Kismet (1943 film)

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Kismet (transl. Fate) is a 1943 Indian drama film directed by Gyan Mukherjee and co-written with Agha Jani Kashmiri. The film stars Ashok Kumar, Mumtaz Shanti, and Shah Nawaz. The film introduced several taboo themes to Indian cinema for the first time, including the depiction of an anti-hero and an unwed pregnant woman. Produced by Bombay Talkies during the Second World War, the film was released amid a succession conflict within the studio between Devika Rani and Sashadhar Mukherjee, following the death of founder Himanshu Rai. Kismet became the first major hit in the history of Bombay cinema and is widely regarded as the first all-India blockbuster in Indian film history. The film was later remade in Tamil as Prema Pasam (1956), and in Telugu as Bhale Ramudu (1956).

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