''Krishna Kuchela'' is 1961 Indian

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-language

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directed and produced by

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. Revolving around the

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god

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and his friend

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, the film stars

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, KPAC Sulochana,

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and

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. It was released on 18 November 1961 and became a

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Plot

The story is the mythological relationship between

and

Cast

* Sathyan *

* KPAC Sulochana as Kuchela's wife *

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B. S. Saroja B. S. Saroja is an Indian actress in Malayalam cinema, Malayalam and Tamil films. She acted with M. G. Ramachandran ("MGR") and Sivaji Ganesan in ''Koondukkili'', and played the heroine in two other films with MGR in the 1950s, ''Genova (1953 ...

Soundtrack

The music was composed by K. Raghavan and lyrics were written by

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Release and reception

''Krishna Kuchela'' was released on 18 November 1961, nine days after another film based on the same story, ''Bhakta Kuchela''. Though ''Bhakta Kuchela'' was a box office success, ''Krishna Kuchela'' was not. According to historian B. Vijayakumar, "The presence of Prem Nazir as Krishna, T S Muthiah as Kuchela and KPAC Sulochana as Kuchela's wife simply failed to attract viewers to the theatres."

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* {{IMDb title, id=0234057 1960s Malayalam-language films 1961 films Films about Krishna Films directed by Chitrapu Narayana Rao Films directed by Kunchacko Films based on the Bhagavata Purana