Pelli Kanuka (1960 film)

Pelli Kanuka
Directed by	C. V. Sridhar
Produced by	S.Krishnamurthy T. Govindarajan Sridhar
Written by	Acharya Atreya (dialogues)
Story by	C. V. Sridhar
Starring	Akkineni Nageswara Rao Krishna Kumari B. Saroja Devi Jaggayya
Music by	A. M. Rajah
Cinematography	A. Vincent
Edited by	N. M. Shankar
Production company	Venus Pictures
Distributed by	Venus Pictures
Release dates	22 April 1960
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Pelli Kanuka (translation: Wedding Gift) is a 1960 Telugu romantic drama film directed by C. V. Sridhar. The film stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Krishna Kumari, B. Saroja Devi and Jaggayya in the lead roles. The music was composed by A. M. Rajah. The film is a remake of 1959 Tamil film Kalyana Parisu. A triangular love story, the film is about a young man who rents a house near his girlfriend, but the girl's elder sister is not aware of their romance. She subsequently falls for the man and wishes to marry him, so her younger sister decides to sacrifice her love, unknown to the former. The comedy track between Relangi Venkata Ramaiah and Girija became popular and was remade with Brahmanandam and Kovai Sarala.

Cast

• Akkineni Nageswara Rao as Bhaskar
• Krishna Kumari as Geeta
• B. Saroja Devi as Vasanti
• Jaggayya as Raghu
• Gummadi Venkateswara Rao
• Relangi Venkata Ramaiah as Satyam
• Girija as Kantam
• K. Malathi as Geeta's mother
• Master Babu as Geeta's son

Production

The film was a remake of Kalyana Parisu (1959) from Tamil. Akkineni played the role of Jagayya in Tamil. A. M. Raja provided music for both the versions. Krishnakumari played the role of Vijayakumari and Relangi played the role of Thangavelu.

External links

• Pelli Kanuka at IMDb