Kanchana Ganga is a 2004 Kannada-language romantic drama film directed and written by Rajendra Singh Babu and produced by Vijayalakshmi Singh, Dushyant Singh and Jai Jagadish. The film stars Shiva Rajkumar and Sridevi Vijaykumar along with Jai Jagadish, Parvin Dabbas, Sumalatha and Arjun in other pivotal roles. The film was the last work of veteran cinematographer B. C. Gowrishankar who died before the release of the film.
| Kanchana Ganga | |
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 VCD cover | |
| Directed by | Rajendra Singh Babu |
| Written by | Rajendra Singh Babu |
| Produced by | Vijaylakshmi Singh Dushyant Singh Jai Jagadish |
| Starring | Shiva Rajkumar Sridevi Vijaykumar Jai Jagadish Sumalatha |
| Cinematography | B. C. Gowrishankar |
| Edited by | S. Manohar |
| Music by | S. A. Rajkumar |
Production company | Lakshmi Creations |
Release date |
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Running time | 149 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Kannada |
The film featured original score and soundtrack composed and written by S. A. Rajkumar. The film received the Karnataka State Award for best Costume design special award for the year 2004–05.[1]
Cast
edit- Shiva Rajkumar as Soorya
- Sridevi Vijaykumar as Urmila
- Jai Jagadish
- Arjun (Firoz Khan)
- Sumalatha
- Parvin Dabbas
- Sadhu Kokila
- Raju Ananthaswamy
- Chaitra
- Neelam
Soundtrack
editThe music was composed by S. A. Rajkumar and the audio was sold on Ashwini Audio label. A popular title song from the film Naa Ninna Mareyalare was reused in the soundtrack.[2]
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Prema Prema" | R. N. Jayagopal | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | |
| 2. | "Prema Prema" | R. N. Jayagopal | Sujatha | |
| 3. | "Kill You" | Kaviraj | Shankar Mahadevan | |
| 4. | "Aishwarya Aishwarya" | Kaviraj | Tippu | |
| 5. | "Noorondu Chooragi" | K. Kalyan | Sadhana Sargam | |
| 6. | "Sooryana Kirana" | K. Kalyan | Sonu Nigam, Vaishali | |
| 7. | "Ninna Mareyalare (remix)" | K. Kalyan | Udit Narayan, Mahalakshmi Iyer |
Critical reception
editViggy wrote "Kanchanaganga is worth watching if you are not particular about realism. A must watch film of Shivarajkumar fans and for those who wants to see splendid Kulu-Manali at its best!".[3] Indiainfo wrote "Music by Rajkumar is just about okay and has nothing new to offer though the picturisation of the songs are good indeed. What needs to be mentioned most is late Gourishankar's photography. The camera work is simply amazing and is the highlight of the film. In short, Kanchanaganga has nothing novel to offer and fails to 'entertain' the audience".[4]
References
edit- ^ Karnataka State Film Awards 2003-04 Archived 31 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Kanchanaganga (2004) songs
- ^ "'Kanchanaganga' film review - a film of Shivarajkumar directed by Rajendra Singh Babu".
- ^ "Review of Kanchanaganga". Indiainfo. 11 January 2005. Archived from the original on 13 January 2005. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
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