Sohrab Modi

Sohrab Merwanji Modi
Sohrab Modi
Modi in 1931
Born(1897-11-02)2 November 1897
Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India
Died28 January 1984(1984-01-28) (aged 86)
Bombay, Maharashtra, India
NationalityIndian
OrganizationMinerva Movietone
Notable workPukar, Sikandar, Prithvi Vallabh, Jhansi Ki Rani, Mirza Ghalib, Jailor, Nausherwan-E-Adil (1957 film)
Spouse
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(m. 1946)​
AwardsDadasaheb Phalke Award (1980)

Sohrab Merwanji Modi (2 November 1897 – 28 January 1984) was an Indian stage and film actor, director and producer.[1] His films include Khoon Ka Khoon (1935), a version of Shakespeare's Hamlet, Sikandar, Pukar, Prithvi Vallabh, Jhansi ki Rani, Mirza Ghalib, Jailor and Nausherwan-E-Adil (1957). His films always carried a message of strong commitment to social and national issues.[2]

  1. ^ Gulazāra; Govind Nihalani; Saibal Chatterjee (2003). Encyclopaedia of Hindi Cinema. Popular Prakashan. pp. 614–. ISBN 978-81-7991-066-5. Archived from the original on 11 October 2020. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  2. ^ Karan Bali. "Sohrab Modi profile". Upperstall.com website. Archived from the original on 27 November 2019. Retrieved 27 November 2019.