Kismet (1943)

 ●  Hindi ● 2 hrs 23 mins

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A former theater owner and his crippled daughter live in poverty until a chance encounter with a young pickpocket brings romance for the petty criminal and daughter as well as a chance by the father to get back at the villainous new theater owner who ousted him from the business years before.

Cast: Ashok Kumar Ganguly, Mumtaz Shanti

Crew: Gyan Mukherjee (Director), RD Pareenja (Director of Photography), Anil Biswas (Music Director)

Genres: Drama

Release Dates: 01 Oct 1943 (India)

Hindi Name: किस्मत

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Film Type:
Feature
Language:
Hindi
Colour Info:
Black & White
Sound Mix:
Mono
Frame Rate:
24 fps
Aspect Ratio:
2.39:1 (Scope)
Stereoscopy:
No
Trivia:
This is considered Indian cinema's first blockbuster as it created an all time record continuously running for more than three and half years at a single cinema Roxy in Calcutta, a record broken by 'Sholay' 37 years later.

This was the first Hindi film to feature an anti-hero.