Bhoodana
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| Directed by | P. S. Gopalakrishna G. V. Iyer |
| Written by | G. V. Iyer |
| Screenplay by | G. V. Iyer |
| Produced by | P. S. Gopalakrishna G. V. Iyer |
| Starring | Rajkumar Kalyan Kumar Udaykumar K. S. Ashwath |
| Cinematography | B. Dorairaj |
| Edited by | Rajan |
| Music by | G. K. Venkatesh |
Production company | Ananthlakshmi Pictures |
| Distributed by | Ananthlakshmi Pictures |
Release date |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Kannada |
Bhoodana is a 1962 Indian Kannada-language film jointly directed and produced by G. V. Iyer and P.S. Gopalkrishna. The film stars Rajkumar, Kalyan Kumar, Udaykumar and K. S. Ashwath. The film has musical score by G. K. Venkatesh.[1][2]
The movie starred Rajkumar, Kalyan Kumar and Udaykumar - all 3 in full-fledged roles in a single movie for the only time in their career. All 3 had also worked together earlier in Gaali Gopura, however, Udaykumar only had a special appearance in that movie. Also, this is the only movie in which Rajkumar played the role of father to Kalyan Kumar and Udaykumar.[3] This is also the only movie where Leelavathi played the role of Rajkumar's daughter.[4]
The theme of the movie was based on Vinoba Bhave's Bhoodan movement and also takes its inspiration from the novel Chomana Dudi by K. Shivaram Karanth.[5] The movie also speaks about the religious conversion of the marginalized. S. K. Bhagavan had revealed that while working as an assistant on this movie, they had approached Shivaram Karanth to procure the rights of Chomana Dudi to make it into a movie. However, Karanth refused to officially sell the copyrights but permitted them to make a movie based on the story.[6] A. Bhimsingh remade the movie in Tamil in 1965 as Pazhani starring Sivaji Ganesan.[7]
Cast
- Rajkumar as Dasanna
- Kalyan Kumar as Lachha
- Udaykumar as Rama
- G. V. Iyer as Landlord Laxmipathy
- K. S. Ashwath
- Narasimharaju
- Balakrishna
- H. R. Shastry
- Veerabhadrappa
- Bharadwaj
- Kupparaj
- Mahalinga Bhagavathar
- Narayanaswamy
- Murthy
- Leelavathi
- Advani Lakshmi Devi
- Shakunthala
- Vijayakumari
- Jayalakshmi
References
- ^ "Bhoodana". paaru.in. Archived from the original on 9 January 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
- ^ "Bhoodana". upperstall.com. Archived from the original on 9 January 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
- ^ "11 movies of Rajkumar that make him Kannadigas' 'Annavru'".
- ^ "Junk Mail–Trivia on Cinema". South Scope. Vol. 1, no. 10. July 2010. p. 13. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
- ^ Ganesh, Deepa (16 May 2016). "Bhoodana: the classic at 55". The Hindu. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
- ^ "Rajkumar movies based on novels". Udayavani.com. 29 August 2019. Archived from the original on 24 April 2019. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
- ^ "ಜಯಲಲಿತಾ ಅಣ್ಣಾವ್ರ ಜೊತೆ ನಟಿಸಿದ್ದು ಇದೊಂದೇ ಚಿತ್ರದಲ್ಲಿ...!! | Naadu Kanda Rajkumar Ep 104". YouTube. 22 January 2022.
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