Produced by First Frame Entertainment, Kanche revolves around the enmity between two friends—Dhupati Haribabu (Tej) and Eeswar Prasad (Dheer).

Years later, Haribabu joins the British Indian Army as a captain to fight against the Axis powers in World War II and Eeswar, now a colonel, is his commanding officer.

Promoted as Telugu cinema's first World War II-based film, Kanche was released worldwide on 22 October 2015, on 700 screens, and received a positive reception from critics.

While Eeswar and Pedababu decide to marry off Sitadevi to a boy of their choice, Haribabu arrives back from town and is stabbed.

Haribabu reminds him that World War II commenced because of racism and he does not want to see the same bloodshed repeated here that happened in their village.

Eeswar calls Haribabu a great human, soldier, lover, son and mainly a good friend whom he never recognised.

During the filming of Vedam (2010) in Visakhapatnam, Krish visited a museum which displayed a bomb dropped by the Imperial Japanese Army on the city during World War II.

[1] Krish worked on the film's screenplay for nine-and-a-half months and cited the process of obtaining accurate details as the reason for the length of time it took to finish.

[1] He chose to narrate a love story set in the 1930s and focused on the macro and micro divisions between people, countries, races and religions.

[9] Sai Madhav Burra, who collaborated with Krish on Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum (2013), was signed to write the film's dialogues.

[12] Chirantan Bhatt, who collaborated earlier with Krish on Gabbar Is Back, was signed to compose the film's soundtrack and score.

For the second phase, Varun Tej was trained by an army officer on a soldier's body language, and the way to hold guns among other things.

He watched films like Saving Private Ryan (1988), The Thin Red Line (1998), Inglourious Basterds (2009), and Fury (2014) as well.

[16] Jaiswal played the role of Sitadevi, a princess whose character was modelled on Maharani Gayatri Devi of Jaipur.

[17] After auditioning for the role, Jaiswal watched Krish's Vedam and Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum to understand his work and was "really touched" by the former.

[17] Nikitin Dheer was chosen to play Colonel Eeswar Prasad in the film,[11] because Krish, who wanted an actor to match Varun Tej's persona, was impressed with his performance in Chennai Express (2013).

[20] Filmmaker Singeetham Srinivasa Rao made a cameo appearance as a pianist in Madras Cultural Club, where Haribabu works as a part-time employee.

Krish described Rao's cameo as a "colourful" one and added that his look was inspired by that of Colonel Sanders, the founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken.

[22] The second schedule commenced on 23 March at Tatipaka, a village near Razole in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh.

[23] Apart from Draksharamam and Kapotavaram, the village portions were filmed in Peruru Agraharam, Palakollu as Krish wanted a primitive settlement with poor infrastructure and palaces, resembling one of the pre-independence era.

[12] As all the houses in those villages were constructed using reinforced concrete, a team of 70 members were summoned from Hyderabad to recreate the 1940s style.

[12] The steam engine and the interiors of the first-class compartments in the train Haribabu and Sitadevi travel in from Madras to Devarakonda were designed in Ramoji Film City, Hyderabad.

[19] With the assistance of the Government of Georgia, huge sets were erected, including a German military base camp fitted with trenches and bunkers.

[1] For the film's shoot, Krish hired a few telegraph machines, typewriters, and coffee cups and saucers manufactured during the timeline of the World War II.

[19] Some key action sequences were filmed in a few old, dilapidated buildings located near Georgia and Varun Tej performed his stunts without a body double.

[2] The official soundtrack of Kanche composed by Chirantan Bhatt consists of six songs, including instrumental theme music.

The soundtrack, marketed by Aditya Music, was released on eve of Gandhi Jayanthi (1 October 2015) at a promotional event on the same day at Hyderabad.

[32] Sangeetha Devi Dundoo of The Hindu remarked that Kanche is a film that does not stand out "merely by being different, but also because it’s earnest", and added that Krish "Step[s] across the fence to a new world of storytelling".

[34] Rajeswari Kalyanam of The Hans India also gave the film 3.5 stars out of 5 and stated: "With Kanche, Jagarlamudi Krish has once again proven his ability to choose an offbeat theme, weave an engrossing tale and give it a technically brilliant cinematic rendition".

[35] Sify too gave Kanche 3 stars out of 5 and called it a film that is "[s]uitable only for discerning audiences" and praised the storyline, performances, production design, and dialogues.