Shirin Farhad (1956)

Directed by

Aspi Irani

Genre

romance, drama

Country

India

Runtime

2h 04m

Rating

9.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A princess is forbidden from seeing her childhood sweetheart and is forced to marry a king. The story follows her struggle to reunite with the man she loves.

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What happens

Shirin Farhad is a 1956 Indian Hindustani-language romantic drama film directed and produced by Aspi Irani. Based on Khosrow and Shirin from the Shahnameh, it revolves around Princess Shirin (Madhubala) who is forbidden to meet her childhood sweetheart Farhad (Pradeep Kumar) and forced to marry a king. The film featured a popular soundtrack composed by S. Mohinder and was partially shot in Gevacolor. According to writers Rekha Menon and Mohan Deep, the film was one of the biggest box office successes of Madhubala and Pradeep Kumar's careers. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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