Jenu Goodu

Jenu Goodu (pronunciation^ⓘ 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 made their Kannada debuts with this film. The musical score was composed by Vijaya Krishnamurthy.^[1][2]

Jenu Goodu
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
Release date	1963 (1963)
Country	India
Language	Kannada

The film is a remake of the 1954 Bengali film Bhanga Gara, ^[3] which was based on the novel Bijila by Prabhavathi Devi Saraswathi. The Bengali film was also remade in Tamil as Kula Dheivam and in Hindi as Bhabhi. Pandari Bai reprised her role in the Tamil and Hindi versiona, but not in the Bengali original.

Cast

• 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