Gandugali

{{Infobox film

| image = Gandugali.jpg

| caption = VCD cover

| director = C. H. Balaji Singh Babu

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| label1= Dialogues by

| data1 = Pal Sudarshan

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| screenplay = C. H. Balaji Singh Babu

| story = J. G. Krishna

| based_on =

| starring = Shiva Rajkumar
Nirosha
Pournami

| producer = J.G. Krishna
G. Govindu
K.C. Subramani Raju
Raghavendra

| narrator =

| music = Sadhu Kokila

| cinematography = J.G. Krishna

| editing = R. Janardhan

| studio = Jyothi Chitra

| distributor =

| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1994|12|23}}

| runtime = 113 minutes

| language = Kannada

| budget =

| gross =

| country = India

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Gandugali ({{translation|Knight}}) is a 1994 Indian Kannada-language action film directed by C. H. Balaji Singh Babu and written, co-produced by J.G. Krishna. The film stars Shiva Rajkumar and Nirosha.[http://www.supergoodmovies.com/25035/sandalwood/shivarajkumar-century-100-films-list-news-details Shivarajkumar Century - 100 Films List] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141217082320/http://www.supergoodmovies.com/25035/sandalwood/shivarajkumar-century-100-films-list-news-details |date=17 December 2014 }} The music was composed by Sadhu Kokila.

Plot

Mahesh, a kind-hearted slum dweller, lives a happy life with his friends and lover Sujatha. Mahesh clashes with Narendra due to some issues. Narendra is actually a smuggler running a smuggling business with his father Kailash. When Narendra kills Sujatha, Mahesha brutally kills Narendra, thus enraging Kailash. Kailash attacks the slum and kills Mahesh's friends, where he threatens the slum people to surrender Mahesh. Mahesh learns about this and also learns that Kailash was also responsible for his father Janardhana's death as Janardhana tried to report about Kailash's smuggling business to the authorities. Mahesh tracks down Kailash at his hideout and brutally kills him, thus avenging the death of his friends and Janardhana.

Cast

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Shiva Rajkumar as Mahesh
Nirosha as Sangeetha
Pournami as Sujatha
Rajeev as Kailash
Ravikiran as Narendra
Papamma
Saraswati
Prithviraj
Agro Chikkanna
Bank Janardhan as Sanna
King Kong
Shani Mahadevappa as Setty, shopkeeper
Sihi Kahi Chandru
K. V. Manjayya as Seth, shopkeeper
Krishne Gowda as Mahadevappa
S. Srinivas
Sathyajith as Inspector Arjun
Gurukiran as Sampath
Govindu (Prajamatha)
Subramani Raju K. C.
M. S. Karanth as emcee
Disco Shanti
Sunil Raoh
Pankaj Narayan
Baby Chaithanya
Madhu Bangarappa as himself in a cameo
Jai Jagadish as police inspector in a cameo

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Soundtrack

The soundtrack of the film was composed by Sadhu Kokila.[https://web.archive.org/web/20141029201557/http://mio.to/album/Gandugali+(1994) Songs list] The song "Ee Jodi Nodi" is inspired from the song "Amma Dekh Tera Munda" from 1994 Hindi movie Stuntman.

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| extra_column = Singer(s)

| title1 = Something Special

| extra1 = S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra

| lyrics1 =

| length1 =

| title2 = Ee Jodi Nodi

| extra2 = S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra

| lyrics2 = Sriranga

| length2 =

| title3 = Thampu Gali Maiya Soki