Kanhaiya is a 1959 Hindi film produced by Sant Singh Pachhi and directed by Om Prakash.

"Ruk Ja O Jane Wali", "Yad Aayi Adhi Rat Ko" and "Mujhe Mere Hal Par Chod Do.." are three memorable Mukesh songs related to this movie.

[1] The gossip spreads that Kanhaiya and Shanno are having an affair, and in order to stay in the same village, they must get married.

During the marriage, Shanno is shocked when she realises who "Kanhaiya" really is—the town drunk and idler who has taken advantage of her love for Lord Krishna and now insists on marrying her.

What the Village Panchayat does when Shanno refuses to marry Kanhaiya, and how she is even ready to light herself on the funeral pyre to prove her piety, and how they cope when the village is swamped with plague, forms the basis for the rest of the story.