Yahudi Ki Ladki

For the 1957 film, see Yahudi Ki Ladki (1957 film). For the 1933 film, see Yahudi Ki Ladki (1933 film).

Yahudi Ki Ladki[1] (The Jew's Daughter) is a historical Urdu play by Agha Hashar Kashmiri, on the theme of persecution of Jews by the Romans.[2] It was first published in 1913. The play became his best known work, and a classic in Parsi-Urdu theatre.[3][4]

The play was originally inspired by and adapted from W.T. Moncrieff's 19th century play, The Jewess, and uses a mixture of Urdu, Khari Boli and even Braj Bhasha at places.[5]

  1. ^ Agha Hashr Kashmiri. Yahudi Ki Ladki. Rajkamal Prakashan. ISBN 978-81-267-0252-7.
  2. ^ Rinki Roy Bhattacharya (2009). Bimal Roy: The Man who spoke in pictures. Penguin Books Limited. pp. 297–. ISBN 978-81-8475-818-4.
  3. ^ Ashish Rajadhyaksha; Paul Willemen (2014). Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema. Taylor & Francis. p. 1994. ISBN 978-1-135-94325-7.
  4. ^ Meghnad Desai (2013). PAKEEZAH. HarperCollins Publishers India. pp. 44–. ISBN 978-93-5116-023-6.
  5. ^ Anil Zankar (2013). MUGHAL-E-AZAM. HarperCollins Publishers India. pp. 33–. ISBN 978-93-5029-764-3.