Shirin Farhad (1956 film)

Shirin Farhad
Directed byAspi Irani[1]
Written byHakim Riaz Latta[1]
Screenplay byHakim Riaz Latta
Story byHakim Riaz Latta
Based onKhosrow and Shirin from Shahnameh
Produced byAspi Irani
Starring
Edited byDinesh Tanhame
Music byS. Mohinder
Release date
  • 3 February 1956 (1956-02-03)[2]
Running time
150 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindustani

Shirin Farhad is a 1956 Indian Hindustani-language romantic drama film directed and produced by Aspi Irani.[1] Based on Khosrow and Shirin from the Shahnameh,[3] it revolves around Princess Shirin (Madhubala) who is forbidden to meet her childhood sweetheart Farhad (Pradeep Kumar) and forced to marry a king.[4]

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.[5][6]

  1. ^ a b c "Shirin Farhad (1955) – Review, Star Cast, News, Photos". Cinestaan. Archived from the original on 24 February 2020. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Shirin Farhad Movie: Showtimes, Review, Trailer, Posters, News & Videos | eTimes", The Times of India, retrieved 29 November 2020
  3. ^ Filippo Carlà-Uhink; Anja Wieber (2020). Orientalism and the Reception of Powerful Women from the Ancient World. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 265. ISBN 978-1-350-05011-2.
  4. ^ "Shirin Farhad (1956)". Indiancine.ma.
  5. ^ "Highest Grossing Hindi Movies of 1956". IMDb. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  6. ^ Deep 1996, p. 90.