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Taqdeer is a film of genre Comedy directed by Mehboob Khan with Chandra Mohan
Taqdeer (1943)
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Add to a movie listTaqdeer (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. Its 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.
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