Kismet (1943)

19432h 13mdir. Gyan MukherjeeHindiBritish Rajcrime filmdrama film

Note: this print runs 133 minutes against a recorded 143 minutes. It is the best copy we have found; we keep looking for a complete print.

With Ashok Kumar, Haroon, Mubarak, David Abraham

Directed by Gyan Mukherjee

Kismet still

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. It is notable for introducing several bold themes to Indian cinema for the first time, including the depiction of an anti-hero and an unwed pregnant woman.

Synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Streaming from YouTube.

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