Kanoon

Name: Kanoon
Director: Baldev Raj Chopra
Released: 1960-01-01

1960 film by Baldev Raj Chopra

FilmfilmQ11205015

Released: 1960
Director: Baldev Raj Chopra
Screenwriter: Akhtar-Ul-Iman
Producer: Baldev Raj Chopra
, Sarup Singh
Cast: Rajendra Kumar
, Ashok Kumar
, Nanda
, Manmohan Krishna
+7 more
Country of origin: India
Original language: Hindi
Distributor: Netflix

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Kanoon (transl. Law) is a 1960 Indian Hindi-language courtroom drama film directed by B. R. Chopra. 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. Kanoon stars Rajendra Kumar, Nanda, Ashok Kumar, Mehmood, Shashikala, Jeevan and Om Prakash.

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Nominations: Filmfare Award for Best Director(1962)
Filmfare Award for Best Story(1962)
Filmfare Award for Best Film(1962)
Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor(1962)
Distribution format: video on demand

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