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Chaniya Toli

2025 Indian Gujarati comedy drama film

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Source revisionJul 7, 2026
Entity authorityQ136344986
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Chaniya Toli (Gujarati: ચણિયા ટોળી) is a 2025 Indian Gujarati comedy drama heist film directed by Jay Bodas and Parth Trivedi and written by Jay Bodas, Parth Trivedi and Pratiksinh Chavda. It stars Yash Soni, Ragi Jani, Netri Trivedi, Heena Varde, Chetan Daiya, Maulik Nayak and others. The film is produced by Anand Pandit from Anand Pandit Motion Pictures and Vaishal Shah from Jannock Films. It was released nationwide on 21 October 2025.

Plot

A man seeking life's purpose discovers a village in financial crisis. He plots to steal from those responsible, leading villagers on an amusing adventure to outsmart the system.

Cast

Yash Soni as Prakash Mistry, a teacher

Ragi Jani as Peshawar

Netri Trivedi as Naina

Heena Varde

Chetan Daiya as MLA

Maulik Nayak as Reporter

Jay Bhatt as PI Zala

Nikita Sharma as Sheetal

Sohni Bhatt as Modasa

Kalpana Gagdekar

Shilpa Thaker

Jassi Gadhvi as Junagadh

Utsav busa

Janki Bodiwala in a special appearance in the song "Popat"

Soundtrack

Tracklist

"Popat" song is played after the film end and is an item song unrelated to the plot.

Production

The film went on floors on 10 April 2025 and was extensively shot at different locations in Gujarat, including in Sunav village near Anand.

Marketing and Releases

The first motion poster and still poster of the film were unveiled on 29 August 2025. On 5 September 2025, coinciding with Teachers’ Day, the teaser was released on social media platforms.

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