---
title: 'Kanoon (1960)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Baldev Raj Chopra'
released: '1960-01-01'
countries:
  - 'India'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/kanoon-1960'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053985/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Kanoon (1960)

1960 · India


## Synopsis

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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Baldev Raj Chopra](https://cinepixo.com/people/baldev-raj-chopra)
- **Producer:** [Baldev Raj Chopra](https://cinepixo.com/people/baldev-raj-chopra), [Sarup Singh](https://cinepixo.com/people/sarup-singh)
- **Screenplay:** [Akhtar-Ul-Iman](https://cinepixo.com/people/akhtar-ul-iman)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Salil Chowdhury](https://cinepixo.com/people/salil-chowdhury)

## Cast

- [Ashok Kumar](https://cinepixo.com/people/ashok-kumar)
- [Shubha Balsavar Khote](https://cinepixo.com/people/shubha-balsavar-khote)
- [Mehmood Ali](https://cinepixo.com/people/mehmood-ali)
- [Moolchand](https://cinepixo.com/people/moolchand)
- [Jagdish Raj](https://cinepixo.com/people/jagdish-raj)
- [Nanda](https://cinepixo.com/people/nanda)
- [Manmohan Krishna](https://cinepixo.com/people/manmohan-krishna)
- [Nana Palsikar](https://cinepixo.com/people/nana-palsikar)
- [Rajendra Kumar](https://cinepixo.com/people/rajendra-kumar)
- [Jeevan](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeevan)
- [Shashikala](https://cinepixo.com/people/shashikala)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/kanoon-1960
Film facts: Wikidata (Q11205015); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.