Changes between Version 1 and Version 2 of Shakuntala (1920)
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Shakuntala (1920)
v1 v2 1 1 '''Shakuntala''' 2 1920 st. c.6000ft B&W3 2 4 d/sc Suchet Singh pc Oriental Film3 1920 st. c.6000ft B&W d/sc Suchet Singh pc Oriental Film 5 4 st Kalidasa's Shakuntala c Baron Von Rayvon (Roy Vaughan?) 6 5 lp Dorothy Kingdom, Goharjaan, Sampson, Mrs Sutria, Kanjlbhal Rathod, Dadibhai Sarkari, Khorshedji Engineer, Signorina Albertini, Isaac Simon, Rewashankar 6 7 7 Sucher Singh's debut, adapting Kalidas' Sanskrit play, features the American import Dorothy Kingdom in the title role, triggering a major Swadeshl debate with S.N. Patankar announcing a rival production in the Bombay Chronicle of 24 January I920: Shakuntala, or The Fateful Ring (1920), adapted 'strictly in accordance with the drama'. Hindustan Cinema Films joined in claiming that its. Usha Swapna was 'produced by Indian Artistes, by 8 8 Indian Labour and Without Foreign Assistance'. Singh's film was a major success running for 40 consecutive days in Bombay. The cameraman was probably Roy N. Vaughan, an American import.