| Gejje Pooje | |
|---|---|
 VCD cover | |
| Directed by | Puttanna Kanagal |
| Screenplay by | Puttanna Kanagal |
| Based on | Gejje Pooje byM. K. Indira |
| Produced by | Rashi Brothers |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Srikanth |
| Edited by | V. P. Krishna |
| Music by | Vijaya Bhaskar |
Production company | Chithra Jyothi |
Release date |
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Running time | 154 minutes[1] |
| Country | India |
| Language | Kannada |
Gejje Pooje (pronunciationⓘtransl. Mock marriage)[a] is a 1969 IndianKannada-language film directed byPuttanna Kanagal and produced by Rashi Brothers. The film starsKalpana,Gangadhar andLeelavathi. ActressAarathi made her first screen appearance in this film. It is based on the novel of the same name byM. K. Indira. The film was remade in Tamil asThaaliya Salangaiya,[2] in Telugu asKalyana Mandapam,[3] and in Hindi asAhista Ahista.[4]
This socially relevant film explores the problem of prostitutes. It was based on the novel written by M. K. Indira. The heroine Chandramukhi (played by Kalpana) is the daughter of a devadasi who falls in love with a young man who is her neighbour, as they grew up together. The young girl understands the value of education and with the support of her mother intends to reject the life of prostitution. Circumstances and the young man's suspicion make him abandon the heroine. The girl he then goes on to marry is actually her half-sister, the daughter of the heroine's father from his marriage with another woman. He had abandoned both Chandra and her mother. Chandra agrees to perform 'gejje pooje' (literally marrying ankle bracelets) as part of initiation into a life of prostitution, but in the end, she kills herself by crushing and swallowing the diamond (from the ring that was gifted to her by her biological father in his memory).
The music was composed byVijaya Bhaskar.[7]
| Title | Singers | Lyrics |
|---|---|---|
| "Gaganavo Ello" | S. Janaki | R. N. Jayagopal |
| "Hejje Hejjegu Honne Suriyali" | S. Janaki | Chi. Udaya Shankar |
| "Maguve Ninna Hoonagu" | S. Janaki | Vijaya Narasimha |
| "Ondhu Dhina Raathriyali" | B. K. Sumitra | R. N. Jayagopal |
| "Panchama Vedha, Premadha Naadha" | P. B. Sreenivas | Vijaya Narasimha |
| "Panchama Vedha, Premadha Naadha" | S. Janaki | Vijaya Narasimha |
