| Kanyadaan | |
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| Directed by | Mohan Segal |
| Written by | R.A Baqueri |
| Produced by | Rajendra Bhatia |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | K. H. Kapadia |
| Edited by | Pratap Dave |
| Music by | Shankar Jaikishan |
Production company | Kiron Productions |
Release date |
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Running time | 149 min |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Box office | ₹3.2 crore (equivalent to ₹165 crore or US$20 million in 2023)[1] |
Kanyadaan (transl. Giving Away the Bride) is a 1968 Hindi social romantic drama film directed by Mohan Sehgal.[2] The film was produced by Rajendra Bhatia for Kiron Productions. The story and screenplay was written by R.A Baqueri with dialogue by Sarshar Sailani and director of photography was K. H. Kapadia.[3] The music direction was by Shankar Jaikishan and lyrics by Hasrat Jaipuri and Gopaldas Neeraj.[4] The film stars Shashi Kapoor, Asha Parekh, Om Prakash, Achala Sachdev, Dilip Raj, Sayeeda Khan and Padma Rani.[5]
The plot revolved around the social issue of child marriage.[6] Rekha and Amar are married off as children, they grow up to fall in love with different people and are ultimately not accepting the marriage performed in childhood.
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- ^ Bhawana Sommya / Jigna Kothari / Supriya Madangarli (9 January 2013). MOTHER MAIDEN MISTRESS. HarperCollins Publishers. pp. 1967–. ISBN 978-93-5029-485-7. Retrieved 7 October 2014.