Gandondu Hennaru

Gandondu Hennaru (pronunciation^ⓘ transl. One man and six women)^[1] is a 1969 Indian Kannada-language film, directed and produced by B. R. Panthulu. The film stars Rajkumar, Bharathi Vishnuvardhan, Narasimharaju and Mynavathi. The film has musical score by T. G. Lingappa.^[2][3] The movie was remade in Tamil in 1972 as Raman Thediya Seethai.

Gandondu Hennaru
Directed by	B. R. Panthulu
Written by	M. Ramachandra
Screenplay by	Padmini Pictures Katha Vibhaga
Produced by	B. R. Panthulu
Starring	Rajkumar Bharathi Vishnuvardhan Narasimharaju Mynavathi
Cinematography	A. Shanmugam P. L. Nagappa G. K. Ramu
Edited by	R. Devarajan
Music by	T. G. Lingappa
Production company	Padmini Pictures
Distributed by	Padmini Pictures
Release date	15 March 1969 (1969-03-15)
Running time	155 min
Country	India
Language	Kannada

Plot

A man visits a happy elderly couple who advise him that a wife must have 6 good qualities. These qualities help her build a happy family. He searches for a woman with those qualities. After being tricked and turned around, he finds his soulmate and returns to get the blessings of the elderly couple.

Cast

• Rajkumar as Anand Rao
• Bharathi Vishnuvardhan as Veena / Malathi
• Narasimharaju as Dikki
• Mynavathi as Seetha
• T. N. Balakrishna
• Ramadevi
• Dinesh
• Premalatha
• H. R. Shastry as Shankara Bhat
• Renuka
• Hanumanthachar
• Suguna
• P. Gundu Rao
• Muguru Jejamma
• Ganapathi Bhat as Mahadevaiah
• Nagappa
• Comedian Guggu
• B. R. Panthulu
• Puttaswamy
• Narayana Rao
• M. P. Shankar as Kodanda
• Ranganath
• Siddaramaiah

Soundtrack

T. G. Lingappa composed all the tracks. All songs became hits.

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Beladingalagi Bande"	G. V. Iyer	P. B. Srinivas, S. Janaki
2.	"Kaarina Samyora"	G. V. Iyer	L. R. Eswari
3.	"Bande Nee Bande"	Vijayanaarasimha	P. B. Srinivas
4.	"Bangara Nota Balina Thota"	Vijayanaarasimha	L. R. Eswari, P. B. Srinivas
5.	"Muttabeda Maathadabeda"	Vijayanaarasimha	Bangalore Latha, P. Nageswara Rao
6.	"Karyeshu Dasi"	Sanskrit verse	P. Leela

Reception

The movie saw a theatrical run for more than 100 days and ran over 125 days in STATES theater Bangalore.