Pelli Kanuka

Pelli Kanuka (1960)

Wedding Gift

Bhaskar (Akkineni Nageswara Rao) and Vasanti (B. Saroja Devi) are college mates who clash when she complains to the college principal about a love letter he sent her. Later on realizing her mistake, Vasanti apologizes to him and the two fall in love. Vasanti's elder sister, Geeta (Krishna Kumari), supports the family by stitching clothes.Bhaskar rents the room upstairs in their house. He falls ill and in nursing him, Geeta falls in love with him. She confides her love to Vasanti, who decides to sacrifice her love for her the sake of her sister and convinces Bhaskar to marry Geeta. Bhaskar initially neglects Geeta. On finding out, Vasanti writes to him that their sacrifice, made for Geeta's happiness, would mean nothing unless he is a good husband to Geeta. Bhaskar relents and Geeta and he have a son. Vasanti joins them and Geeta suspects that there is something on between Bhaskar and Vasanti and makes Vasanti leave the house.

Date of release
1960-04-22
TMDB
10.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
3h 5m
Genres
Romance, Drama
Director
C. V. Sridhar

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: Kalyana Parisu

Pelli Kanuka is a 1960 Indian Telugu-language romantic drama film, produced by and directed by C. V. Sridhar. It stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Krishna Kumari and B. Saroja Devi, with music composed by A. M. Rajah. The film is a remake of Sridhar's own Tamil film Kalyana Parisu (1959). It was released on 29 April 1960, and became a commercial success.

Production

Pelli Kanuka is a remake of C. V. Sridhar's own Tamil film Kalyana Parisu (1959). Akkineni Nageswara Rao, who appeared in a supporting role in that film, portrayed the lead role in this film, while B. Saroja Devi reprised her role.

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