''Kanchana Ganga'' is a 1984

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romantic drama film Romance films or movies involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion (emotion), passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typica ...

directed by V. Madhusudhana Rao and produced by

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under

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. The film stars Chandra Mohan,

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. The film is based on a novel by

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Plot

Kanchana and Ganga are friends. Kanchana wants to become a lawyer. Ganga always dreams of wealth. Kanchana is in love with Prabhakar. Kanchana discovers that Jayasimha is a murderer and sentenced to jail for two years. She starts hating Jayasimha. Ganga goes to Kanchana's home leaving her parents as they are trying to marry her off to a person who was already married. Kanchana's paternal uncle, Prabhakar's father and aunt Annapurnamma accept Prabhakar and Kanchana's marriage. Annapurnamma calls Kanchana to introduce him to her relatives. Kanchana and Ganga visit her home. There, Annapurnamma shows off her jewellery to Kanchana and Ganga and also tells them about other property details. Knowing Prabhakar's property details, Ganga wants to marry him. She molests him and tells him that she loves him. She asks him to kiss her once and tells him she will go away. Prabhakar does so and Jayasimha sees them. He tells the same to Kanchana and her paternal uncle who do not believe him. Prabhakar visits Kanchana's home where they start moving closely. Kanchana returns home and sees them. Prabhakar silently leaves for his home. Ganga tells Kanchana that Prabhakar actually loved her and goes away. Ganga calls Prabhakar and tells that Kanchana asked her to leave and she is going to the railway station. Prabhakar stops her and they go to a hotel. Where in they make love, marry the next day and go to Prabhakar's home. Prabhakar's father and aunt scold them as they understood that Ganga married Prabhakar only to become rich. Prabhakar's father tells her that his cousin Annapurnamma is the owner of all the properties and asks them to leave. Hearing the news of Prabhakar and Ganga's marriage, Kanchana's paternal uncle dies and Kanchana moves to a hostel. Prabhakar meets Mohan who was senior to him. Meanwhile Mohan sets his eyes on Ganga and gives Prabhakar a job and a house. Kanchana goes to Mohan's office for interview. Prabhakar tells her that he will recommend her for the job, but she leaves. Mohan sends Prabhakar to his branches in northern India to look into the accounts of his business and often visits Ganga in his absence and tries to molest her. Though reluctant at first, Ganga later makes love with Mohan. Jayasimha becomes an auto-rickshaw driver and tries to help Kanchana, but she rejects his help. When she is teased by rowdies, Jayasimha fights them and saves her. Jayasimha and the rowdies get arrested by police. Kanchana bails him out and they go to his home. She does first aid to him and stays there for the night. Meanwhile her hostel warden denies her entry as she styed overnight at an unknown man's house. Helpless, Kanchana goes to Jayasimha's house. He sells his auto-rickshaw and buys a taxi. Kanchana studies law with Jayasimha's help. She asks him to marry her, they marry and she becomes a lawyer. Jayasimha tells Kanchana that he is a post graduate and gold medalist and was falsely accused of murder. Mohan brings a man to Ganga and asks her to make love to him, which she rejects. Mohan tries to rape her and she kills him. Kanchana saves Ganga and all are united.

Cast

* Chandra Mohan as Prabhakar *

as Jayasimha *

as Kanchana *

as Ganga *

as Mohan *

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as Kanchana's paternal uncle * Annapoorna as Annapurnamma *

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as K. Daivadheenam * Krishnaveni as Jagadeeshwari "Jaggu" *

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as Jagadeeshwari's father * Chakravarthy as S. Velu (cameo) *

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as Police Inspector (cameo)

Soundtrack

* "Nee Tiyyani Pedavulu Andakapote Nidara Raadamma" (Lyrics:

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; Singer:

S. P. Balasubrahmanyam Sripathi Panditaradhyula Balasubrahmanyam (4 June 1946 – 25 September 2020), also referred to as SPB or SP Balu or Balu, was an Indian playback singer, television presenter, actor, music composer, dubbing artist, and film producer. He is wi ...

; Featuring Chandra Mohan and

) * "Vanita Lata Kavita" (title background song by S.P.Balasubramanyam) * "Oho Srimati Kanchana" * "O Priyatama Naa Gaganama" (Singers: S. P. Balasubramanyam and

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; Featuring Chandra Mohan and

) * "Brindavani Undi Yamuna Nadi Undi" (Lyrics:

Veturi Veturi Sundararama Murthy (29 January 1936 – 22 May 2010), known mononymously by his surname Veturi, was an Indian poet, lyricist and journalist who is popular for writing Telugu songs. His career in the Telugu cinema spanned more than four de ...

; Singer: S. P. Balasubramanyam; Featuring

)

Awards

;

Nandi Awards The Nandi Awards are the awards that recognise the excellence in Telugu cinema, Telugu theatre and Telugu television, and Lifetime achievements in Indian cinema. Presented annually by the Government of Andhra Pradesh, the award is named after ...

- 1984(in

) * Second Best Feature Film - Silver -

* Best Lyricist -

"Brindavani Undi" * Second Best Story Writer -

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 1380135 1984 films 1980s Telugu-language films Indian romantic drama films Films about women in India Indian feminist films Films based on Indian novels Films directed by V. Madhusudhana Rao Films scored by K. Chakravarthy Films based on novels by Yaddanapudi Sulochana Rani 1980s feminist films 1984 romantic drama films