Taqdeer (1943 film)

Taqdeer
Directed byMehboob Khan
Written byGhulam Mohammed
Produced byMehboob Productions
StarringNargis
Motilal
Chandra Mohan
Charlie
Jillobai
Kayam Ali
CinematographyFaredoon A. Irani
Edited byShamsudin Qadri
Music byRafiq Ghaznavi
Release date
  • 1943 (1943)
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

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.