Kanche

Kanche
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Krish
Produced by	Y. Rajeev Reddy J. Sai Babu
Written by	Krish Sai Madhav Burra (dialogues)
Starring	Varun Tej Pragya Jaiswal Nikitin Dheer
Music by	Chirantan Bhatt
Cinematography	Gnana Shekar V.S.
Edited by	Suraj Jagtap Rama Krishna Arram
Production company	First Frame Entertainment
Release date	22 October 2015 (2015-10-22)
Running time	125 minutes
Country	India
Language	Telugu
Budget	₹180 million
Box office	₹200 million

Kanche (English: The Fence) is a 2015 Indian Telugu-language war film written and directed by Krish. It features Varun Tej, Pragya Jaiswal, and Nikitin Dheer in the lead roles. Y. Rajeev Reddy and J. Sai Babu produced the film under their banner, First Frame Entertainment. Kanche revolves around the enmity between two friends—Dhupati Haribabu and Eeshwar Prasad. Haribabu and Eeshwar's sister Sitadevi graduate from the University of Madras in the late 1930s and fall in love. Due to the prevailing casteism in their native village, Eeshwar opposes their relationship and kills Sitadevi accidentally. Years later, Haribabu joins the British Indian Army as a captain to fight against the Axis Powers in World War II and Eeshwar, now a colonel, is his commanding officer.

Krish began research on the film's subject after seeing a bomb, dropped by the Imperial Japanese Army, preserved in a museum in Vishakhapatnam during the filming of Vedam (2010). He worked on the film's screenplay for nine-and-a-half months and considered it his most ambitious project. Chirantan Bhatt composed the film's soundtrack and score, marking his debut in Telugu cinema. Gnana Sekhar V.S. was the film's director of photography; Sahi Suresh was the film's art director, and Sai Madhav Burra penned the film's dialogue. Principal photography commenced on 27 February 2015 in Hyderabad. Kanche was filmed in Tatipaka, Draksharamam, Kapotavaram, and in Peruru Agraharam near Palakollu. Major sets were erected in Ramoji Film City, Hyderabad. The war sequences were filmed in Georgia and the film's unit was allotted 700 guns, four tanks, and a machine gun from the Georgia Military Institute a military training school. Principal photography was wrapped up on 6 July 2015. Kanche was filmed in 55 working days, 35 of which were in Georgia.