Taqdeer (1943)

Original title

तकदीर

Directed by

Mehboob Khan

Genre

drama film

Country

British Raj

Runtime

1h 53m

Rating

9.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

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How it feels

This 1943 Indian comedy tells a story of mistaken identities and reunions. A young actress plays a lead role in a light romance where characters get lost and found again.

lightheartedentertainingupbeatplayfulclassicwhimsicalfeel-good

What happens

Taqdeer (Destiny, Fate) is a 1943 Indian Hindi language comedy film. It was directed by Mehboob Khan under his Mehboob Productions banner. The star cast included a young Nargis in her first lead role along with Motilal, Chandra Mohan, Charlie, Jilloobai and Kayam Ali. Written by Ghulam Mohammed, the screenplay and dialogue were by Agha Jani Kashmiri. The music was composed by Rafiq Ghaznavi and the lyrics credited to Meharul Qadri. The story is a romantic comedy based on the lost and found formula set against an entertaining backdrop. It was the ninth-highest-grossing Indian film of 1943. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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