अब तेरे सिवा कौन मेरा कृष्ण कन्हैया

'Ab Tere Siwa Kaun Mera Krishan Kanhaiya' is a devotional prayer-song from Bombay Talkies' Kismet (1943), sung by Amirbai Karnataki, who voiced almost the entire soundtrack. Where 'Door Hato' is the film's public, defiant face, this number is its private, imploring one — an address to Krishna as the only remaining refuge. Set by Anil Biswas and written by Kavi Pradeep, it shows the emotional range the score could span between patriotic anthem and intimate bhakti.

Anil Biswas keeps the setting spare and slow, letting Amirbai Karnataki's plaintive timbre dominate over a restrained harmonium-and-strings backing. The bhajan-like contour and devotional cadence place the number squarely in the prayer idiom, a deliberate tonal contrast to the score's more rousing chorus pieces.