Biligiriya Banadalli (Kannada: ಬಿಳಿಗಿರಿಯ ಬನದಲ್ಲಿ) is a 1980 Indian Kannada film, directed by Siddalingaiah and produced by Smt Jayadevi. The film stars Vishnuvardhan, M. P. Shankar, Srinivasa Murthy and T. N. Balakrishna in lead roles. The film had musical score by Rajan-Nagendra.
GenresDrama ActorsVishnuvardhan, Lokesh, M. P. Shankar, Rushyendramani, T. N. Balakrishna, Loknath Rating87% Bhootayya is a ruthless zamindar of a small village, who used to mercilessly occupy the land of the villagers to whom he had lent money, when they fail to repay their debts. He was very shrewd and talked the villagers into building a dam across the river in the outskirts of the village, which was prone to floods. He gets hold of the fertile land on the banks of the river and builds a house for his son Ayyu (Lokesh).
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 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 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.