Dil Farosh Explained

Dil Farosh
Director:	M. Udvadia
Producer:	Excelsior Film Company
Based On:	The Merchant of Venice
Starring:	M. Udvadia Nargis
Cinematography:	D. D. Dabke
Studio:	Excelsior Film Company
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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Dil Farosh. gomolo.com. Gomolo. 30 April 2015. 4 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304094014/http://www.gomolo.com/dil-farosh-movie/19831. dead.
2. Book: Martin Procházka. Andreas Höfele. Hanna Scolnicov. Michael Dobson. Renaissance Shakespeare: Shakespeare Renaissances: Proceedings of the Ninth World Shakespeare Congress. 30 April 2015. 12 December 2013. University of Delaware Press. 978-1-61149-461-7. 346–.
3. Book: Craig Dionne. Parmita Kapadia. Bollywood Shakespeares. 28 April 2015. 27 March 2014. Palgrave Macmillan. 978-1-137-37556-8. 22–.
4. Book: Poonam Trivedi. Dennis Bartholomeusz. India's Shakespeare: Translation, Interpretation, and Performance. 30 April 2015. 2005. University of Delaware Press. 978-0-87413-881-8. 270–.
5. Web site: Dilfarosh. Complete Index to Worl Film. Alan Goble. 30 April 2015.