Vanaja

Sep 11, 2006

1h 51m

★ 6.5

Overview

In rural South India, 15 year old Vanaja goes to work for the local Landlady in hopes of learning Kuchipudi Dance. Initial chemistry with the Landlady's son turns ugly, pitching her into a battle of Caste and Animus.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Emerging Pictures

Vanaja Trailers

Cast

Vanaja

Mamatha Bhukya

Rama Devi

Urmila Dammannagari

Somayya

Ramachandriah Marikanti

Radhamma

Krishnamma Gundimalla

Shekhar

Karan Singh

Lacchi

Bhavani Renukunta

Ram Babu

Krishna Garlapati

Yadigiri

Prabhu Garlapati

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