Kishen Kanhaiya

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Kishen Kanhaiya
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Directed by Rakesh Roshan
Written by Ravi Kapoor
Mohan Kaul
Kader Khan
Produced byRakesh Roshan
Starring Anil Kapoor
Shilpa Shirodkar
Madhuri Dixit
CinematographyPushpal Dutta
Edited by Sanjay Verma
Music by Rajesh Roshan
Distributed byFilm Kraft
Release date
  • 9 March 1990 (1990-03-09)
Running time
160 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹2.35 crores [1]
Box office₹8 crores [1]

Kishen Kanhaiya is a 1990 Indian Hindi action comedy film directed by Rakesh Roshan, released in 1990. The film stars Anil Kapoor (in a double role), Shilpa Shirodkar and Madhuri Dixit. In this movie, Shilpa Shirodkar had a controversial transparent wet saree scene similar to Mandakini's scene in Ram Teri Ganga Maili and her career suffered because of this role. This film was inspired by the 1968 film Ram Aur Shyam , which had also inspired Seeta Aur Geeta and ChaalBaaz . Before Anil Kapoor, the role was offered to Amitabh Bachchan, but he rejected it for unknown reasons. The film turned out to be a hit at the box office.

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Plot

Leela and Bholaram are a childless couple. Leela is 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 Mahesh from another man. When Sunderdas learns this, he is threatened and attacked. As a result, he is paralyzed, unable to move. Kishen is brought up by Kamini and Ghendamal with a lot of abuse and intimidation. He is kept illiterate, so that he can blindly thumbprint whatever documents he is asked to sign.

Kanhaiya is brought up to be a street-smart. fighter and movie-crazy young man. That's how he meets an equally movie-crazy, rich and spoilt girl, Anju, and they fall in love.

The one secret that ties the brothers together is their reflex action — if one is injured, the other feels the pain, too. Only Bhola makes the connection at a vital point in the story. Kishen likes Radha, a servant, and is married, but the atrocities do not stop. Finally, Gendamal asks Mahesh to kill Kishen by throwing him off a cliff after getting the property papers. At the same time, Kanhaiya learns of his past and returns to the ancestral mansion, shocking everyone. What also shocks everyone is his changed attitude. He denies his signatures on the papers signed by Kishen. Finally, all the confusions are resolved. Kishen and Kanhaiya together fight the evil and achieve justice.

Box Office

The movie's budget was ₹2.35 crores and it was released on 9 March 1990. On the first day, it collected ₹10 lakhs, and on the second day, it collected ₹1.05 crores. In India, it earned ₹5 crores and the worldwide earnings were ₹8 crores; thus, it was considered a box office success. [1]

Cast

Soundtrack

Kishen Kanhaiya
Studio album by
Released
1990 (India)
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Label Venus Records and Tapes
Producer Rajesh Roshan
Rajesh Roshan chronology
Bahar Aane Tak
(1990)
Kishen Kanhaiya
(1990)
Jurm
(1990)

The soundtrack contains six songs. The music is composed by Rajesh Roshan, with lyrics written by Indeevar and Anwar Sagar. The album includes songs sung by top singers like Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle, Sadhana Sargam, Mohammed Aziz, Amit Kumar, Manhar Udhas and Nitin Mukesh.

SongSinger
"Krishna Krishna, Aaye Krishna, Jagmag Hua Re Angna" Lata Mangeshkar, Nitin Mukesh
"Kuch Ho Gaya, Haan Ho Gaya, Kya Ho Gaya Bata" Asha Bhosle, Mohammed Aziz
"Suit Boot Mein Aaya Kanhaiya" Amit Kumar
"Aap Ko Dekhke, Dekh Dekhke Raaz Gaya Yeh Jaan" Amit Kumar, Sadhana Sargam
"Radha Bina Hai Kishan Akela, Chhod Nahin Jaana" Manhar Udhas, Sadhana Sargam
"Mere Humsafar, Beeti Baaten" Sadhana Sargam

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