Kanchana Ganga (2004 film)

Kanchana Ganga
Directed byRajendra Singh Babu
Written byRajendra Singh Babu
Produced byVijaylakshmi Singh
Dushyant Singh
Jai Jagadish
StarringShiva Rajkumar
Sridevi Vijaykumar
Jai Jagadish
Sumalatha
CinematographyB. C. Gowrishankar
Edited byS. Manohar
Music byS. A. Rajkumar
Production
company
Lakshmi Creations
Release date
  • 24 December 2004 (2004-12-24)
Running time
149 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada

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.[1]

Cast

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.[2]

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Prema Prema"R. N. JayagopalS. P. Balasubrahmanyam 
2."Prema Prema"R. N. JayagopalSujatha 
3."Kill You"KavirajShankar Mahadevan 
4."Aishwarya Aishwarya"KavirajTippu 
5."Noorondu Chooragi"K. KalyanSadhana Sargam 
6."Sooryana Kirana"K. KalyanSonu Nigam, Vaishali 
7."Ninna Mareyalare (remix)"K. KalyanUdit Narayan, Mahalakshmi Iyer 

Critical reception

Indiaglitz wrote "Kanchanaganga" is certainly not the usual love story, but at the same time it cannot be bracketed with unusual films. Director S.V. Rajendra Singh has focused more on telling the story in a way that may appeal to a large section of audience.".[3] 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!".[4] 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".[5]

References

  1. ^ Karnataka State Film Awards 2003-04 Archived 31 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Kanchanaganga (2004) songs
  3. ^ Movie review
  4. ^ "'Kanchanaganga' film review - a film of Shivarajkumar directed by Rajendra Singh Babu".
  5. ^ "Review of Kanchanaganga". Indiainfo. 11 January 2005. Archived from the original on 13 January 2005. Retrieved 14 July 2024.