Kanchanamala Cable TV is a 2005 Indian Telugu-language comedy film directed by Pardha Sarathi and starring Srikanth and newcomer Lakshmi Rai.
Cast
Srikanth as Sudarshan, the founder of Kanchanamala Cable TV in Juvvalapalem Lakshmi Rai as Sireesha, who pretends to be Sudarshan's nephew Kanchanamala Tanikella Bharani as the criminal lawyer Satyanarayana as Kanchanamala's father Annapurna as Kanchanamala's mother Sunil as Sudarshan's assistant Sivaji Raja as Sudarshan's assistant Preeti as Sudarshan's assistant Krishna Bhagavaan M. S. Narayana Raghu Babu Brahmanandam Ali Venu Madhav Kondavalasa Bandla Ganesh Sarika Ramachandra Rao Rama Lakshmanulu Harika Lavanya Deepanjali Manoja Allari Subhashini Rajitha Bharani as Criminal lawyer
Production Director Pardha Sarathi made his directorial debut with this film. The film was shot in Koduru and Poduru villages. The film's shoot was almost completed in June 2005.
Soundtrack Anand fame K.M. Radha Krishnan composed the film's songs. The lyrics were written by Chandrabose, Veturi and Sahithi. Three were shot near Palakol and two in Kerala. Hindustan Times called the soundtrack "an all-round album".
"Kanchanamala" – Sandeep, Srikanth, Lalitha Sagar "Kantlo Kaaveri" – Karthik, Harini "Krishna Kolatalu" – Shankar Mahadevan, Kalpana "Nadiridinna" – Shankar Mahadevan, Kalpana "O Neelaveni" – SPB, Chitra "Saiyya Ante" – Lalitha Sagar
Release A critic from The Hindu opined that "The storyline is water thin but the director turns it into a neat film. One can happily watch with family". Jeevi of Idlebrain said that "On a whole Kanchanamala Cable TV disappoints". Sify said that "On the whole Kanchanamala Cable TV lacks story, logic and moves at snail pace". A critic from Webindia wrote that "Parthasarathy shows good taste in the visuals but he should understand that the plot is predominant and comedy cannot replace it".
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