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Kismat (2011)

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Country
India

How it feels

Two men born on the same day in Mumbai have very different lives. One is a rich industrialist and the other is poor. The series follows their separate paths as they both try to succeed.

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What happens

Kismat (transl. Destiny) is an Indian drama television series which aired on Sony TV. The series is produced by YRF Television and premiered on 14 February 2011. It is an Indian adaptation of British author Jeffrey Archer's 1979 novel, Kane and Abel. The story is set in Mumbai, India. It revolves around the stories of two men born worlds apart. They have nothing in common except the same date of birth (15 August 1947) and a zeal to succeed in life. Aditya Raj Merchant is a wealthy and powerful industrialist while Kabir Khan is in a situation of great poverty. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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