Gandhada Gudi is a 1973 Kannada movie. Starring Dr. Rajkumar

Rajkumar

Rajkumar , born as Singanalluru Puttaswamayya Muthuraju was a popular actor and singer in the Kannada film industry...

, directed by Vijay and produced by M.P. Shankar

M. P. Shankar

M.P. Shankar was a veteran Kannada film actor. He acted in films like Satya Harishchandra as "Veera Baahu", Bhootayyana Maga Ayyu, Ratnamanjari etc....

. Its the 150th movie of Dr. Rajkumar

Rajkumar

Rajkumar , born as Singanalluru Puttaswamayya Muthuraju was a popular actor and singer in the Kannada film industry...

. Similar movie was then made in Telugu

Telugu language

Telugu is a Central Dravidian language primarily spoken in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India, where it is an official language. It is also spoken in the neighbouring states of Chattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Orissa and Tamil Nadu...

 as Adavi Ramudu

Adavi Ramudu

Adavi Ramudu is a Telugu Drama film which released on 28 April 1977 and was directed by K. Raghavendra Rao. Dr. NTR, Jayaprada, and Jayasudha played important roles....

 (1977), starring N. T. Rama Rao

N. T. Rama Rao

Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao , also known as NTR and fondly referred to as Anna Garu, was an Indian film actor, director, producer, and a politician...

. Because of the film's success, there was a sequel made called Gandhada Gudi II, starring Shivrajkumar

Shivrajkumar

Shivaraj Kumar is a Kannada film actor. He is the son of Kannada thespian Dr. Rajkumar. After graduating in B.Sc...

, the son of Dr.Rajkumar.

Cast

• Dr. Rajkumar
  Rajkumar
  Rajkumar , born as Singanalluru Puttaswamayya Muthuraju was a popular actor and singer in the Kannada film industry...
  
   as Kumar, a range forest officer
• Kalpana
  Kalpana (Kannada actress)
  Kalpana was a very popular Kannada cinema actress. Her epithet was Minugu taare . A versatile actress, she dominated the Kannada film industry during the late 1960s and 1970s and was critically acclaimed for her roles in movies like Sharapanjara, Gejje Pooje, Belli moda, Eradu Kanasu, Kappu Bilupu,...
  
   as Lakshmi
• Dr. Vishnuvardhan as Anand
• Narasimharaju as Shivaji
• Balakrishna
  Balakrishna (Kannada actor)
  Balakrishna was an Indian actor in the Kannada film industry, known for the comedy roles and drama roles. He had acted in movies such as Bangarada Manushya and many others. Though he had acted in many movies, he was ill and penniless towards end of his life.-Notable filmography:He was born on 1911...
  
   as Venkatappa Naika

Plot

Rajkumar is a range forest officer who goes to the Nagarhole National forest to protect the natural resources. His main rival is the poacher Anand who unknown to him has been kidnapped and raised by Balakrishna to extract revenge on his father. In the final scenes Anand will catch Kumar's mother and asks Kumar to not interfere in his business or he will set fire to the forest but Kumar shoots him. Balakrishna then comes in climax and reveals that Anand is Kumars own brother and he had done this to take revenge on his family. He tries to kill Kumar but Anand kills him and dies on the lap of his mother.

Production

The film has brilliant cinematography of the Nagarhole and Bandipur forest in Mysore which is the birth place of Dr Vishnuvardhan. The entire cast has given excellent dimensions to their role especially Vishnuvardhan who was acting in his third movie in a negative character.

Soundtrack

SL.No	Song	Artist
1	Aarare gili rama	L R Eshwari
2	Ellu hogalla	S.Janaki S. Janaki S. Janaki is an Indian female playback singer. Renowned for her voice modulation abilities, she has sung in many Indian languages, most frequently in Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, and Hindi. Throughout a career spanning more than five decades, she has won four National Film Awards and 35... , P.B. Sreenivas
3	Naavaaduva nudiye kannada	P.B. Sreenivas

Reception

A box office-hit, which fetched around Rs. 35 lakh in 1973. The title song, filmed on Karnataka

Karnataka

Karnataka , the land of the Kannadigas, is a state in South West India. It was created on 1 November 1956, with the passing of the States Reorganisation Act and this day is annually celebrated as Karnataka Rajyotsava...

 and Kannada, is very melodious and popular among the Kannadigas. The song can be heard even today on any festival or function in Karnataka

Karnataka

Karnataka , the land of the Kannadigas, is a state in South West India. It was created on 1 November 1956, with the passing of the States Reorganisation Act and this day is annually celebrated as Karnataka Rajyotsava...

.

External links

• Gandhada Gudi (ಗಂಧದ ಗುಡಿ) 1973
• http://indianmovies-gossip.blogspot.com/2007/07/actor-by-accident.html