# Jashwant Gangani

Jashwant Gangani is an Indian film writer director and producer.

## Early life

Jashwant Gangani is from Habukvad, Village in Bhavnagar district, Gujarat, India. He moved to Surat in 1973 to find a job. Initially, he wrote short stories which progressed into writing scripts for films and editing.Gangani started working at a young age in the diamond industry. Despite this, his passion for the arts never waned.

## Career

In 1989, he started directing and producing Gujarati films under his production house. Gangani Film Production Pvt. Ltd. His first Gujarati film as a writer, lyricist, producer, and director, Man Sayba Ni Mediye (1999) was commercially successful. He produced several commercially successful films targeted at rural audience; Maiyar Ma Mandu Nathi Lagtu (2001), Mandavda Ropavo Mana Raj (2003), Mein to Palavade Bandhi Preet (2005), Maiyar Ma Mandu Nathi Lagtu Part II (2008), Mara Rudiye Rangana Tame Saajana (2010). He directed and produced Hindi film Bezubaan Ishq (2015). He also wrote, directed and produced Gujarati TV series, Kariyaawar, telecast on Zee Gujarati from 2006 to 2007 which completed 270 episodes.

## Filmography

| Year | Title | Language | Director | Producer | Story | Screenplay | Dialogue | Lyrics | Cast |
| 1990 | Veer Bawavalo | Gujarati | | | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Naresh Kanodia, shyam kumar |
| 1991 | Prem Na Bandhan | Gujarati | | | Yes | | | Yes | Ranjit Raj, Sripradha |
| 1992 | Bhadar Ne Kanthe | Gujarati | | | Yes | | | Yes | Upendra Trivedi, Ranjit Raj |
| 1994 | Aapna Malak Na Mayalu Manvi | Gujarati | | | | | | Yes | Sharmilee Raj, Arvind Rathod |
| 1997 | Kanto Vagyo Kalje | Gujarati | | | | Yes | Yes | Yes | Naresh Kanodia, Roma Manek |
| 1997 | Preet Pangare Chori Chori | Gujarati | | | | | | Yes | Naresh Kanodia, Minakshi |
| 1997 | Parbhav Ni Preet | Gujarati | | | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Naresh Kanodia, Shyamla |
| 1997 | Mahendi Lili Ne Rang Rato | Gujarati | | | Yes | | | Yes | Ranjit Raj, Sneha |
| 1999 | Man Sayba Ni Mediye | Gujarati | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Naresh Kanodia, Roma Manek |
| 1999 | Maa Te Maa Bija Wagdana Vaa | Gujarati | | | | | | Yes | Arvind Trivedi, Snehlata |
| 2000 | Saacho Sathvaro Saajano | Gujarati | | | | | Yes | Yes | Ayub Khan, Jayendra Mehta, Sudha Pathak |
| 2000 | Sajan Haiye Sambhare | Gujarati | | | | | | Yes | Naresh Kanodia, Deepsikha |
| 2000 | Mena Popat | Gujarati | | | | | | Yes | Maniraaj Barot Devendra Pandit, Shubhalaxmi |
| 2000 | Dalda Lidha Chori Raj | Gujarati | | | | | | Yes | Naresh Kanodia, Roma Manek |
| 2000 | Ooncha Khordani Khandani | Gujarati | | | | | | Yes | Naresh Kanodia, Kiran Kumar, Upendra Trivedi |
| 2000 | Palav Bhini Preet | Gujarati | | | | | | Yes | Sandeep Kumar, Minakshi Maru |
| 2001 | Maiyar Ma Mandu Nathi Lagtu | Gujarati | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Hiten Kumar, Aanandee Tripathi, Arvind Trivedi |
| 2002 | Daladu Lagyu Sayba Na Desh Ma | Gujarati | | | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Naresh Kanodia, Roma Manek |
| 2003 | Mandavda Ropavo Mana Raj | Gujarati | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Hiten Kumar, Aanandee Tripathi, Arvind Trivedi |
| 2004 | Mane Lai De Ne Navrang Chundadi | Gujarati | | | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Firoj Irani, Hiten Kumar, Aanandee Tripathi |
| 2005 | Shubhodristi | Bengali | | | Yes | Yes | | | Jeet, Koyel Mallick |
| 2005 | Mein to Palavade Bandhi Preet | Gujarati | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Hiten Kumar, Raj Laxmi |
| 2006 | Shaashu Ghara Chaalijibi | Odia | | | Yes | | | | Suresh Bal, Akshaya Bastia, Debu Bose |
| 2008 | Maiyar Ma Mandu Nathi Lagtu 2 | Gujarati | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Hiten Kumar, Aanandee Tripathi |
| 2010 | Mara Rudiye Rangana Tame Saajana | Gujarati | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Hitu Kanodia, Naresh Kanodia |
| 2012 | Vidhata | Gujarati | | | | | Yes | Yes | Hiten Kumar, Aanandee Tripathi, Nishant Pandya |
| 2013 | Lagyo Kasumbi No Rang | Gujarati | | | | | | Yes | Panini Rajkumar,Sadashiv Amrapurkar, Shahbaaz Khan, Kiran Kumar, Govind Namdeo |
| 2015 | Bezubaan Ishq | Hindi | Yes | Co Produced with C.J.Gadara, Dinesh Likhiya | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Mugdha Godse, Sneha Ullal, Nishant Malkani, Darshan Jariwala |
| 2023 | My Best Friend Daadu | Gujarati | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Umang Acharya, Urvashi Harsora, Vishal Thakkar, Prashant Barot |

### Television

| Year | Title | Language | Director | Producer | Story | Screenplay | Dialogue | Lyrics | Cast | Ref. |
| 2006 | Kariyaawar | Gujarati | | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Hitu Kanodia, Devendra Pandit | |