Kishen Kanhaiya (1990)

 ●  Hindi ● 2 hrs 40 mins

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Leela and Bholaram are a childless couple. Leela works as a midwife, and one day assists Sunderdas' wife to give birth to twin boys. She decides to keep one baby for herself, and tells Sunderdas that his wife has given birth to one child. There are complications for the mother, and she passes away without seeing her children. Leela and Bholaram bring up Kanhaiya, while Sunderdas attempts to bring up Kishen, but is unable to do a good job. So he marries Kamini, who comes along with her brother, Ghendamal, to live at the estate. She has an illegitimate child named Ramesh from another man, and when Sunderdas comes to know of this, he is threatened and attacked, and as a result of which p is paralyzed, unable to move. Kishen is brought by Kamini and Ghendamal with lot of abuse, and intimidation, and is kept illiterate, so that he can blindly sign away whatever documents he is asked to sign. Kishen likes Radha, a servant, and is married, but the atrocities do not stop, and then Kishen runs away. Ghendamal captures Kanhaiya, who also looks like Kishen, and brings him back, not realizing that the tables are now going against him.

Cast: Anil Kapoor, Madhuri Dixit

Crew: Rakesh Roshan (Director), Pushpal Dutta (Director of Photography), Rajesh Roshan (Music Director), Navin Zaveri (Audiographer)

Rating: U (India)

Genres: Drama

Release Dates: 09 Mar 1990 (India)

Hindi Name: किशन कन्हैया

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as Kishen / Kanhaiya
as Anju
as Lala Gendamal
as Lokhandwala
as Lobo
as Munshi
as Vidya Charan
as Radha
as Sunder Das
as Leela
as Doctor

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Film Type:
Feature
Language:
Hindi
Colour Info:
Color
Frame Rate:
24 fps
Aspect Ratio:
2.39:1 (Scope)
Stereoscopy:
No
Tracklist
Music Label: Venus Records and Tapes
06:46

Music Director: Rajesh Roshan
Lyricist: Payam Sayeedi
Playback Singer: Amit Kumar, Sadhana Sargam
05:42

Music Director: Rajesh Roshan
Playback Singer: Sadhana Sargam
05:32

Music Director: Rajesh Roshan
Playback Singer: Amit Kumar
Trivia:
The film is a remake of the movie Ram Aur Shyam (1967).

Shilpa Shirodkar regretted acting in the film after receiving negative backlash for her exposure.

Amitabh Bachchan was offered the film but turned it down.