Zalim Saudagar (1941)

Directed by

J. J. Madan

Genre

drama film

Country

British Raj

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is an old Bollywood drama based on Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice. It follows a merchant who borrows money from a cruel moneylender and must repay the debt in a strange way.

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What happens

Zalim Saudagar is a 1941 Bollywood drama film The film is also known as Merchant of Venice. It was directed by J.J. Madan and starred Khalil, Kajjanbai, Rani Premlata, and Haider Bandi in the pivotal roles. Zalim Saudagar means "The Cruel Merchant"; this film was a film adaptation of Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice, and was produced by the Radha Film Company of Calcutta. The film is very difficult to obtain and few copies of it appear to exist. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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