Kalapi (film) explained

Kalapi
Director:	Manhar Raskapur
Producer:	Pragya Pictures
Music:	Avinash Vyas
Cinematography:	Shankar Bakel
Runtime:	137 minutes^[1]
Country:	India
Language:	Gujarati

Kalapi is a 1966 Indian Gujarati biographical film directed by Manhar Raskapur, starring Sanjeev Kumar, Padmarani, Aruna Irani, Nutan, Pranlal Kharsani. The film was produced by Pragya Pictures, and the story was written by Prabodh Joshi. Shankar Bakel was a cinematographer.^{[2] [3]}

Plot

The story of the film is based on the life of prince of Lathi state and Gujarati poet Kalapi (1874-1900), who died aged 26.^{[2] [3]}

Cast

The cast was:^[2]

• Sanjeev Kumar as Kalapi
• Padmarani
• Aruna Irani
• Vishnukumar Vyas
• P. Kharsani
• Pratap Ojha
• Nandini Desai
• Narayan Rajgor
• Dineshkumar
• D. S. Mehta
• Ashok Thakkar
• Premshankar Bhatt
• Ajit Soni
• Nutan
• Manoj Purohit
• Jayant Vyas
• Miss Jayashree
• Madhumati

Sound track

Kalapi
Type:	soundtrack
Artist:	Avinash Vyas
Genre:	Feature film soundtrack
Length:	13:43
Label:	Sa Re Ga Ma^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Kalapi (1966) . indiancine.ma . 31 May 2021 .
2. Book: Ashish Rajadhyaksha . Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema . Paul Willemen . Taylor & Francis . 1999 . 978-1-135-94325-7 . Revised . 388.
3. Book: K. Moti Gokulsing. Wimal Dissanayake. Routledge Handbook of Indian Cinemas. 2013. Routledge. 978-1-136-77284-9. 94.
4. Web site: Kalapi . Saavn.