Top 10 Bollywood Movies That Ran For The Longest Time In Cinema Halls

4 KISMET ( 3 YEARS)

Written and directed by filmmaker, Gyan Mukherjee, the 1943 film ‘Kismat’ is known as the first blockbuster of Indian cinema. Toplined by an impressive star cast, which included the likes of Ashok Kumar, Mumtaz Shanti and Shah Nawaz, the movie found love from all the corners and ran for 3 years in theaters. It is also said to have run a stretch of 187 weeks in the Roxy Cinema in Calcutta, a record which remained unbroken for 32 years!

Released during the second world war period, ‘Kismet’ gave actor Ashok Kumar his breakthrough role. It established him as one of the biggest stars of Hindi cinema. The film became a rage primarily for its bold theme. It was the first time when a film had shown his male lead as an anti-hero. The film has many other firsts to its credit. ‘Kismet’ became the first film to show one of its characters in double role, and a girl getting pregnant before marriage. ‘Kismet’ was also the first ever Bollywood film to use the lost and found formula which was later used in a number of other Hindi films.

The iconic music which was composed by the renowned composer, Anil Biswas. ‘Door Hato O Duniyawalon Hindustan Hamara Hai’, ‘Ghar Ghar Mein Diwali’ and ‘Dheere Dheere Aa’ are three songs from the amazing soundtrack which turned out to be instant hits and are popular even today.

TRIVIA: Released in 1961, the movie ‘Boy Friend’ starring Shammi Kapoor, Dharmendra and Madhubala was a remake of ‘Kismet’.