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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Gejje Pooje<br />
| image = Gejje Pooje.jpeg<br />
| image_size = <br />
| caption = VCD cover<br />
| director = [[Puttanna Kanagal]]<br />
| producer = Rashi Brothers<br />
| writer = [[M. K. Indira]]<br />
| based_on = {{Based on|''Gejje Pooje''|M. K. Indira}}<br />
| screenplay = Puttanna Kanagal<br />
| starring = {{ubl|[[Kalpana (Kannada actress)|Kalpana]]|[[Gangadhar (Kannada actor)|Gangadhar]]|[[Leelavathi (actress)|Leelavathi]]}}<br />
| music = [[Vijaya Bhaskar]]<br />
| cinematography = Srikanth<br />
| editing = V. P. Krishna<br />
| distributor = Chithra Jyothi<br />
| released = 1969<br />
| runtime = <br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Kannada<br />
| budget = <br />
}}<br />
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'''Gejje Pooje''' is a 1969 Indian [[Kannada language]] film directed by [[Puttanna Kanagal]] and produced by Rashi Brothers. The film stars [[Kalpana (Kannada actress)|Kalpana]], [[Gangadhar (Kannada actor)|Gangadhar]] and [[Leelavathi (actress)|Leelavathi]] in the lead roles. ''Gejje'' means [[anklet]] and ''pooje'' means worship, but in the context of this film, it means a mock marriage. The film is based on the novel ''Gejje Pooje'', by [[M. K. Indira]]. The film was remade in Tamil as ''Thaaliya Salangaiya'', in Telugu as ''[[Kalyana Mandapam]]'' and in Hindi as ''[[Ahista Ahista (1981 film)|Ahista Ahista]]''.<br />
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== Plot ==<br />
This socially relevant movie explores the problem of prostitutes. It was based on the novel written by [[M. K. Indira]]. The heroine Chandra (played by Kalpana) is the daughter of a devadasi who is in love with a young man who is her neighbour. 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 makes him abandon the heroine. The girl he marries is the daughter of the heroine's father who had abandoned both her and her mother. Chandra agrees to perform gejje pooje as part of initiation into a life of prostitution, but in the end, she commits suicide by swallowing a diamond.<br />
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==Cast==<br />
* [[Kalpana (Kannada actress)|Kalpana]] as Chandramukhi<br />
* [[Gangadhar (Kannada actor)|Gangadhar]] as Somu<br />
* [[Leelavathi (actress)|Leelavathi]] as Aparna, Chandramukhi's mother<br />
* [[Aarathi]] as Lalita<br />
* [[Shivaram]]<br />
* [[Lokanath]] as Shivarudrappa<br />
* [[Pandari Bai]] as Tangamma, Somu's mother<br />
* [[K. S. Ashwath]] as Somu's father<br />
* Annapoornamma as Chandra's grandmother<br />
* Swarnamma<br />
* [[M. N. Lakshmi Devi]] as Savitri<br />
* [[Balakrishna (Kannada actor)|Balakrishna]] as Savitri's husband<br />
* [[B. V. Radha]]<br />
* [[Vajramuni]]<br />
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== Awards ==<br />
;[[17th National Film Awards]]<br />
* [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Kannada|Best Kannada Film]]<br />
* [[National Film Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]] — [[Puttanna Kanagal]]<br />
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;1969–70 [[Karnataka State Film Awards]]<br />
* [[Karnataka State Film Award for First Best Film|First Best Film]]<br />
* [[Karnataka State Film Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]] – [[Leelavathi (actress)|Leelavathi]]<br />
* [[Karnataka State Film Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]] — [[Puttanna Kanagal]]<br />
* [[Karnataka State Film Award for Best Dialogue|Best Dialogue]] — Navarathna Ram Rao <br />
* [[Karnataka State Film Award for Best Cinematographer|Best Cinematographer]] — S. V. Srikanth<br />
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==Soundtrack ==<br />
The music was composed by Vijayabaskhar. <br />
{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
|-<br />
! Title !! Singers !! Lyrics <br />
|-<br />
|"Gaganavo Ello" || [[S. Janaki]] || [[R. N. Jayagopal]]<br />
|-<br />
|"Hejje Hejjegu Honne Suriyali" || S. Janaki || [[Chi. Udaya Shankar]]<br />
|-<br />
|"Maguve Ninna Hoonagu" ||S. Janaki || [[Vijaya Narasimha]]<br />
|-<br />
|"Ondhu Dhina Raathriyali" || [[B. K. Sumitra]] || R. N. Jayagopal<br />
|-<br />
|"Panchama Vedha, Premadha Naadha"|| [[P. B. Sreenivas]] || Vijaya Narasimha<br />
|-<br />
|"Panchama Vedha, Premadha Naadha"|| S. Janaki || Vijaya Narasimha<br />
|}<br />
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== References ==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{IMDb title|0064364|Gejje Pooje}}<br />
{{Puttanna Kanagal}}<br />
{{National Film Award Best Feature Film Kannada}}<br />
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[[Category:1969 films]]<br />
[[Category:1960s Kannada-language films]]<br />
[[Category:Films based on Indian novels]]<br />
[[Category:Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:Films directed by Puttanna Kanagal]]<br />
[[Category:Kannada films remade in other languages]]<br />
[[Category:Films scored by Vijaya Bhaskar]]<br />
[[Category:Kannada literature]]<br />
[[Category:Films whose writer won the Best Original Screenplay National Film Award]]<br />
[[Category:Best Kannada Feature Film National Film Award winners]]<br />
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