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Kanhaiyalal was born in Varanasi into a theatrical family. His father, Pandit Bhairodutt Choube, owned a drama company but disapproved of his son’s interest in acting. Undeterred, Kanhaiyalal began working backstage and gradually transitioned into small stage roles. After his father's death, he moved to Bombay to pursue a career in cinema—initially aspiring to become a writer and director. However, fate had other plans, and he made his screen debut as an extra in Sagar Ka Sher.
他因在《梅布布·汗的印度母亲》（Mehboob Khan's Mother India，1957）中对诡计多端的放债人苏希拉拉（Sukhilala）的标志性刻画而在国内外声名鹊起，苏希拉拉是印度电影中最具传奇色彩的反派之一。 He had originally played the same role in Aurat (1940), making him the first Indian actor to reprise a character in a remake 17 years later. 《印度母亲》还成为印度第一部正式入围奥斯卡最佳国际故事片奖的影片，巩固了坎海亚拉尔在全球电影史上的表现。
Kanhaiyalal 以其对负面角色和老年角色的掌握而闻名，曾出演过 100 多部影片，包括《Ganga Jamuna》、《Upkar》、《Apna Desh》、《Dushman》和《Grahasti》。 He also wrote dialogues and lyrics for films like Sadhana. His cinematic legacy lives on through the 2022 documentary Naam Tha Kanhaiyalal, produced by his daughter Hemaa Singh.
TMDB mini biography by: Ashvin Borad
