Kanku
Sign in to saveKanku is a 1969 Gujarati social drama film, starring Kishore Bhatt, Kishore Jariwala, Pallavi Mehta, directed and produced by Kantilal Rathod. The film deals with struggles of a widow, Kanku. The film was adapted from Pannalal Patel's short story of the same name. The film won National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Gujarati at the 17th National Film Awards.
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9.0Based on a short story by Pannalal Patel, the film depicts the life struggles of a widow named Kanku.
Released: 1969-01-01148 minDir: Kantilal RathodDrama
Cast
- Arvind Joshi
- Kishore Jariwala
- Kishore Bhatt
- Pallavi Mehta
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Key dates
- Published
- 1969
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- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- India
- Original language
- Gujarati
- Narrative location
- Gujarat
- Duration
- +148
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- Pannalal Patel
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10 sectionsContents
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- Soundtrack
- Release
- Reception
- Accolades
- Adaptation
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Kanku is a 1969 Gujarati social drama film, starring Kishore Bhatt, Kishore Jariwala, Pallavi Mehta, directed and produced by Kantilal Rathod. The film deals with struggles of a widow, Kanku. The film was adapted from Pannalal Patel's short story of the same name. The film won National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Gujarati at the 17th National Film Awards.
==Plot== The film is set in rural north Gujarat. Kanku marries Khumo and their marriage life is happy. Khumo dies at young age while Kanku is pregnant. She is a widow in grief but waits for birth of her son Hiriyo. When Hiriyo is born, she spends most of her time in raising him. Many prospective males proposes remarriage but she declines and does farming and raising his son in struggles of poverty.