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Kanyadaan is a film of genre Drama with Shashi Kapoor

Kanyadaan (1968)

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Length 2h29
Genres Drama
Rating73% 3.678113.678113.678113.678113.67811

Kanyadaan (Daughter’s Marriage) is a 1968 Hindi social romantic drama film directed by Mohan Sehgal. The film was produced by Rajendra Bhatia for Kiron Productions. The story and screenplay was written by Bhakri with dialogue by Sarshar Sailani and director of photography was K. H. Kapadia. The music direction was by Shankar Jaikishan and lyrics by Hasrat Jaipuri and Neeraj. The film starred Asha Parekh, Shashi Kapoor, Om Prakash, Achala Sachdev, Dilip Raj and Sayeeda Khan.

The plot revolved around the social issue of child marriage. Rekha and Amar are married off as children, they grow up to fall in love with different people and are ultimately unacceptable of the marriage performed in childhood.

Synopsis

Film starts with a hockey match between the girls' team Bulbuls, and the boys' team Heroes. The girls win by 2 goals to one. Amar (Dileep Raj) from the boys' team and Lata (Sayeeda Khan) from the Bulbul team are attracted to each other. Amar Kumar (Shashi Kapoor) a poet, and friends with Amar. People often get confused with their names as their names are same. When Kumar knows about his friend's love, he takes initiative to marry them and promises Lata's father that he would take care of her as she has no in-laws to do so. Kumar, on the way to a town on business has a car break down and meets Rekha (Asha Parekh), a village girl. She invites him to stay at their house as he has no other place to go and Kumar accepts it. Tender emotions grow between them and next morning he leaves for business.

Actors

Shashi Kapoor

(Amar / Kumar)Asha Parekh

(Rekha)Om Prakash

(Bansi)Achala Sachdev

(Rekha's Mom)Laxmi Chhaya
Tun tun (Uma Devi Khatri)

(Bansi's Mother in Law)
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