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Kismet (1956)

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Pakistan
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How it feels

A Pakistani drama from 1956 about the theme of divorce. The story follows characters facing the social and personal consequences of talaaq.

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What happens

Kismet is a 1956 Pakistani drama film directed by Nazir Ajmeri. It starred Musarrat Nazir, Santosh Kumar and Yasmin. It deals with theme of Talaaq, and was the debut film of Khalil Qaiser as writer and he wrote the script. The music was composed by Feroz Nizami. A commercially successful film, it is considered as one of best film of Ajmeri's career. It was remade in 1976 by S. Suleman as Tallaq. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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