GURTHUKOSTUNNAYI - KANCHANA

GURTHUKOSTUNNAYI - KANCHANA

 

Her original name was Vasundara. She learnt Bharata Natyam and Music. She was working as a Air Hostess, when she was discovered by the film director C. V. Sridhar. He gave the heroine role in his film Kadalikka Neramillai in 1963.

Kanchana, the heroine of 150 films in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Hindi, in the 1970s.
She is known for her Natural acting in many movies. Kanchana acted in over 150 films, in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi movies. She retired from films in the early 1980s.[1] In 2005, she was presented with the MGR award and in 2007 the ANR Swarna Kankanam award.

She was appropriately known as the Queen of the Seventies in South Indian film industry. Her performances in the movies Kalyana Mandapam, Pavitra Bandam, Manchivadu were well appreciated and recognized.[3] She played the role of Uttara in the film Veerabhimanyu (1965) along with Shobhan Babu which established her in the industry. Next year she acted in Annapurna pictures film Aatma Gowravam with veteran director K. Viswanath.

She acted with Krishna in some glamarous roles in Ave Kallu, Nenante Nene and Dharma Daata. Not only in social roles, she acted some mythological roles in pictures like Shri Krishnavataram (1967). After retirement as heroine, she acted in some goood films like Ananda Bhairavi and Shrimad Virat Veerabrahmendra Swami Charitra in 1984.

Kanchana received the MGR Award for 2003.

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