''Bhoodana'' is a 1962 Indian Kannada-language film jointly directed and produced by

G. V. Iyer Ganapathi Venkataramana Iyer (3 September 1917 – 21 December 2003) was a well-known Indian film director and actor. He was nicknamed "Kannada Bheeshma", and was the only person who made films in Sanskrit. His film ''Adi Shankaracharya'' (1983 ...

and P.S. Gopalkrishna. The film stars Rajkumar, Kalyan Kumar, Udaykumar and K. S. Ashwath. The film has musical score by G. K. Venkatesh. 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 ''Gaali Gopura'' is a 1962 Kannada-language film directed and produced by B. R. Panthulu. The film starred Rajkumar, Kalyan Kumar, Leelavathi and R. Nagendra Rao. Actor Udaya Kumar made a brief guest appearance. Acclaimed director Puttanna Kan ...

'', 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. This is also the only movie where Leelavathi played the role of Rajkumar's daughter. The theme of the movie was based on

Vinoba Bhave Vinayak Narahari, also known as Vinoba Bhave (; 11 September 1895 – 15 November 1982), was an Indian advocate of nonviolence and human rights. Often called ''Acharya'' (Sanskrit teacher), he is best known for the Bhoodan Movement. He is cons ...

Bhoodan movement The Bhoodan movement (Land Gift movement), also known as the Bloodless Revolution, was a voluntary land reform movement in India. It was initiated by Gandhian Vinoba Bhave in 1951 at Pochampally village, Pochampally The Bhoodan movement attempted ...

and also takes its inspiration from the novel ''Chomana Dudi'' by

K. Shivaram Karanth Kota Shivaram Karanth (10 October 1902 – 9 December 1997), also abbreviated as K. Shivaram Karanth, was an Indian polymath, who was a novelist in Kannada language, playwright and an ecological conservationist. Ramachandra Guha called him ...

. The movie also speaks about the religious conversion of the marginalized.

S. K. Bhagavan S is the nineteenth letter of the English alphabet. S may also refer to: History * an Anglo-Saxon charter's number in Peter Sawyer's, catalogue Language and linguistics * Long s (ſ), a form of the lower-case letter s formerly used where "s ...

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.

A. Bhimsingh A. Bhimsingh or Bhim Singh (1924–1978) was an Indian filmmaker who worked predominantly in Tamil cinema. Apart from Tamil, he made films in other languages that include 18 films in Hindi, 8 films in Telugu, 5 films in Malayalam and 1 film in ...

remade the movie in Tamil in 1965 as '' Pazhani'' starring Sivaji Ganesan.

Cast

* Rajkumar as Dasanna * Kalyan Kumar as Lachha * Udaykumar as Rama *

as Landlord Laxmipathy * K. S. Ashwath * Narasimharaju * Balakrishna *

H. R. Shastry Halebeedu Ramachandra Shastry (2 November 1905 – 12 December 1976), was an Indian actor and dubbing artist known for his work in Kannada cinema. In his career spanning more than 40 years, Shastry played a variety of supporting roles. He is not ...

*Veerabhadrappa *Bharadwaj *Kupparaj *Mahalinga Bhagavathar *Narayanaswamy *Murthy * Leelavathi * Advani Lakshmi Devi *Shakunthala * Vijayakumari *Jayalakshmi

References

External links

* * 1962 films 1960s Kannada-language films Films scored by G. K. Venkatesh Films directed by G. V. Iyer Kannada films remade in other languages {{1960s-Kannada-film-stub