Kanoon
1960 Indian film / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kanoon (transl.āThe Law) is a 1960 Indian Hindi-language courtroom drama film directed by B. R. Chopra. The film stars Rajendra Kumar, Nanda, Ashok Kumar, Mehmood, Shashikala, Jeevan and Om Prakash. The film presents a case against capital punishment, arguing that witnesses may be genuinely deceived, and their consequent inadvertently tendered false testimony may lead someone wrongly to be convicted and hanged.
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Directed by | B. R. Chopra |
Written by | Akhtar-Ul-Iman C. J. Pavri |
Produced by | B. R. Chopra |
Starring | Rajendra Kumar Ashok Kumar Nanda Mehmood |
Cinematography | M. N. Malhotra |
Edited by | Pran Mehra Ramlal Krishnan Sachdeva |
Music by | Salil Choudhury |
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Running time | 139 min. |
Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
The film was a courtroom drama related with a murder case, where the judge's prospective son-in-law (Rajendra Kumar) is the defence lawyer in a case of murder, for which he suspects his would-be father-in-law. The film was the second songless Hindi talkie.[1] The first one was Naujawan, made in 1937.
The movie features an innovative Indo-Western ballet performance with instrumental music by great music director Salil Choudhury.