Dil Farosh

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;
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

^ "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.