:Kanchana Ganga (2004 film)
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{{Infobox film
| name = Kanchana Ganga
| image = Kanchana Ganga (2004 film).jpg
| caption = VCD cover
| director = Rajendra Singh Babu
| writer = Rajendra Singh Babu
| starring = Shiva Rajkumar
Sridevi Vijaykumar
Jai Jagadish
Sumalatha
| producer = Vijaylakshmi Singh
Dushyant Singh
Jai Jagadish
| music = S. A. Rajkumar
| cinematography = B. C. Gowrishankar
| editing = S. Manohar
| studio = Lakshmi Creations
| released = {{film date|df=yes|2004|12|24}}
| runtime = 149 minutes
| language = Kannada
| country = India
| budget =
}}
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.
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.[http://wiki.gandhadagudi.com/index.php?title=Karnataka_State_Film_Awards_2003-04 Karnataka State Film Awards 2003-04] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141231085112/http://wiki.gandhadagudi.com/index.php?title=Karnataka_State_Film_Awards_2003-04 |date=31 December 2014 }}
Cast
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- Shiva Rajkumar as Soorya
- Sridevi Vijaykumar as Urmila
- Jai Jagadish
- Arjun (Firoz Khan)
- Sumalatha
- Parvin Dabbas
- Sadhu Kokila
- Raju Ananthaswamy
- Chaitra
- Neelam
}}
Production
The filming was held at Kulu-Manali, Chennai, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Mysore and Madikeri.{{cite web|url=http://musicindiaonline.com/n/i/kannada/340/|date=22 November 2004|title=New look Shivraj in 'Kanchanaganga'|website=Music India Online|access-date=4 May 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041127222711/http://musicindiaonline.com/n/i/kannada/340/|archive-date=27 November 2004}}
Soundtrack
The 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.[https://web.archive.org/web/20140830071401/http://mio.to/album/Kanchanaganga+%282004%29 Kanchanaganga (2004) songs]
{{track listing
| headline = Track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| title1 = Prema Prema
| extra1 = S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
| lyrics1 = R. N. Jayagopal
| length1 =
| title2 = Prema Prema
| extra2 = Sujatha
| lyrics2 = R. N. Jayagopal
| length2 =
| title3 = Kill You
| extra3 = Shankar Mahadevan
| lyrics3 = Kaviraj
| length3 =
| title4 = Aishwarya Aishwarya
| extra4 = Tippu
| lyrics4 = Kaviraj
| length4 =
| title5 = Noorondu Chooragi
| extra5 = Sadhana Sargam
| lyrics5 = K. Kalyan
| length5 =
| title6 = Sooryana Kirana
| extra6 = Sonu Nigam, Vaishali
| lyrics6 = K. Kalyan
| length6 =
| title7 = Ninna Mareyalare (remix)
| extra7 = Udit Narayan, Mahalakshmi Iyer
| lyrics7 = K. Kalyan
| length7 =
}}
Critical reception
Viggy 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!".{{Cite web|url=http://www.viggy.com/english/review_kanchanaganga.asp|title = 'Kanchanaganga' film review - a film of Shivarajkumar directed by Rajendra Singh Babu}} 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".{{cite web|url=http://movies.indiainfo.com/southern-spice/reviews/kanchanaganga.html|title=Review of Kanchanaganga|website=Indiainfo|access-date=14 July 2024|date=11 January 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050113121748/http://movies.indiainfo.com/southern-spice/reviews/kanchanaganga.html|archive-date=13 January 2005}} Deccan Herald wrote "The film has all the commercial elements like action, romance and comedy scenes. The story is not new. But it takes takes an interesting turn when Surya’s ‘past’ is revealed and Rahul’s character is introduced and when the latter’s motives are disclosed in the second half. Surya’s childhood story seems to be far from reality. Shivaraj, in a different get-up, is as usual at his best. Debutante actress Sridevi has put in a good effort. But same cannot be said about model Praveen Dabas.
S A Rajkumar has scored the music. The song — Premaprema endare entha sambhrama is melodius. Camerawork by late B C Gowrishankar, particularly in Kulu and Manali and the song Na ninna marelayare (Remixed version) is really good".{{cite web|url=http://deccanherald.com/deccanherald/dec262004/mr3.asp|first=S. N.|last=Deepak|website=Deccan Herald|access-date=16 March 2025|date=26 December 2004|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041229190708/http://deccanherald.com/deccanherald/dec262004/mr3.asp|archive-date=29 December 2004|title=Kanchanaganga}}
References
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External links
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Category:2000s Kannada-language films
Category:Indian romantic drama films
Category:Films directed by Rajendra Singh Babu
Category:2004 romantic drama films
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