This article is about the 2019 Assamese-language film. For the 1962 Bengali-language film, see Kanchenjungha (film). For the mountain, see Kangchenjunga.
Kanchanjangha: Rise is a 2019 Indian Assamese-language action drama film directed by Zubeen Garg and produced by Zubeen Garg, Garima Saikia Garg and Shyamantak Gautam under the banner of "Eye Creation Productions" and "Zeal Creations". The film features Zubeen Garg in lead role and Pabitra Rabha, Pinky Sharma, Sasanka Samir in supporting roles. Zubeen Garg wrote the story and screenplay for the film.[2]
Kanchanjangha was released on 6 September in 69 theatres of Assam as well as in Hyderabad, Gujarat, Cochin and Chennai. It got an overall positive response from people. The film collected ₹40 lakh in its first day. With an overall gross collection of ₹7 crores in a five-week-run made it the highest grossing Assamese film in history, until Ratnakar released a month later, which broke its record. In the beginning of the fourth week, Kanchanjangha surpassed the record of Baahubali 2: The Conclusion, which was the highest grosser in the Northeast before this release. With this collection, it became the highest grossing Assamese film in history, exceeding the previous highest grosser, Mission China.[4][1] It is currently the 3rd highest grossing Assamese film.
Soundtrack
The film contains 6 songs in its runtime. All of the songs were composed by Zubeen Garg and deemed very popular. The title song, Kanchanjangha, is a poem written by Jyotiprasad Agarwala, some parts of which have been sung as a song and others recited.