Talk:Gujarati cinema

Help Please!
I have started creating the article List of Indian film series. I need your help in adding the film series in Gujarati language (if any). Since there might be a lot of them consisting of 2 films, my opinion is that only those film series with 3 or more films should be added (all of which have been released only). Please feel free to come and add more and do the required corrections. Once fully created, this list will be highly informative. All future opinions and comments should be posted here or on my talk page only please since I would not be watching this talk page. - Jayadevp  13  17:09, 26 December 2013 (UTC)
 * , I found only one series; Maiyar ma.. 2001 and 2008. Added to list. 'Query: If a film is remade multiple times with same story, should be considered one series? I found two more such film groups, Gunsundari and Jogidas Khuman, both remade 3 times. --Nizil (talk) 18:19, 16 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks a lot for responding to this request. I am not quite sure if Gunsundari and Jogidas Khuman should be added or not. If a sequel or prequel had been made to the remake of an earlier movie, it could have been added. For example Don film series and Billa film series (see Tamil section). Since the movies are a remake and not a prequel or sequel, they do not form a film series/franchise. I hope this explains. Regards. - Jayadevp  13  03:42, 18 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Gunsundari series has three films but all in different languages so might not be useful in list:
 * Gunsundari (1927 film) (silent film)
 * Gunsundari (1934 film) (Hindi)
 * Gunsundari (1948 film) (Gujarati/Hindi)
 * Nizil (talk) 06:46, 16 November 2023 (UTC)
 * This has to be a record of sorts on this website. eight and half years to reply! Coderzombie (talk) 13:01, 16 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Haha.. I added it to film series and then removed it. Then added a reply here. I created all three Gunsundaris. It is an interesting remake-verse. Silent to Hindi to Gujarati/Hindi film! -Nizil (talk) 13:43, 16 November 2023 (UTC)

Proposed merge with Dhollywood
They are both about the Gujarati film industry with no significant differences. ... disco spinster   talk  15:06, 5 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Merge I agree. They're same articles. Merge. Coderzombie (talk) 07:41, 28 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Merge Both are same subjects. Dhollywood is informal name of Gujarati cinema.-Nizil (talk) 10:00, 6 December 2014 (UTC)

Rewrite?
I think the article needs a major rewrite. A lot of information is without citation. Even the good information is not properly organized. Thoughts? Coderzombie (talk) 11:37, 8 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Coderzombie, rewrote completely. Have look and suggest anything missing. -Nizil (talk) 23:56, 13 July 2015 (UTC)

Gujarati people in other film industries
I have hidden the section listing people of Gujarati origin associated with other film industries. I think they do not belong here as they had not contributed to Gujarati cinema and had no association with it. Feel otherwise? Discuss here. I will not blank the section until consensus is reached. Regards -Nizil (talk) 20:55, 13 July 2015 (UTC)
 * I agree. Just being of Gujarati origin doesn't mean anything to this article. Mention only if they had contribution. Coderzombie (talk) 18:34, 16 July 2015 (UTC)

Recent films

 * [FROM ARTICLE] Some of such films are Mohanna Monkiz, Chaar (2011), Bhale Padharya (2012), Saptapadii (2013) produced by A.B.Corp, Happy Family Pvt Ltd (2013), Aapne To Dhirubhai (2014), Whiskey Is Risky (2014), Aa Te Kevi Duniya (2015), Canvas (2015), Jo Baka (2015), Premji: Rise of a Warrior (2015), Bas Ek Chance (2015), Hu Tu Tu Tu (2016), Romance Complicated (2016), Polampol (2016), Thai Jashe! (2016) and Fillam (2016). Gujjubhai The Great (2015) starring Siddharth Randeria and Chhello Divas (2015) were commercially successful. Other upcoming films are Patel vs Patrick and Vitamin She.
 * [RETAIN IN ARTICLE] Gujjubhai The Great (2015) starring Siddharth Randeria and Chhello Divas (2015) were commercially successful.


 * During my rewrite, the industry was at the initial stage of revival. New films were produced in those years (around 60 each year) but very few had high production value. So I listed many films released between 2012 and 2015 at that time. Now nearly 100 films are produced and majority of them have high production value due to new government policy. So it is not practical to list each film. I propose remove and only list films which has significant commercial/critical success. Only two 2015 films were such. Upcoming films should be removed as well as they will be congested if we keep expanding it.
 * Please give your opinion, before apocalypse. ;) -Nizil (talk) 19:25, 21 October 2016 (UTC)
 * And I think we need to remove multilingual film Little Zizou's poster (which is non-free, so used less as much possible) as it has not much relevance to over all article. Any more image suggestions in relation to article? Like single screen theatres running Gujarati film (We don't have such image if I am correct.)--Nizil (talk) 20:11, 21 October 2016 (UTC)
 * It's an excellent editing. The context of Gujarati films have changed a lot from the last rewrite. I agree with retaining GTG and Chhello Divas. Rest should be axed. Coderzombie (talk) 13:17, 22 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Removed films are moved to List of Gujarati films for now. Just one film Jo Baka (2015) is lost due to it. I think if some one tries to add Upcoming Films than he can be told to add to lists too. So info not lost. Lists can be expanded from Gujarati cinema article too. Regards,--Nizil (talk) 21:32, 22 October 2016 (UTC)

What is meant here?
(Copied, with editing, to .)

I'm editing this page at 's request. Mostly I'm copyediting for grammar and style, and some researching for refs, but when I hit a sentence that makes no sense to me I have to ask for help.

§ Gujarati cinema includes this sentence about Mane Mankad Karde ("A bug bites me"): "Apophthegm" is a very rare word in (US) English and I wouldn't use it at all. "Confection" can refer to a combination of things, but almost always means "a dish or delicacy made with sweet ingredients".
 * The title of film did not have any specific meaning but was the confection of apophthegms.

I would begin by rewriting the sentence as something like But I can't fill that blank. What does "the confection of apophthegms" mean? "Confection", apart from its usual use, can mean "something mixed or compounded of various materials", but this still makes very little sense. Is "A bug bites me" a translation of a Gujarati saying or idiom? Is it a combination of sayings or pieces of sayings? That would explain "confection", but the word isn't appropriate here because of its usual meaning.
 * The film's title did not have any specific relation to the content, but was _____.

Can anyone help?

Please me to discuss. --Thnidu (talk) 05:51, 26 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Thnidu, "the confection of apophthegms" is not used for "Mane Mankad Karde" which is a title of song in film. It is written for title of film "Chav Chavno Murabbo". Murabbo (મુરબ્બો)=Marmalade and verb Chavvu (ચાવવું) = To Chew. Chav is verb form of Chavvu. "Chav Chavno Murabbo" literally mean "Chew Chew's Marmalade" which does not have any specific meaning or does not have (probably, as original film is lost) anything to do with film. This title expresses one's experience while eating marmalade. It has to be chewed multiple times to crush and swallow. This sentence is neither popular saying nor proverb. It is just one's own experience=fact of life=adage=Apophthegm. Confection is used here as a "combination of words" but it also related to sweet nature of marmalade, I think. It is my interpretation. Also see which helped me understand adage. Regards and thanks,-Nizil (talk) 07:44, 26 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks, . Now I know enough to go ahead.
 * But please be aware that you seen to be equating different things. You wrote
 * It is just one's own experience=fact of life=adage=Apophthegm.
 * Adages and apophthegms are not just expressions of one's own experience, they're proverbial expressions, specific sentences that are in general use as part of a language and culture. I couldn't write a line about something that happens to me often, and call it an adage. --Thnidu (talk) 20:14, 26 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Thank you, for further clarification. :) ---Nizil (talk) 11:40, 27 January 2017 (UTC)