Khoon Ka Khoon

Alternative title

Hamlet

Synopsis

Feature film version of Hamlet. Recording of a stage production.

Language

Urdu

Country

India

Medium

Film

Technical information

Black-and-white / Sound

Year of release

1935

Duration

122 mins

Availability

No archive copy found (2006)

Credits

Director

Sohrab Modi

Cast

Sohrab Modi	Hamlet
Shamshadbai	Gertrude
Naseem Banu	Ophelia
Ghulam Hussein
Obali Mai

Additional Details

Theatre company

Stage Film Company

Production type

Stage Recordings

Plays

Hamlet

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

General

Modi set up the Stage Film Company in 1935 and filmed two of their performances - KHOON KA KHOON and SAED-e-HAVAS, a version of King John. Both films were commercially unsuccessful.

Reviews

Esha Niyogi De ‘Modern Shakespeare in popular Bombay cinema: translation, subjectivity and community’ in Screen (vol.XLIII, no. 1, Spring 2002), p.19-40.

Production Company

Name

Stage Film