''Bhoodana'' () is a 1962 Indian

Kannada Kannada () is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly in the state of Karnataka in southwestern India, and spoken by a minority of the population in all neighbouring states. It has 44 million native speakers, and is additionally a ...

-language film jointly directed and produced by G. V. Iyer and P.S. Gopalkrishna. The film stars Rajkumar,

Kalyan Kumar Kalyan Kumar (7 June 1928 – 1 August 1999) was an Indian actor, as well as an occasional film director and producer, who worked primarily in Kannada cinema, Kannada and Tamil cinema. Making his acting debut in the mythological drama ''Natashek ...

Udaykumar Bommasandra Srinivasaiah Suryanarayana Murthy (16 March 1933 – 26 December 1985), known professionally as Uday Kumar, was an Indian actor, writer, and film producer who worked primarily in Kannada cinema. Along with Rajkumar and Kalyan Kumar ...

, and

K. S. Ashwath Karaganahalli Subbaraya Ashwathanarayana (25 March 1925 – 18 January 2010) was an Indian veteran actor who appeared in Cinema of Karnataka, Kannada films. He appeared in over 370 films during his five-decade-long career. His memorial is in t ...

, with a musical score by G. K. Venkatesh. The film features Rajkumar,

and

in full-fledged roles together for the only time in their careers. While previously they were seen in '' Gaali Gopura'',

's role was limited to a special appearance in that film which also did not feature any sequence of all three together. Additionally, ''Bhoodana'' is the only film in which Rajkumar portrayed the father of both

and

,and the only film in which Leelavathi played Rajkumar's daughter. The theme of ''Bhoodana'' is inspired by

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

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 attem ...

and also draws from the novel ''Chomana Dudi'' by K. Shivaram Karanth. The film addresses the religious conversion of marginalized groups. S. K. Bhagavan, who worked as an assistant director on this film, revealed that the filmmakers approached Karanth to obtain the rights to ''Chomana Dudi'' for a direct adaptation. However, Karanth declined to sell the copyrights but permitted them to make a film inspired by the story. The film was remade in Tamil in 1965 as ''

Pazhani Palani or Pazhani () is a town in Dindigul district of Tamil Nadu state in India. It is located about west of Dindigul, south-east of Coimbatore, north-west of Madurai, from Kodaikanal. The Palani Murugan Temple or Arulmigu Dhandayuth ...

'' directed by A. Bhimsingh and starring

Sivaji Ganesan Villupuram. Chinnaiya Manrayar Ganesamoorthy (1 October 1928 – 21 July 2001), better known by his stage name Sivaji Ganesan, was an Indian actor and film producer. He was mainly active in Tamil cinema during the latter half of the 20th centur ...

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