Bahaddur Gandu

Bahaddur Gandu
Directed by	A. V. Sheshagiri Rao
Produced by	Srikanth Nahata Srikanth Patel
Screenplay by	Chi. Udaya Shankar
Starring	Rajkumar Jayanthi Balakrishna Aarathi Dwarakish Vajramuni
Music by	M. Ranga Rao
Cinematography	S. V. Srikanth
Edited by	S. P. N. Krishna T. P. Velayudham
Production company	Srikanth & Srikanth Enterprises
Release dates	1976
Running time	141 minutes
Country	India
Language	Kannada

Bahaddur Gandu (Kannada: ಬಹದ್ದೂರ್ ಗಂಡು), is a 1976 Indian Kannada language feature film directed by A. V. Sheshagiri Rao, starring Rajkumar, Jayanthi, Aarathi and Vajramuni in lead roles. Bahaddur Gandu, which means "Brave Man", was inspired by Dilip Kumar starrer Aan (1952).

Plot

Rajkumar plays an upright Panju, who stays in Bankapura with his mother. Due to evil policies of crown prince Vajramuni and princess Jayanti, Panju and villagers are at the risk of losing their lands. When much pleading does not work, Panju leads farmers agitation to the palace, where he is captured, put to jail and tortured. Panju escapes from the prison, kidnaps Jayanti to his village to teach her civic norms and show her the harsh realities normal people face each day. He gets the entire village relocated across adjoining river, so that royal soldiers cannot trace them. He is able to turn the princess to appreciate the normal way-of-life, but faces the wrath of Palace and administration. Can he turn the tides and win his biggest battle? The film also stars Arathi as a village girl who is in love with Panju, but before anything could occur she is killed by Vajramuni as she opposed his advances.

Cast

• Rajkumar as Panju
• Aarathi
• Jayanthi
• Balakrishna
• Vajramuni
• Dwarakish
• Rajashankar
• Toogudeepa Srinivas
• Rajanand
• Joker Shyam
• Shani Mahadevappa
• Venkataraju
• Kunigal Ramnath
• B. Jaya

Soundtrack

Bahaddur Gandu
Soundtrack album by M. Ranga Rao
Released	1976
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Length	19:39
Label	Saregama

M. Ranga Rao composed the soundtrack, and lyrics were written by Chi. Udaya Shankar. The album consists of five soundtracks.

Tracklist
No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Maanavanaaguveya"	Chi. Udaya Shankar	Rajkumar	4:16
2.	"Alle Nillu"	Chi. Udaya Shankar	P. B. Sreenivas, S. Janaki	3:48
3.	"Muthinantha Mathondu"	Chi. Udaya Shankar	Rajkumar	4:28
4.	"Gandu Endare Gandu"	Chi. Udaya Shankar	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	3:56
5.	"Hey Ninagagiye"	Chi. Udaya Shankar	Rajkumar	3:11
Total length:				19:39

External links

• Bahaddur Gandu at IMDb