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Naam Tha Kanhaiyalal
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Naam Tha Kanhaiyalal

Nov 29, 2022
1h 13m
★ 0.0

Overview

A very spellbinding story about the reel and real life of great old thespian Kanhaiyalal and his bygone era when Indian Cinema was at a nascent stage. The story tells about his inspiring journey from a confused, gullible youth to a mesmerizingly spontaneous actor. It also unfurls the turbulent phases of Kanhaiyalal's life where there is excessive alcoholism and the mysterious death of his son.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Kanhaiyalal Productions

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Naam Tha Kanhaiyalal Trailers

Cast

Amitabh Bachchan

Amitabh Bachchan

Boman Irani

Boman Irani

Naseeruddin Shah

Naseeruddin Shah

Govinda

Govinda

Anupam Kher

Anupam Kher

Pankaj Tripathi

Pankaj Tripathi

Birbal

Birbal

Javed Akhtar

Javed Akhtar

Boney Kapoor

Boney Kapoor

Randhir Kapoor

Randhir Kapoor

Johny Lever

Johny Lever

Kanwarjeet Paintal

Kanwarjeet Paintal