Kismet | |
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Directed by | Gyan Mukherjee |
Written by | Aghajani Kashmeri |
Screenplay by | Gyan Mukherjee[1] |
Produced by | Bombay Talkies |
Starring | Ashok Kumar Mumtaz Shanti Shah Nawaz Mehmood |
Cinematography | R.D.Pareenja |
Edited by | Dattaram Pai |
Music by | Anil Biswas Kavi Pradeep (lyrics) |
Release date |
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Running time | 143 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Hindustani[2] |
Budget | ₹200,000[3] |
Box office | ₹1.65 crore[4] |
Kismet (transl. Fate) is a 1943 Indian drama film, directed by Gyan Mukherjee, written by Mukherjee with Aghajani Kashmeri,[2] and produced by Bombay Talkies, during the Second World War,[1] while it was in a succession battle between Devika Rani and Sashadhar Mukherjee after owner Himanshu Rai's death. The film was the first big hit in the history of Bombay cinema, and the first blockbuster in Indian cinema.[5][6]
It stars Ashok Kumar, Mumtaz Shanti, and Shah Nawaz. The film came with some bold themes for the first time in the history of Indian cinema, showing an anti-hero character with two roles and an unmarried girl getting pregnant.[citation needed] It was remade in Tamil as Prema Pasam,[7] and Telugu as Bhale Ramudu.[8] It had patriotic songs which resonated with the then ongoing freedom movement, which became the major catalyst in the box-office success of the film.
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