Jenu Goodu (transl. Beehive) is a 1963 Indian Kannada language film, directed by Y. R. Swamy and produced by T. Vasanna and S. Heera. The film stars K. S. Ashwath, Udaykumar, Rajashankar and Pandari Bai in lead roles. Jayanthi and Chandrakala both made their Kannada debut with this film. The film has musical score by Vijaya Krishnamurthy.[1][2] The film was a remake of the 1954 Bengali film Bhanga Gara [3] which in turn was based on the novel Bijila by Prabhavathi Devi Saraswathi. The Bengali movie was also earlier remade in Tamil as Kula Dheivam and in Hindi as Bhabhi. Pandari Bai reprised her role in all versions except Bengali.
| Jenu Goodu | |
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| Directed by | Y. R. Swamy |
| Produced by | T. Vasanna S. Heera |
| Starring | K. S. Ashwath Udaykumar Rajashankar Pandari Bai |
| Cinematography | R. Madhu |
| Edited by | P. S. Murthy |
| Music by | Vijaya Krishnamurthy |
Production company | Sri Saraswathi Chithra |
| Distributed by | Sri Saraswathi Chithra |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Kannada |
Cast
edit- K. S. Ashwath as Raghanna
- Udaykumar as Rajanna
- Pandari Bai as Shantha
- Rajashankar as Nagaraj
- T. N. Balakrishna as a stage actor
- Narasimharaju as a stage actor
- M. N. Lakshmi Devi as Mangala
- Jayanthi as Tara
- Shivaraj
- B. K. Eshwarappa
- H. R. Shastry as Raghanna's uncle
- Suryakumar
- Chandrakala as Latha
- M. Jayashree as Sharada
- G. M. Nanjappa
- Comedian Guggu as a moneylender
- Gopi as Kittu (credited as Master Gopi)
- A. M. Shivaji
- Sorat Ashwath as Raghanna's father
- K. Seethapathi as Seethapathi, doctor
- Rathnakar as young Raghanna
- Ramabai as Kallavva
Soundtrack
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References
edit- ^ "Jenu Goodu". chiloka.com. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
- ^ "Jenu Goodu". nthwall.com. Archived from the original on 10 January 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
- ^ "Tamil cinema's bong connection". The Times of India. 23 April 2018.
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