''Pelli Kanuka'' () is a 1998

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-language

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, produced by Nannapaneni Anna Rao under the N. V. S. Creations banner and directed by

Kodi Ramakrishna Kodi Ramakrishna (23 July 1949 – 22 February 2019) was an Indian film director, screenwriter and actor known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema. One of the most prolific film directors of Telugu film industry, Kodi Ramakrishna has ...

. The film stars

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, Lakshmi,

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with music composed by M. M. Keeravani. The film is a remake of the 1997

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film '' Pardes''. It was Bhanumathi’s last film appearance to date.

Plot

The film begins with Savitramma, an industrialist at

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, visiting her native village after many years. Currently, she meets her old family friend Sitaramaraju's family. During her stay in the conservative, she relishes the traditional culture and love of Sitaramaraju's daughter, Ganga. Accordingly, she desires to knit Ganga with her westernized grandson, Srinivasa Prasad / Chintu. Sitaramaraju's family accepts the proposal. Savitramma knows she will have a tough time convincing her grandson to nuptial. Hence, she assigns the task to her foster son, Sagar / Airport. Sagar lands in the village ahead of Chintu to set the stage for him to meet Ganga. Chintu arrives, and he also acts offensively; sometimes intentionally, and sometimes because he has no idea of anything Indians consider rude or inappropriate. But Sagar, despite his attraction to Ganga, smoothens the way out. In his determination to help the marriage come to pass, Sagar deceives Ganga about Chintu's character and also covers his vices. After the engagement, Savitramma requests for Ganga's family to accept and Ganga proceeds to Delhi before the wedding. Ganga arrives in Delhi and is hurt to hear her traditional dress and foreign manners are despised by Chintu's parents. In her new surroundings, her only friend and confidant are Sagar and she expands an inherent bond with him. Time being, Ganga realizes Chintu's wicked shade and breaks out before Sagar. Now, when she questions Chintu about this, he misbehaves with her, and Sagar revolts on Chintu. Here, Chintu manipulates and poses Sagar as an impostor before Savitramma. So, Savitramma excludes Sagar from the house to

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. Afterward, Ganga decides to forbid the espousal and return to her village. Before leaving Chintu ploys, and takes her to Agra to show her favorite spot

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. Therein, he tries to molest her but she escapes. Parallelly, Sagar also moves for her rescue, both of them meet near the Taj Mahal and back to the village. Before they reach, Chintu falsifies Ganga's family that Ganga eloped with Sagar. Being cognizant of it, Ganga's family assaults Sagar and surrenders Ganga to Chintu. During that plight, Savitramma arrives, brings out the reality, disowns her family, and accepts Sagar as her heir. Now, she decides to go ahead with Ganga's marriage to Sagar.

Cast

as Sagar / Airport * Lakshmi as Ganga *

as Savitramma * Viren Chaudhury as Srinivasa Prasad / Chintu *

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as Bholak Singh * Mallikarjuna Rao as Sitaramaraju * Pokula Narasimha Rao as Sitaramaraju's father * John as Robert Kristopher / Ramakrishna * Chalasani Krishna Rao as Venkanna (Chintu's father) *

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as Indira * Radha Prasanthi as Lavanya (Chintu's mother) * Indu Anand as Sitaramaraju's wife

Soundtrack

The music was composed by

M.M. Keeravani Koduri Marakathamani Keeravani (born 4 July 1961; credited as M. M. Keeravani) is an Indian film composer, playback singer, and lyricist, who predominantly works in Telugu cinema along with other languages including Hindi, Tamil, Kannada, and Ma ...

with lyrics by Sirivennela Sitarama Sastry. The music was released on T Series Music Company.

Awards

Nandi Award for Best Female Comedian The Nandi Award 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 awa ...

(in

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References

External links

{{Posani Krishna Murali 1998 films 1990s Telugu-language films Indian romantic drama films 1998 romantic drama films Films directed by Kodi Ramakrishna Films scored by M. M. Keeravani Films set in Delhi Films shot in Delhi Films set in Uttar Pradesh Films shot in Uttar Pradesh Telugu remakes of Hindi films