Kanchana Ganga (2004 film)

Kanchana Ganga is a 2004 Kannada-language romantic drama film directed and written by Rajendra Singh Babu and produced by Vijayalakshmi Singh, Dushyant Singh and Jai Jagadish. The film stars Shiva Rajkumar and Sridevi Vijaykumar along with Jai Jagadish, Parvin Dabbas, Sumalatha and Arjun in other pivotal roles. The film was the last work of veteran cinematographer B. C. Gowrishankar who died before the release of the film.

The film featured original score and soundtrack composed and written by S. A. Rajkumar. The film received the Karnataka State Award for best Costume design special award for the year 2004–05.

Cast

 * Shiva Rajkumar as Soorya
 * Sridevi Vijaykumar as Urmila
 * Jai Jagadish
 * Arjun (Firoz Khan)
 * Sumalatha
 * Parvin Dabbas
 * Sadhu Kokila
 * Raju Ananthaswamy
 * Chaitra
 * Neelam

Soundtrack
The music was composed by S. A. Rajkumar and the audio was sold on Ashwini Audio label. A popular title song from the film Naa Ninna Mareyalare was reused in the soundtrack.

Critical reception
Indiaglitz wrote "Kanchanaganga" is certainly not the usual love story, but at the same time it cannot be bracketed with unusual films. Director S.V. Rajendra Singh has focused more on telling the story in a way that may appeal to a large section of audience.". Viggy wrote "Kanchanaganga is worth watching if you are not particular about realism. A must watch film of Shivarajkumar fans and for those who wants to see splendid Kulu-Manali at its best!". Indiainfo wrote "Music by Rajkumar is just about okay and has nothing new to offer though the picturisation of the songs are good indeed. What needs to be mentioned most is late Gourishankar's photography. The camera work is simply amazing and is the highlight of the film. In short, Kanchanaganga has nothing novel to offer and fails to 'entertain' the audience".