Kismet (1943 film)

Kismet (transl. Fate) is a 1943 Indian drama film, directed by Gyan Mukherjee, written by Mukherjee with Aghajani Kashmeri, and produced by Bombay Talkies, during the Second World War, 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.

This article is about the 1943 Indian film starring Ashok Kumar. For the 1944 American romantic film, set in ancient Baghdad and starring Ronald Colman, see Kismet (1944 film). For the musical based on the 1944 film, see Kismet (musical). For the film version of the musical, starring Howard Keel, see Kismet (1955 film). For other uses of “Kismet”, see Kismet (disambiguation).

Kismet
Poster
Directed byGyan Mukherjee
Written byAghajani Kashmeri
Screenplay byGyan Mukherjee
Produced byBombay Talkies
StarringAshok Kumar
Mumtaz Shanti
Shah Nawaz
Mehmood
CinematographyR.D.Pareenja
Edited byDattaram Pai
Music byAnil Biswas
Kavi Pradeep (lyrics)
Release date
  • 9 Jan. 1943 (9 Jan. 1943)
Running time
143 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindustani
Budget₹200,000
Box office₹1.65 crore

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. It was remade in Tamil as Prema Pasam, and Telugu as Bhale Ramudu. 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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