Gandhada Gudi
| Gandhada Gudi | |
|---|---|
| File:Gandhada Gudi Kannada.jpeg DVD cover of the movie | |
| Directed by | Vijay |
| Screenplay by | Vijay M. D. Sundar |
| Story by | M. P. Shankar |
| Produced by | M. P. Shankar |
| Starring |
|
| Cinematography | D. V. Rajaram |
| Edited by | Bal G. Yadav |
| Music by | Rajan-Nagendra |
| Distributed by | Bharani Chithra |
Release date |
|
| Country | India |
| Language | Kannada |
Gandhada Gudi (Temple of Sandalwood) is a 1973 Indian Kannada-language film directed by Vijay and produced by M. P. Shankar. The film stars Rajkumar. Vishnuvardhan appears in a villainous role, though his character is redeemed at the end of the film. The movie was remade in Hindi as Kartavya.The grand success of this movie prompted NTR to work on a script based on a forest backdrop leading to the 1977 movie Adavi Ramudu. [1][2] The success of Gandhada Gudi led to a sequel in 1995 titled Gandhada Gudi Part 2 starring Shivrajkumar. The film was seen as a milestone in the careers of both Rajkumar and Vishnuvardhan.[3] The movie saw a theatrical run of 25 weeks.[4]
Plot
Kumar (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 (Vishnuvardhan) who unknown to him has been kidnapped and raised by Raja Venkatappa Naika (Balakrishna) to exact revenge on his father. In the final scenes, Anand gets hold of Kumar's mother and asks him to not interfere or that he will set fire to the forest. But Kumar shoots Anand, fatally injuring him in the chest. Venkatappa then comes in climax and reveals that Anand is Kumar's younger brother and he had done this to take revenge on his family. He tries to kill Kumar, but Anand kills venkatappa and dies on the lap of his mother.
Cast
- Rajkumar as Kumar, a forest range officer
- Kalpana as Lakshmi
- Vishnuvardhan as Anand
- M. P. Shankar as Johnny
- Narasimharaju as Shivaji
- Balakrishna as Venkatappa Naika
- Advani Lakshmi Devi
- Thoogudeepa Srinivas
- B. Jaya
Production
The film has brilliant cinematography of the Nagarhole and Bandipur forest in Mysore which is the birthplace of Vishnuvardhan. The entire cast has given excellent dimensions to their role especially Vishnuvardhan who was acting in his third movie in a negative character.
During the shooting of the film where Vishuarvadan's character "shoots" Rajkumar's character's mother, the prop gun was accidentally switched to a real gun. Prabakaran, a forest ranger who realised someone took the gun, ran to the shooting spot to avert untoward incident. Just as Vishnuvardhan was about to pull the trigger, Prabakaran begged for him to stop.[5] The incident caused trauma for Vishuvardan and the family used to receive threatening calls and abuse from Rajkumar's fans.[6][7][8][9] Despite this, both Rajkumar and Vishuvardhan remained on good terms afterwards.[10]
Soundtrack
| Untitled | |
|---|---|
Music for the film and soundtracks were composed by the duo Rajan-Nagendra.
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Naavaaduva Nudiye" | Chi. Udaya Shankar | P. B. Sreenivas | 6:08 |
| 2. | "Arerere Ginirama" | Chi. Udaya Shankar | P. Susheela | 3:33 |
| 3. | "Ellu Hogolla" | Chi. Udaya Shankar | S. Janaki, P. B. Sreenivas | 2:49 |
| Total length: | 12:30 | |||
Reception
Gandhada Gudi was a box office-hit, which fetched around ₹3.5 million (US$44,000) in 1973. The title song, filmed on Karnataka and Kannada is still popular among the Kannadigas. The song can be heard even today on any festival or function in Karnataka.[11]
Legacy
The film which speaks about the preservation of forests inspired other Kannada films - Jayasimha, Mrugalaya and Maasti Gudi.[12]
See also
References
- ^ http://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/Kartavya-1979/article16833496.ece
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2 January 2012. Retrieved 2011-12-15.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Born winner". Frontline. January 2010. Retrieved 27 October 2013.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20070717135525/http://www.chitratara.com/showCelbProfile.asp?newsid=8
- ^ https://churumuri.wordpress.com/2006/04/14/the-day-dr-raj-kumar-was-almost-shot-dead/
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ http://www.newindianexpress.com/magazine/article220313.ece?service=print
- ^ http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/in-memoriam/article788710.ece
- ^ http://m.deccanherald.com/articles.php?name=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.deccanherald.com%2Fcontent%2F44086%2Fking-cobra-lion-king.html%2F
- ^ http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/In-memoriam/article15692761.ece
- ^ http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/pb-sreenivas-was-the-voice-of-rajkumar/article4617526.ece
- ^ http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/masti-gudi-lopsided-concern-for-tiger/article18446493.ece
