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	The film won the 1978 [[National Film Awards\|National Film Award]] for [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Kannada\|Best Feature Film in Kannada]] "For delineating the code of warrior's ethics in a medieval setting with a modern vision. The film has excellent outdoor photography, high standard of acting and an eye-catching decor" as cited by the Jury.<ref name="26thawardPDF">{{cite web\|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/26th_NFA.pdf\|title=26th National Film Awards\|publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]]\|access-date=4 October 2011}}</ref><ref name=im>[http://www.imagi-nation.com/moonstruck/clsc79.html Biography and plays of Girish Karnad]</ref> Shankar Nag received the "Best Actor : Silver Peacock Award" at the [[7th International Film Festival of India]] for his work in the film.<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EKo-DwAAQBAJ&q=iffi+girish+karnad+1979&pg=PT157\|title=Conscience of The Race\|first=BIBEKANANDA\|last=RAY\|date=5 April 2017\|publisher=Publications Division Ministry of Information & Broadcasting\|isbn=9788123026619\|via=Google Books}}</ref>		The film won the 1978 [[National Film Awards\|National Film Award]] for [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Kannada\|Best Feature Film in Kannada]] "For delineating the code of warrior's ethics in a medieval setting with a modern vision. The film has excellent outdoor photography, high standard of acting and an eye-catching decor" as cited by the Jury.<ref name="26thawardPDF">{{cite web\|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/26th_NFA.pdf\|title=26th National Film Awards\|publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]]\|access-date=4 October 2011}}</ref><ref name=im>[http://www.imagi-nation.com/moonstruck/clsc79.html Biography and plays of Girish Karnad]</ref> Shankar Nag received the "Best Actor : Silver Peacock Award" at the [[7th International Film Festival of India]] for his work in the film.<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EKo-DwAAQBAJ&q=iffi+girish+karnad+1979&pg=PT157\|title=Conscience of The Race\|first=BIBEKANANDA\|last=RAY\|date=5 April 2017\|publisher=Publications Division Ministry of Information & Broadcasting\|isbn=9788123026619\|via=Google Books}}</ref>

	The movie was released at The Guild Theatre, [[50 Rockefeller Plaza]] on 17 May 1982. [[Vincent Canby]], the chief film critic of [[The New York Times]], called the movie "that is both exotic as well as surprising in view of all the bodies on the ground at the end, sweet natured!".<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/1982/05/17/movies/from-india-once-upon-a-time.html</ref>		The movie was released at The Guild Theatre, [[50 Rockefeller Plaza]] on 17 May 1982. [[Vincent Canby]], the chief film critic of [[The New York Times]], called the movie "that is both exotic as well as surprising in view of all the bodies on the ground at the end, sweet natured!".<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/05/17/movies/from-india-once-upon-a-time.html\|title = From India 'Once Upon a Time'\|newspaper = The New York Times\|date = 17 May 1982\|last1 = Canby\|first1 = Vincent}}</ref>

	The film was subtitled into English for its American premiere on 18 October 1995 in [[Homewood Campus of Johns Hopkins University#Shriver Hall\|Shriver Hall]] at the [[Johns Hopkins University]] as part of the 1995 [[Milton S. Eisenhower Symposium]] "Framing Society : A Century of Cinema".<ref Name="Johns Hopkins Gazette">[http://pages.jh.edu/gazette/julsep95/sep1895/18sympos.html MSE Symposium Considers the Cinema at 100, 18 Sept 1995]</ref>		The film was subtitled into English for its American premiere on 18 October 1995 in [[Homewood Campus of Johns Hopkins University#Shriver Hall\|Shriver Hall]] at the [[Johns Hopkins University]] as part of the 1995 [[Milton S. Eisenhower Symposium]] "Framing Society : A Century of Cinema".<ref Name="Johns Hopkins Gazette">[http://pages.jh.edu/gazette/julsep95/sep1895/18sympos.html MSE Symposium Considers the Cinema at 100, 18 Sept 1995]</ref>
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	==Notes==		==Notes==
	In his intro scene, Gandugali is shown to be sleeping, with a casual attitude in the forests, when he is woken up by some soldiers. The way he casually talks, his lazy demeanour and his cool attitude was noted to be in [[Toshiro Mifune]] style.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/1982/05/17/movies/from-india-once-upon-a-time.html</ref> The other mercenary is played by Sunder Krishna Urs, who later became famous for his baddie roles.		In his intro scene, Gandugali is shown to be sleeping, with a casual attitude in the forests, when he is woken up by some soldiers. The way he casually talks, his lazy demeanour and his cool attitude was noted to be in [[Toshiro Mifune]] style.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/05/17/movies/from-india-once-upon-a-time.html\|title = From India 'Once Upon a Time'\|newspaper = The New York Times\|date = 17 May 1982\|last1 = Canby\|first1 = Vincent}}</ref> The other mercenary is played by Sunder Krishna Urs, who later became famous for his baddie roles.

	==Reception==		==Reception==

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{{short description|1978 Indian Kannada film by Girish Karnad}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Ondanondu Kaladalli
| image =Ondanondu Kaladalli.jpg
| caption =Poster
|native_name={{film name|Kannada|ಒಂದಾನೊಂದು ಕಾಲದಲ್ಲಿ}}| director = [[Girish Karnad]]
| producer = [[G. N. Lakshmipathy]] K. N. Narayan
| writer = Krishna Basaruru Girish Karnad
| screenplay = Krishna Basaruru Girish Karnad
| story =
| based_on = 
| starring = [[Shankar Nag]] [[Sundar Krishna Urs]] [[Padmavati Rao|Akshatha Rao]]
| narrator =
| music = [[Bhaskar Chandavarkar]]
| cinematography = [[Apurba Kishore Bir]]
| editing = P. Bhaktavatsalam
| studio = L. N. Combines
| distributor =
| released = {{film date|1978|||df=yes}}
| runtime = 137 minutes
| country = India
| language = Kannada
| budget =
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'''''Ondanondu Kaladalli''''' ({{trans|''Once Upon a Time''}}) is a 1978 Indian [[Kannada]]-language [[epic film]] co-written and directed by [[Girish Karnad]] with soundtrack by [[Bhaskar Chandavarkar]], starring [[Shankar Nag]] and [[Padmavati Rao|Akshatha Rao]] in their debut. Through this movie, [[Kavita Krishnamurthy]] started her singing career as playback singer.
The film has influences of the early [[Samurai cinema|samurai films]] of Japanese director [[Akira Kurosawa]], to whom Karnad has reportedly acknowledged his indebtedness.<ref Name="New York Times Review Article">[https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9801E1DB103BF934A25756C0A964948260 New York Times Review of Ondanondu Kaladalli, 17 May 1982]</ref>

The film won the 1978 [[National Film Awards|National Film Award]] for [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Kannada|Best Feature Film in Kannada]] "For delineating the code of warrior's ethics in a medieval setting with a modern vision. The film has excellent outdoor photography, high standard of acting and an eye-catching decor" as cited by the Jury.<ref name="26thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/26th_NFA.pdf|title=26th National Film Awards|publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]]|access-date=4 October 2011}}</ref><ref name=im>[http://www.imagi-nation.com/moonstruck/clsc79.html Biography and plays of Girish Karnad]</ref> Shankar Nag received the "Best Actor : Silver Peacock Award" at the [[7th International Film Festival of India]] for his work in the film.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EKo-DwAAQBAJ&q=iffi+girish+karnad+1979&pg=PT157|title=Conscience of The Race|first=BIBEKANANDA|last=RAY|date=5 April 2017|publisher=Publications Division Ministry of Information & Broadcasting|isbn=9788123026619|via=Google Books}}</ref>

The movie was released at The Guild Theatre, [[50 Rockefeller Plaza]] on 17 May 1982. [[Vincent Canby]], the chief film critic of [[The New York Times]], called the movie "that is both exotic as well as surprising in view of all the bodies on the ground at the end, sweet natured!".<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/1982/05/17/movies/from-india-once-upon-a-time.html</ref>

The film was subtitled into English for its American premiere on 18 October 1995 in [[Homewood Campus of Johns Hopkins University#Shriver Hall|Shriver Hall]] at the [[Johns Hopkins University]] as part of the 1995 [[Milton S. Eisenhower Symposium]] "Framing Society : A Century of Cinema".<ref Name="Johns Hopkins Gazette">[http://pages.jh.edu/gazette/julsep95/sep1895/18sympos.html MSE Symposium Considers the Cinema at 100, 18 Sept 1995]</ref>

==Plot==
{{Plot|date=February 2021}}
Gandugali ([[Shankar Nag]]) is a mercenary who comes across a band of soldiers on the trail of a couple of wounded enemy soldiers. He ends up rescuing them and is taken to their chieftain who hires him to train his soldiers to fight his brother — his enemy. While there, Gandugali befriends the son of the chieftain's eldest brother, Jayakeshi, who is consigned to tending to cattle by his uncle. Jayakeshi asks Gandugali to help him reclaim his land and reinstate him as the chief. Gandugali refuses saying he is only a mercenary and that the youngster has no money to offer.

Gandugali helps the chieftain earn minor victories against his brother, much to the envy of the chief's commander. After one battle where Gandugali manages to steal the enemy's cattle, on the day of a festival, the commander of the enemy Peramadi (Sundar Krishna Urs) ends up trapped by Gandugali and his men. Gandugali releases him saying that he did not wish to shed any blood on a festival day.

Gandugali returns to his chief with the cattle only to realise that the chief and the commander are set against him for releasing Peramadi. The chief refuses to see him and the commander assigns men to keep an eye on him. That night an attempt is made on Gandugali's life, but the men looking out kill the assassin. Gandugali is furious when he realises that men had been assigned to keep an eye on him. Gandugali also realises that now with Peramadi defeated they don't have anything to fear or any need for him. He collects his salary and leaves in anger.

On the way he is confronted by Peramadi who challenges him to a duel. After a long fight where both end up exhausted, Peramadi tells him that it was his son who was out to kill Gandugali; his chief had humiliated him for losing the cattle and being defeated by Gandugali and believes that Gandugali killed him. Peramadi swears to wipe out the whole family of the chiefs including Jayakeshi. Gandugali swears to hunt him down and kill him wherever he is if anything happens to Jayakeshi. Finally, Peramadi makes a deal with Gandugali to help him destroy the family in return for letting Jayakeshi go.

The next few days they send out a warning and a challenge to the chiefs which unites them and their armies. Slowly, Peramadi and Gandugali isolate the chiefs, first by scaring away half the army and then killing some. On the way to the final decisive battle, Peramadi tells Gandugali that if he died in the battle, he would not hold himself to the promise of sparing Jaykeshi and kill him. Gandugali, knowing that Peramadi was not be trusted, ensures that Jaykeshi is hidden.

In the final battle, they destroy the chiefs' armies and Gandugali kills the commander in a duel. Jaykeshi escapes from his hideout to fight, but holes up with some soldiers who hedge their bets on him becoming the next chief. Gandugali, having realised that Jaykeshi has escaped, comes down to the palace looking for him and ends up facing his old chief. He refuses to kill him saying that he was his servant and ate his salt, and his deal with Peramadi was only to help him get to them. The chief, however, attacks him at an opportune moment, fatally injuring him. Peramadi comes in after killing his chief (the younger brother) and kills the older chief. He sounds the bugle to signal the end of the war. Jaykeshi runs down to the palace on hearing it. On seeing Gandugali dead, he breaks down near his corpse. Peramadi comes from behind and raises his sword to kill him, but Jaykeshi escapes after being warned. Peramadi realises that Jaykeshi was crying over Gandugali and, after a change of heart, reinstates him as the chief and walks away.

==Cast==
* [[Shankar Nag]] as Gandugali
* [[Sundar Krishna Urs|Sunder Krishna Urs]] as Permadi
* [[Sundar Raj]] as Commander of Gandugali's Army
* [[Padmavati Rao|Akshatha Rao]] as Savantri
* Sushilendra Joshi as Jayakeshi
* Ajit Saldanha as Iraga, Permadi's Son
* Rekha Sabnis as Permadi's Wife
* Anil Thakkar as Kapardi
* Vasant Rao as Maranayaka

==Soundtrack==
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The title song is the only solo song in the entire movie and it is the first film song of singer Kavita Krishnamurthy.
{{Track listing
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| title1 = Ondanondu Kaaladalli
| lyrics1 = [[Chandrashekhara Kambara]]
| extra1 = [[Kavitha Krishnamurthy]]
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| title2 = Bicchugatthiya Bhantana
| lyrics2 = Chandrashekhara Kambara
| extra2 = Chorus
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}}

==Notes==
In his intro scene, Gandugali is shown to be sleeping, with a casual attitude in the forests, when he is woken up by some soldiers. The way he casually talks, his lazy demeanour and his cool attitude was noted to be in [[Toshiro Mifune]] style.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/1982/05/17/movies/from-india-once-upon-a-time.html</ref> The other mercenary is played by Sunder Krishna Urs, who later became famous for his baddie roles.

==Reception==
One of the finest films ever made, the movie has some fascinating stunt scenes, involving [[Kalaripayattu]]. With wide tracking photography, great shots of the [[Malenadu]] forests and excellent detailing, ''Ondanondu Kaladalli'' is an epic masterpiece.

==Awards==

[[26th National Film Awards]]

*[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Kannada|Best Feature Film in Kannada]] - Girish Karnad and L. N. Combines

[[Karnataka State Film Awards]]

*Best Kannada Film - 1978-79
*Best Supporting Actor – Sundar Krishna Urs
*Best Editing – P. Bhakthavathsalam
*Best Sound Recording – S. P. Ramanathan

[[Filmfare Awards South]]

*Best Film
*Best Director — Girish Karnad

[[International Film Festival of India]]

* ''Ondanondu Kaladalli'' was screened at the 7th IFFI competition section.
* ''Ondanondu Kaladalli'' was also screened at 14th IFFI Homage to Shankar Nag.

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0078030|Ondanondu Kaladalli}}

{{National Film Award Best Feature Film Kannada|state=collapsed}}
{{Girish Karnad}}

[[Category:Kannada-language films]]
[[Category:1978 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Fictional mercenaries]]
[[Category:Indian epic films]]
[[Category:Films set in ancient India]]
[[Category:Best Kannada Feature Film National Film Award winners]]
[[Category:1970s Kannada-language films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Girish Karnad]]
[[Category:Fictional samurai]]