| Gandhada Gudi | |
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DVD cover of the movie |
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| Directed by | Vijay |
| Produced by | M. P. Shankar |
| Starring | Dr. Rajkumar Vishnuvardhan Kalpana |
| Music by | Rajan-Nagendra |
| Release date(s) | 1973 |
| Language | Kannada |
Gandhada Gudi (Kannada: ಗಂಧದ ಗುಡಿ; English: Temple of Sandlewood) is a 1973 Kannada movie. Starring Dr. Rajkumar, directed by Vijay and produced by M.P. Shankar. Its the 150th movie of Dr. Rajkumar. Vishnuvardhan, the Kannada moviedom's angry young man, excelled in a villainous role, though his character is redeemed at the fag end of the movie. Similar movie was then made in Telugu as Adavi Ramudu (1977), starring N. T. Rama Rao. Because of the film's success, there was a sequel made called Gandhada Gudi II, starring Shivrajkumar, the son of Dr.Rajkumar.
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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 Venkatappa Naika (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, fatally injuring Anand in the chest. Venkatappa then comes in climax and reveals that Anand is Kumar's 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.
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.
| SL.No | Song | Artist |
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| 1 | Aarare gili rama | L R Eshwari |
| 2 | Ellu hogalla | S.Janaki, P.B. Sreenivas |
| 3 | Naavaaduva nudiye kannada | P.B. Sreenivas |
Gandhada Gudi was a box office-hit, which fetched around Rs. 35 lakh in 1973. The title song, filmed on Karnataka and Kannada, is very melodious and popular among the Kannadigas. The song can be heard even today on any festival or function in Karnataka.
The power-packed dialogues, confrontation and fighting scenes between Rajkumar and Vishnuvardhan are the main highlights of this movie. At that time, Rajkumar was an established leader in the Kannada moviedom, while Vishnuvardhan had acquired the image of an angry young man, with the super-successful Nagarahaavu.