The story is based on a joint family of a place called Bokulpur. The protagonist of the movie (Jatin Bora) is the youngest son of the family who falls in love with a girl from a wealthy background of the town. He has three brothers and three sisters in law. The sisters in law knows about his fascination towards the girl but the brothers are not aware of it. It is social movie projecting a simple family of the middle-class background.
The music of Kanyadaan is composed by Zubeen Garg. The album contains 8 total tracks including 6 main tracks and 2 bonus tracks. The track "Uul Guthibo Jaanene" was reused later in Bengali Song as "Gun Gun Gun Gunjare" sung by Shreya Ghoshal and Sagarika in the film Shudhu Tumi (2004).