Kanoon (1960)
January 8, 1960Release Date
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Kanoon (transl. The 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 the gallows.
The film was a courtroom drama of 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 India's second songless talkie. The first one was Andha Naal, a Tamil movie.
The movie features an innovative Indo-Western ballet performance with instrumental music by Salil Choudhury.