Taqdeer (Destiny, Fate) is a 1943 Indian Hindi language comedy film.

The star cast included a young Nargis in her first lead role along with Motilal, Chandra Mohan, Charlie, Jilloobai and Kayam Ali.

The story is a romantic comedy based on the lost and found formula set against an entertaining backdrop.

[2] Badriprasad (Charlie), a widower, is in the theatre business and is staging a play at a fair (the Kumbh Mela).

Judge Jumna Prasad (Chandra Mohan), who is also at the fair, is unable to find his daughter Shyama and tries searching for her with the help of the police.

Thereafter, the judge's wife continues to believe that Pappu is Shyama in spite of seeing him dressed as a boy even after he grows up.

She had earlier acted as a child artist in her mother's (Jaddan Bai) films by the name of Baby Rani.

There are a couple of songs with patriotic fervour denoting the pre-independent era the film was made in.