C/o Kancharapalem

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C/o Kancharapalem (కేరాఫ్ కంచరపాలెం, “Care of Kancharapalem”) is a 2018 Telugu slice-of-life anthology film written and directed by debutant Venkatesh Maha. It was produced by the American-based cardiologist and filmmaker Praveena Paruchuri and presented and distributed by Rana Daggubati with Suresh Productions. The film uses a cast of more than 80 non-actors, most of them from Kancharapalem, the Visakhapatnam neighbourhood where it is set. It premiered at the New York Indian Film Festival in May 2018 and released in Indian theatres on 7 September 2018.

What the story is about

Four love stories run side by side in Kancharapalem, each about a couple who break social rules for love across age, religion, caste and class, from a schoolboy’s first crush to a middle-aged bachelor’s office romance. The film follows how time and chance shape the fate of all four couples.

Cast

• Subba Rao as Raju (credited on TMDB as Kancharapalem Raju)
• Radha Bessy as Radha
• Kesava Karri as Sundaram and Nithyasri Goru as Sunitha
• Karthik Rathnam as Joseph and Praneetha Patnaik as Bhargavi
• Mohan Bhagath as Gaddam and Praveena Paruchuri as Saleema
• Kishore Kumar Polimera, Sravani Bessy, Jeswanth Muppala, Nikita, Durga Devi Datla and Shailaja Goru

Crew and music

• Writer and director: Venkatesh Maha (debut)
• Producer: Praveena Paruchuri, Paruchuri Vijaya Praveena Arts; distribution: Suresh Productions
• Music and background score: Sweekar Agasthi (album on Aditya Music)
• Cinematography: Varun Chaphekar and Aditya Javvadi; editing: Raviteja Girijala (as listed on TMDB)

Maha got the idea while visiting a friend in Kancharapalem. The film was shot over 62 days in two schedules in Kancharapalem and Bheemili. D. Suresh Babu saw it during post-production at Ramanaidu Studios and took up its distribution.

Release, box office and awards

Our record lists a running time of 151 minutes; TMDB lists a UA certificate. The Hindu called it a “small film with a large heart”, and The Times of India rated it 4/5. It collected $185,000 in its US opening weekend and about ₹7 crore worldwide by the end of its run, according to The Times of India. It won Best Critics Movie at the 2019 Zee Cine Awards Telugu and Best Film at the Critics’ Choice Festival of Indian Films, and Subba Rao won Best Actor at the Caleidoscope Indian Film Festival in Boston. It was remade in Tamil as C/o Kaadhal (2021), in Kannada as Monsoon Raaga (2022) and in Malayalam as Kadha Innuvare (2024).

Where to watch C/o Kancharapalem

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Sources: the Wikipedia article on C/o Kancharapalem and the reports it cites; TMDB for some crew credits and the certificate; our own release records.