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
Release date	1927 (1927)
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

• K. B. Athvale
• Nargis
• M. Udwadia
• Saiyed Umer

References

1. "Dil Farosh". gomolo.com. Gomolo. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. 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". Complete Index to Worl Film. Alan Goble. Retrieved 30 April 2015.

External links

• Dil Farosh (1927) at IMDb