Kanoon

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Kanoon
Film poster
Directed by	B. R. Chopra
Written by	Akhtar-Ul-Iman C. J. Pavri
Produced by	B. R. Chopra
Starring	Rajendra Kumar Ashok Kumar Nanda Mehmood
Cinematography	M. N. Malhotra
Edited by	Pran Mehra Ramlal Krishnan Sachdeva
Music by	Salil Choudhury
Release date	1960 (1960)
Running time	139 min.
Country	India
Language	Hindi

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 be convicted and hanged.

The film was a courtroom drama related with 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 the second songless Hindi talkie.^[1] The first one was Naujawan, made in 1937.

The movie features an innovative Indo-Western ballet performance with instrumental music by great music director Salil Choudhury.