Khoon Ka Khoon (1935)

Directed by

Sohrab Modi

Genre

drama film

Country

British Raj

Runtime

2h 02m

Rating

9.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is the first Hindi/Urdu sound film adaptation of Shakespeare's Hamlet. A young prince seeks vengeance for his father's murder, leading to betrayal and tragedy.

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What happens

Khoon Ka Khoon (transl. Blood for Blood), also called Hamlet, is the first Hindi/Urdu 1935 sound film adaptation of the Shakespearen play Hamlet. Directed by Sohrab Modi under his Stage Film Company banner, it is cited as one of the earliest talkie versions of this play. Credited as "the man who brought Shakespeare to the Indian screen", it was Modi's debut feature film as a director. The story and script were penned by Mehdi Hassan Ahsan from his Urdu adaptation of Shakespeare's "Hamlet". Starring Modi, Khoon Ka Khoon was also the debut in films of Naseem Banu who played Ophelia. The other star cast included Chamiyan Bai, Ghulam Hussain, Obali Mai, Fazal Karim and Eruch Tarapore. The film has been cited by National Film Archive of India founder P K. Nair, as one of "21 most wanted missing Indian cinema treasures". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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