Khoon Ka Khoon

Khoon Ka Khoon
Theatrical release poster
Directed bySohrab Modi
Written byMehdi Hassan Ahsan
Produced byStage Film Company
Starring
Music byKanhaiya Pawar
Production
companies
Minerva Movietone, Stage Film Company, Bombay
Release date
  • 1935 (1935)
Running time
122 min
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Khoon Ka Khoon (transl. Blood for Blood) also called Hamlet is the first Hindi/Urdu 1935 sound film adaptation of the Shakespearen play Hamlet.[1] Directed by Sohrab Modi under his Stage Film Company banner, it is cited as one of the earliest talkie versions of this play.[2] Credited as "the man who brought Shakespeare to the Indian screen", it was Modi's debut feature film as a director.[3][4] The story and script were by Mehdi Hassan Ahsan from his Urdu adaptation of Shakespeare's "Hamlet". Starring Sohrab Modi, Khoon Ka Khoon was also the debut in films of Naseem Banu who played Ophelia.[5] The other star cast included Shamshadbai, Ghulam Hussain, Obali Mai, Fazal Karim and Eruch Tarapore.[6]

Khoon Ka Khoon was a "filmed version of a stage performance of the play" with Sohrab Modi as Hamlet and Naseem Banu as Ophelia.[7] 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".[8]

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  2. ^ Rothwell, Kenneth. "Shakespeare in Performance: Film". internetshakespeare.uvic.ca. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  3. ^ Ashish Rajadhyaksha; Paul Willemen (10 July 2014). Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema. Taylor & Francis. pp. 1994–. ISBN 978-1-135-94325-7. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
  4. ^ Rajadhyaksha, Willemen, Ashish, Paul (2002). Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema. Routledge. p. 150.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ Tilak Rishi (2012). "Sohrab Modi". Bless You Bollywood!: A Tribute to Hindi Cinema on Completing 100 Years. Trafford Publishing. pp. 12–. ISBN 978-1-4669-3963-9. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  6. ^ "Khoon Ka Khoon". Alan Goble. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  7. ^ "Khoon Ka Khoon-Hamlet". Film Heritage Foundation. 28 August 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
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