Kanchana Biography

Kanchana, a beauty, who made young men fall flat for her four decades ago, with her debut film, Kadhalikka Naeramillai, was an air hostess with Indian Airlines at the age of 18, when director C.V. Sridhar spotted her. This was certainly a flight of fortune to Kanchana and her family, which was completely sunk in debts. She was a Bharathanatyam dancer. With a noble intention of helping her father get rid of the monetary hassles, Kanchana decided to make a debut onto the silver screen. The bright eyes and her charming million dollar smile - attributed to her successful career in films. She played the role of a shrewd young woman who gets angry when she finds that her sister’s father in law played by Muthuraman is after her but finally when she finally gets know he was her lover in disguise, her emotions of anger, passion, love, surprise and anguish, an appraisable performance by a newcomer. She informed that she was there to rule the audience with her remarkable performances. She was introduced to the Telugu audiences with Veerabhimanyu with Sobhan Babu, a film that was also his first. Her performances in the movies Kalyana Mandapam, Pavitra Bandam, Manchivadu have etched her persona on the minds on Telugu movie goers. Her last film was Ananda Bhairavi in Kannada, directed by Jandhyala and produced by Dwarakeesh, with Girish Karnad as co-star. Kanchana, the heroine of 150 films in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Hindi, in the 1970s was a versatile actress and has acted with all the top stars like M.G.R., Sivaji, Muthuraman, Gemini Ganesan, etc. Her memorable Tamil films include Navarathri, Athey Kangal, Bama Vijayam, Shanthi Nilayam and more which proved her a versatile actress.

Kanchana