Dil Farosh
| Dil Farosh | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | M. Udvadia |
| Written by | Mehdi Hasan 'Ahsan' (adaptation) |
| Based on | The Merchant of Venice |
| Produced by | Excelsior Film Company |
| Starring | M. Udvadia Nargis |
| Cinematography | D. D. Dabke |
Production company | Excelsior Film Company |
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| Country | India |
Dil Farosh also called Merchant Of Hearts, is a 1927 Indian cinema's silent film directed by M. Udvadia.[1] Produced by Excelsior Film Company it has been cited as one of the earliest adaptations of a Shakespeare play into an Indian film.[2] Based on The Merchant of Venice, it was written for the Parsi theatre by Mehdi Hasan 'Ahsan' in 1900, and called Merchant of Hearts.[3] The stage adaptation by the New Alfred Company had Sorabji Ogra as Shylock and "achieved great popularity" at the beginning of the twentieth century.[4] The film's cast included the director Udwadia with Nargis, K. B. Athavale and Saiyed Umer.[5]
Cast
[edit]- K. B. Athvale
- Nargis
- M. Udwadia
- Saiyed Umer
References
[edit]- ^ "Dil Farosh". gomolo.com. Gomolo. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
- ^ Martin Procházka; Andreas Höfele; Hanna Scolnicov; Michael Dobson (12 December 2013). Renaissance Shakespeare: Shakespeare Renaissances: Proceedings of the Ninth World Shakespeare Congress. University of Delaware Press. pp. 346–. ISBN 978-1-61149-461-7. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
- ^ Craig Dionne; Parmita Kapadia (27 March 2014). Bollywood Shakespeares. Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 22–. ISBN 978-1-137-37556-8. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
- ^ Poonam Trivedi; Dennis Bartholomeusz (2005). India's Shakespeare: Translation, Interpretation, and Performance. University of Delaware Press. pp. 270–. ISBN 978-0-87413-881-8. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
- ^ "Dilfarosh". Complete Index to Worl Film. Alan Goble. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
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