chandrawal snatches the knife out of the body of her lover and sacrifices herself there and then.

Cast

• Jagat Jakhar - Suraj
• Usha Sharma
  Usha Sharma
  Usha Sharma is an Indian actress and dancer. She is best known for playing the titular character in the Haryanvi film Chandrawal. She serves as the president of Haryana Kala Parishad and is an executive member of Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee.-Life and career:Sharma was born in Haryana, India...
  
   - Chandrawal
• Nasib Singh Kundu - Roondah
• Daryav Singh Malik - Khoondah

Box office

It broke multiple box office records and was most successful in Haryana

Haryana

Haryana is a state in India. Historically, it has been a part of the Kuru region in North India. The name Haryana is found mentioned in the 12th century AD by the apabhramsha writer Vibudh Shridhar . It is bordered by Punjab and Himachal Pradesh to the north, and by Rajasthan to the west and south...

, Western U.P.

Western Uttar Pradesh

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, Delhi

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 and parts of Rajasthan

Rajasthan

Rājasthān the land of Rajasthanis, , is the largest state of the Republic of India by area. It is located in the northwest of India. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with...

, grossing more than Hindi films like Sholay

Sholay

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and Bobby

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in these areas. Chandrawal celebrated its Silver Jubilee

Silver Jubilee

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 at Gagan Cinema in Faridabad

Faridabad

Faridabad is a city in the south-east of Haryana state in northern India, in Faridabad district. It lies at 28º 25' 16" N Latitude and 77º 18' 28" E Longitude. The district shares its boundaries with the National Capital and Union Territory of Delhi to its north, Gurgaon district to the west and...

, recovering its entire cost at that one theatre alone. While the movie was in theatres, the sight of hundereds of villagers coming in large-groups boarding rural tractor-trolleys and trucks to watch Chandrawal at theatre, was commonplace. This movie was popular in all age-groups. This movie was particularly instrumental in making the Haryanvi folksongs and music a popular choice in mainstream Indian music industry especially Indipop

Indian pop

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. Chandrawal has set a world record when the Producers honoured a dozen of cine goers of Haryana and Western U.P. who witnessed 'Chandrawal' more than 200 times.

Soundtrack

• "Jija tu kala main gori ghani"
• "Gaade Aali Gajban Chori"
• "Main suraj tu chandrawal"
• "Nain katore kajal dore"
• "Mera Nau Dandi Ka Beezna"
• "Mera Chunar Manga de ho Nandi ke Beera"