1978 · action · period · martial-arts
Ondanondu Kaladalli
Directed by Girish Karnad2h 36m1978
After Gandugali, a mercenary, rescues a band of soldiers, their chieftain asks him to train them in order to fight the chieftain's rival brother.
Our read: Ondanondu Kaladalli (1978) reads as a sombre, kinetic, grounded action · period · martial-arts entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, kinetic, measured action / period, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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