Kanchu Kota

Kanchu Kota
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	C. S. Rao
Produced by	U. Visweswara Rao
Written by	Tripuraneni Maharadhi (story / dialogues)
Screenplay by	C. S. Rao
Starring	N. T. Rama Rao Kanta Rao Savitri Devika
Music by	K. V. Mahadevan
Cinematography	G. K. Ramu
Edited by	R. Hanumantha Rao
Production company	Viswashanti Productions[1]
Release date	22 March 1967 (1967-03-22) [2]
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Kanchu Kota (English: Bronze Fort) is a 1967 Telugu swashbuckling fantasy film, produced by U. Visweswara Rao under the Viswashanti Productions banner^[3] and directed by C. S. Rao.^[4] It stars N. T. Rama Rao, Kanta Rao, Savitri and Devika in the lead roles,^[5] with music composed by K. V. Mahadevan.^[6][7]

Plot

Due to the demise of King Rajendra Bhupathi (Chittor V. Nagaiah) of Bhallamma kingdom, evil forces become active and create unrest. Robbers devastated Chandragiri overnight. Surendra (N. T. Rama Rao) a noble, brave person became furious about this and says that the government is responsible for all this and goes to meet the new king Vijayendra Bhupathi (Udaya Kumar). On the way, he gets acquainted with Jayanthi (Devika), a lone lady who lives in forest and they fall in love at first sight. Narendra (Kanta Rao) is the prince of Bhallamma, with his help, Surendra enters the courtyard and questions the King about his inefficiency. The King and Mahamantri Bhairavacharya (Dhulipala) appreciate Surendra's concern on the welfare of the people and ask him to take up a job in the King’s court. Surendra's mother Rajeshwari Devi (Santha Kumari) did not like this proposal, but finally agrees on the assurance of Narendra. In the palace, Surendra comes in contact with Madhavi (Savitri), daughter of Mahamantri Bhairavacharya and fiancé of Narendra. She is attracted towards him and feels that Surendra is also loving her. Meanwhile, knowing that Suryagiri is being attacked by robbers, Surendra rescues that village, where he again meets Jayanti and brings her to the fort. Noticing an unknown person, Surendra follows him up to a cave, where to his astonishment, he sees King Vijayendra Bhupathi. While returning on his way, to his surprise, he notices Madhavi praying to Goddess Devi secretly. To clear his doubts, he goes to Madhavi, who takes him inside of a cave where the main deity is. Surendra suspects that the main secret behind the unrest in the kingdom lies in the fort and starts searching for it. He says to Madhavi that he will talk about this to Mahamantri Bhairavacharya. Madhavi mistakes his words that he is going to tell his father about their love. So in a happy mood, she tells it to Jayanti, when she realizes that Madhavi’s love interest is in Surendra, she leaves that place. Bhairavacharya is angry about this, because her alliance is fixed with Narendra and orders Madhavi not to think about Surendra.

Once Surendra suspects and goes into the king's bedroom where he is not present and immediately he rushes to the cave front where he sees Vijayendra Bhupathi sleeping. Narendra also peeps into the cave, but he didn’t find anything. Surendra warns Narendra not to come there alone. Surendra decided to chase the mystery behind Kanchu Kota. At midnight, through Madhavi's bedroom, he reaches the inside of a cave where the deity is. In the process of searching, he suddenly falls into the basement when he notices a lot of wealth hidden. Finally, he reaches the courtyard. Now Surendra understands the secret places of Kanchu Kota. Meanwhile, Narendra, out of curiosity, goes alone to the secret cave and finds an unknown person, that man while escaping wants to kill Narendra, so, he plans and writes a letter as if Surendra had written, calling him to Madhuvanam. Narendra believes it and goes to Madhuvanam. He was beaten tooth and nail. Meanwhile, Surendra also reads the letter, he too reaches there and is about to kill the unknown person, then he pleads to Surendra to listen to his story. At the same time, Narendra awakes, the King makes him believe that Surendra tried to kill him and guards rescued him, then Narendra develops an animosity towards Surendra. The rest of the story is, what happens to both good friends and what is the previous history that is the cause of the present unrest?

Cast

Crew

• Art: S. Krishna Rao
• Choreography: Chinni-Sampath
• Story - Dialogues: Tripuraneni Maharadhi
• Lyrics: C. Narayana Reddy, Acharya Aatreya, Aarudhra, Dasaradhi, Kosaraju, U. Visweswara Rao, Tripuraneni Maharadhi
• Playback: Ghantasala, P. Susheela, S. Janaki, Jamuna Rani, L. R. Eswari, Pithapuram, Chakravarthy
• Music: K. V. Mahadevan
• Editing: R. Hanumantha Rao
• Cinematography: G. K. Ramu
• Producer: U. Visweswara Rao
• Screenplay - Director: C. S. Rao
• Banner: Viswashanti Productions
• Release Date: 22 March 1967

Soundtrack

Music composed by K. V. Mahadevan. Music released by Audio Company.

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