Dil Farosh

Dil Farosh
Directed by M. Udvadia
Produced by Excelsior Film Company
Written by Mehdi Hasan 'Ahsan' (adaptation)
Based on Merchant of Venice
Starring M. Udvadia
Nargis
Cinematography D. D. Dabke
Production
company
Excelsior Film Company
Release dates
 1927
Country India
Language Silent

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 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

References

  1. ↑ "Dil Farosh". gomolo.com. Gomolo. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ Craig Dionne; Parmita Kapadia (27 March 2014). Bollywood Shakespeares. Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 22–. ISBN 978-1-137-37556-8. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ "Dilfarosh". citwf.com. Alan Goble. Retrieved 30 April 2015.

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