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 in lead role. Vishnuvardhan appears in a villainous role, though his character is redeemed at the fag end of the film. A similar film was then made in Telugu in 1977 as Adavi Ramudu, starring N. T. Rama Rao. Because of Gandhada Gudi's success, a sequel was made in 1995 with Shivrajkumar as the lead, titled Gandhada Gudi Part 2. The film was seen as a milestone in the careers of both Rajkumar and Vishnuvardhan.
Synopsis
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.
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).