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Rachakonda Kanchana (born 16 August 1939) is a noted actress of the 1960s and 1970s. She acted in all four South Indian languages: Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, and Malayalam. She has also acted in Hindi films as well.She was born as Vasundhara Devi in a wealthy family originally from Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh. They moved to Madras (present Chennai) in Tamil Nadu, where Kanchana was born.She learnt Bharata Natyam and Music.

Kanchana is a former actress of south Indian movies who was active in the decades of 1960’s and 1970’s. She has acted in all south Indian languages as well as a few Hindi films and has worked in more than 150 movies. She was born as Vasundhara Devi in Chennai on August 16, 1939. She retired from films in the early 1980s. She was presented with the MGR award in 2005 and ANR Swarna Kankanam award in 2007 for her contributions to the entertainment industry. Kalyana Mandapam, Pavitra Bandam and Manchivadu are her most memorable roles.

She was born as Vasundhara Devi in a wealthy family originally from Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh. The family later settled in Chennai and Kanchana was born there. She received formal training in Indian classical dance forms at an early age. She learnt Bharata Natyam and Music. She has appeared as a child actress in several Malayalam movies during 1950’s and early 1960’s. Failure of her father’s business prompted her to take the job of an air hostess to support the family. She was discovered by the film director C. V. Sridhar on a plane where he was a passenger. He gave the lead role in his film Kaadhalikka Neramillai in 1963. As already there was an actress in south Indian films with the name Vasundhara Devi, the director changed her name to Kanchana.

Her role of Uttara in the film Veerabhimanyu (1965) along with Shobhan Babu placed her among the heroines’ list of most established actresses. Very soon, she became one of the busy actresses and came to be known as ‘Queen of the Seventies’ in South Indian film industry. She has acted with Krishna in glamorous roles for the movies - Ave Kallu, Nenante Nene and Dharma Daata. Ananda Bhairavi and Shrimad Virat Veerabrahmendra Swami Charitra are other noted works.

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Her father suffered business losses, and she went to work as an Air Hostess to support her family, when she was discovered by the film director C. V. Sridhar on a plane where he was a passenger. He gave the lead role in his film Kaadhalikka Neramillai in 1963 and changed her name to Kanchana, since there was already another actress named Vasundhara Devi, mother of star Vyjayanthimala. She acted in over 150 films – Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Hindi, with a successful acting career.

She retired from films in the early 1980s. In 2005, she was presented with the MGR award and in 2007 the ANR Swarna Kankanam award.

She was appropriately known as the Queen of the Seventies in South Indian film industry. Her performances in the movies Kalyana Mandapam, Pavitra Bandam, Manchivadu were well appreciated and recognized. She played the role of Uttara in the film Veerabhimanyu (1965) along with Shobhan Babu which established her in the industry. Next year she acted in Annapurna pictures film Aatma Gowravam with veteran director K. Viswanath.

She acted with Krishna in some glamorous roles in Ave Kallu, Nenante Nene and Dharma Daata. Not only in social roles, she acted some mythological roles in pictures likeShri Krishnavataram (1967). After retirement as heroine, she acted in some good films including Ananda Bhairavi and Shrimad Virat Veerabrahmendra Swami Charitra in 1984.

There were rumours floating around a few years ago about her living in penury. A popular Tamil magazine Kumudam published a report that Kanchana was relying on the prasadam served at a Temple. However in a press release, Kanchana refuted all this with deep anguish. She cited her existing legal tangles as a reason for reluctance for not suing the magazine.

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