# Kishen Kanhaiya

Kishen Kanhaiya is an Indian Hindi action comedy film directed by Rakesh Roshan, released in 1990. The film stars Anil Kapoor (in dual roles), Shilpa Shirodkar and Madhuri Dixit.

## Plot

Leela and Bholaram are a childless couple. Leela is a midwife, and one day she assists Sunderdas' wife to give birth to twin boys. She decides to keep one baby for herself and tells Sunderdas that his wife has given birth to one child. There are complications for the mother, and she passes away without seeing her children.
Leela and Bholaram bring up Kanhaiya, while Sunderdas attempts to bring up Kishen but cannot do a good job. So he marries Kamini, who comes along with her brother, Gendamal, to live at the estate. She has an illegitimate child named Mahesh from another man. When Sunderdas learns this, he is threatened and attacked. As a result, he is paralysed. Kishen is brought up by Kamini and Gendamal with a lot of abuse and intimidation. He is kept illiterate so that he can blindly thumbprint whatever documents he is asked to sign.
Kanhaiya is brought up to be a street-smart fighter and movie-crazy young man. He soon meets an equally movie-crazy, rich, and spoilt girl, Anju, and they fall in love.
The one secret that ties the brothers together is their reflex action — if one is injured, the other feels the pain, too. Only Bhola makes the connection at a vital point in the story. Kishen likes Radha, a servant, and is married, but the atrocities from his step-mother do not stop. Finally, Gendamal asks Mahesh to kill Kishen by throwing him off a cliff after getting the property signed in his name. At the same time, Kanhaiya learns of his parentage and returns to the ancestral mansion, shocking everyone. What also shocks everyone is his changed attitude. He denies his signatures on the papers signed by Kishen. Finally, all the confusions are resolved. Kishen and Kanhaiya together fight the evil and achieve justice.

## Cast

* Anil Kapoor as(dual role)
** Kishen Das; Sundar Das's elder son; Kanhaiya's twin brother; Radha's husband
** Kanhaiya Das; Sundar Das's younger son; Kishen's twin brother; Anju's husband
* Shilpa Shirodkar as Radha; Kishen's wife; Sundar Das's daughter-in-law
* Madhuri Dixit as Anju; Kanhaiya's wife; Sundar Das's daughter-in-law
* Kader Khan as Munshi
* Saeed Jaffrey as Vidyacharan
* Ranjeet as Shridhar
* Bindu as Kamini
* Dalip Tahil as Mahesh
* Amrish Puri as Gendamal
* Sujit Kumar as Bholaram
* Shubha Khote as Leela
* Shreeram Lagoo as Sundar Das; Kishen and Kanhaiya's father
* Johnny Lever as Lobo
* Dinesh Hingoo as Lokhandwala
* Vikas Anand as Doctor

## Soundtrack

The soundtrack contains six songs. The music is composed by Rajesh Roshan, with lyrics written by Indeevar and Anwar Sagar. The album includes songs sung by top singers like Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle, Sadhana Sargam, Mohammed Aziz, Amit Kumar, Manhar Udhas and Nitin Mukesh.
| Song | Singer |
| "Krishna Krishna, Aaye Krishna, Jagmag Hua Re Angna" | Lata Mangeshkar, Nitin Mukesh |
| "Kuch Ho Gaya, Haan Ho Gaya, Kya Ho Gaya Bata" | Asha Bhosle, Mohammed Aziz |
| "Suit Boot Mein Aaya Kanhaiya" | Amit Kumar |
| "Aap Ko Dekhke, Dekh Dekhke Raaz Gaya Yeh Jaan" | Amit Kumar, Sadhana Sargam |
| "Radha Bina Hai Kishan Akela, Chhod Nahin Jaana" | Manhar Udhas, Sadhana Sargam |
| "Mere Humsafar, Beeti Baaten" | Sadhana Sargam |