Kanku (1969)
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Based on a short story by Pannalal Patel, the film depicts the life struggles of a widow named Kanku.
- Date of release
- 1969-01-01
- TMDB
- 9.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 2h 28m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Kantilal Rathod
Casting
Interesting facts
Kanku is a 1969 Gujarati social drama film, starring Kishore Bhatt, Kishore Jariwala, Pallavi Mehta, directed and produced by Kantilal Rathod. The film deals with struggles of a widow, Kanku. The film was adapted from Pannalal Patel's short story of the same name. The film won National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Gujarati at the 17th National Film Awards.
Production
Gujarati writer Pannalal Patel had written a 20-pages long short story Kanku in 1936 for Diwali Special edition of Nav-Saurashtra magazine. Kantilal Rathod contacted him and convinced him to adapt it into film. Patel also helped him writing script and dialogues of the film.
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