He was born in Benares (Varanasi), Uttar Pradesh, British India.He was fond of plays and came to Mumbai to find a space on stage. He staged his own written play Pandrah August in Mumbai, later he tried his luck in films. He also had written many plays.In 1940 he got a role of moneylender (Sahukar) in a Mehboob Khan’s film “Aurat”” as Sukhilala. After that he later acted in many films as a character artist. When Mehboob Khan was directed his immortal film Mother India 1957 he again picked Kanhaiya Lal to act as Sukkhi Lala, a character that came alive with his natural acting.After that Kanhaiya Lal played similar type of roles in Ganga-Jamuna 1960, Gopi, Upkaar, Apna Desh, Dushman. His other notable movies are Dharti Kahe Pukar Ke, Hum Paanch.”
Kanhaiyalal Chaturvedi
Movies
Gharana
Businessman Rai Bahadur Ramdas lives a wealthy lifestyle in a mansion along with his wife, Shanta; two sons: Kailash and Kamal; Kailash’s wife, Sita; and widowed Gauri, the wife of his late son and mother of two children, Gappu and Pappu. Kamal runs the business and ensures that everyone is…
Jeevan Mrityu
Ashok Tandon (Dharmendra) is a bank manager. He is in love with Deepa (Raakhee) and they are to be married soon. However, Ashok is arrested for theft from the bank. He asks Deepa to look after his mother (Leela Chitnis), which she agrees to. He is sentenced to prison for…
Zindagi
Beena works as a stage actress and lives a poor lifestyle with her widowed mother. One day while returning home she is molested by Bankhe and two other men, but Rajan comes to her rescue. He escorts her home and soon both of them fall in love with each other.…
Songs
Fun Facts
Daughter named Hemaa Singh.