Twin brothers are separated at birth and in adulthood, their identities are swapped.Twin brothers are separated at birth and in adulthood, their identities are swapped.Twin brothers are separated at birth and in adulthood, their identities are swapped.
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Ranjeet Bedi
- Sridhar
- (archive footage)
- (as Ranjeet)
Bindu Desai
- Kamini
- (as Bindu)
Johny Lever
- Lobo
- (as Johnny Lever)
Premnath Malhotra
- Deulatram
- (archive footage)
- (as Prem Nath)
Shamsuddin
- Man fighting in theatre
- (uncredited)
Rahul Singh
- Young anil kapoor
- (uncredited)
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- Writers
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Did you know
- TriviaShilpa Shirodkar regretted signing the film after the negative backlash she received for her transparent scene in song Radha Bina Kishan Akela. This movie was the first movie she signed in lead role.
- GoofsMahesh says that he took Kanhaiya and Kishen's fingerprints to an expert and he concluded that they are different and belong to two different people. In reality, identical twins share the same DNA and thus every aspect of their body, including their fingerprints are identical.
- ConnectionsFeatures Amir Garib (1974)
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Double role & a wet saree!
Kishen Kanhaiya review :
Twins separate at birth. One endures hardships and atrocities of his villainous uncle. The other grows up to be a street smart dude. Circumstances lead to a switch and the smartie teaches a lesson to evil uncle.
The legendary Dilip Kumar started this double role double mazaa trend with Ram aur Shyam (1967) where needless to say, he was brilliant as ever. Director Ramesh Sippy picked up this frothy plot and gave it a quick gender reversal with Hema Malini as Seeta aur Geeta (1972). Sridevi then did a one-up on her in Chaalbaaz (1989) - my personal favourite in this genre.
Less than a year later in early 1990, Rakesh Roshan came up with his version titled Kishen Kanhaiya starring Anil Kapoor who was going through a hit phase post Tezaab (1988). Even his underwhelming films like Rakhwala (1989) had worked at the box office and Kishen Kanhaiya was the perfect platform for him to display his acting range - the timid and mild Kishen and the local goon cum movie buff Kanhaiya.
His pairing with Madhuri Dixit was invariably a success and here, they were fun to watch as a couple who watch every movie - first day first show. Quite like me hah!
Shilpa Shirodkar was the innocent Kishen's heroine and she repeated Mandakini's transparent wet saree act from Ram Teri Ganga Maili (1985). Expectedly, it attracted whistles from the front benchers at Badal Bijlee Cinema where I saw the movie on day one. Later, Dalip Tahil, playing Kishen's half brother, oogles at Shilpa's ample bosom and proceeds to molest her. Well almost!!
Amrish Puri as the bad Mama Gendamal was effective as always. So was Bindu playing her regular vamp act. It was Kader Khan who impressed as the Munshi who loves to place bets for five rupees. "Apni toh paanch rupaye ki aukaat hai.." he states. Later when Kanhaiya makes mincemeat of Gendamal and company in the climax, he hilariously remarks "Upar Kishen neeche kanhaiya aur beech mein tumhari doobne wali naiyya". The writer cum actor always reserved the best catchphrases for himself. Haha!
Regards, Sumeet Nadkarni.
Twins separate at birth. One endures hardships and atrocities of his villainous uncle. The other grows up to be a street smart dude. Circumstances lead to a switch and the smartie teaches a lesson to evil uncle.
The legendary Dilip Kumar started this double role double mazaa trend with Ram aur Shyam (1967) where needless to say, he was brilliant as ever. Director Ramesh Sippy picked up this frothy plot and gave it a quick gender reversal with Hema Malini as Seeta aur Geeta (1972). Sridevi then did a one-up on her in Chaalbaaz (1989) - my personal favourite in this genre.
Less than a year later in early 1990, Rakesh Roshan came up with his version titled Kishen Kanhaiya starring Anil Kapoor who was going through a hit phase post Tezaab (1988). Even his underwhelming films like Rakhwala (1989) had worked at the box office and Kishen Kanhaiya was the perfect platform for him to display his acting range - the timid and mild Kishen and the local goon cum movie buff Kanhaiya.
His pairing with Madhuri Dixit was invariably a success and here, they were fun to watch as a couple who watch every movie - first day first show. Quite like me hah!
Shilpa Shirodkar was the innocent Kishen's heroine and she repeated Mandakini's transparent wet saree act from Ram Teri Ganga Maili (1985). Expectedly, it attracted whistles from the front benchers at Badal Bijlee Cinema where I saw the movie on day one. Later, Dalip Tahil, playing Kishen's half brother, oogles at Shilpa's ample bosom and proceeds to molest her. Well almost!!
Amrish Puri as the bad Mama Gendamal was effective as always. So was Bindu playing her regular vamp act. It was Kader Khan who impressed as the Munshi who loves to place bets for five rupees. "Apni toh paanch rupaye ki aukaat hai.." he states. Later when Kanhaiya makes mincemeat of Gendamal and company in the climax, he hilariously remarks "Upar Kishen neeche kanhaiya aur beech mein tumhari doobne wali naiyya". The writer cum actor always reserved the best catchphrases for himself. Haha!
Regards, Sumeet Nadkarni.
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- Кишан и Канхайя
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- Runtime2 hours 40 minutes
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