Still from film "Kismet"

Produced by Bombay Talkies, "Kismet" (1943) directed by Gyan Mukherjee, famously ran for three years in a Kolkata cinema. Scene depicted here is the patriotic song “Door hato O duniyawale, Hindustan hamaara hai” (Invaders go away! India is ours!). Photo courtesy of Hyphen Films Collection, London.