Gandhada Gudi

<p>This movie is about honest forest officer Kumar, whose upright dutiful nature wrt. forest conservation against poachers like Anand, Raja Venkatappa Nayaka etc. cause many problems to his personal and professional life, and how he face them. The film has brilliant cinematography of the Nagarhole and Bandipur forest in Mysore which is the seat of the royal family of Karnataka. The entire cast has given excellent dimensions to their role. 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. The incident caused trauma for Vishnuvardhan who got death threats from Rajkumar fans. Despite this, both Rajkumar and Vishuvardhan remained on good terms afterwards. Music for the film and soundtracks were composed by the duo . The title song, filmed on and is still popular among the Kannadigas. The song can be heard even today on any festival or function in . The sequel to Gandhada Gudi had Shiva Rajkumar in the role of a forest officer who is posted in the same forest where his father has created a history. His character now has to carry his father’s mission and protect the forest. Many considered the sequel to be a disappointment when compared to the legacy of the original. It was the first Indian movie made on the concept of protection of forests and wildlife conservation. It is the only movie in which and appeared together. The film was seen as a milestone in the career of Rajkumar and also his 150th movie. The movie became a and saw a theatrical run of 25 weeks. This movie was reported to be the first mainstream Indian film on forest conservation. It was the time when – 1973 Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora was signed. aimed to reduce the economic incentive to poach endangered species and destroy their habitat by closing off the international market.The movie was praised for portraying the rich bio diversity of the state of . The film was remade in Hindi in 1979 as . It was dubbed in Malayalam in 1974 as . The success of this film prompted to work on a script based on the forest backdrop leading to the 1977 Telugu movie . The success of led to a sequel in 1995 titled starring . The film which speaks about the preservation of forests inspired other Kannada films – , and .</p>