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+'''Sohrab Merwanji Modi(1897-1984)'''
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+Hindi-Urdu director, actor and producer; born
+in Bombay. Son of a civil servant; after
+education in Rampur, UP, and in Bombay,
+started as a travelling exhibitor in Gwalior
+(1914) with brother K.M. Modi. Elder brother
+Rustom Modi, together with Ittefaq, set up Arya
+Subodh Natya Mandali theatre group (1923).
+Sohrab played Jehangir (Hamlet) opposite
+Naseem Banu (Ophelia) in Khoon Ka Khoon,
+one of the biggest Urdu stage hits of the 20s.
+Rustom Modi started Stage Films (1935) mainly
+to adapt their plays to the cinema. The film
+version of Khoon Ka Khoon was followed
+by Aga Hashr Kashmiri’s Shakespeare
+adaptation, Saeed-e-Havas. Broke away to
+found Minerva Movietone (1936). Although
+Modi went beyond the Parsee theatre for his
+choice of themes, his formal approach
+remained tied to it and evokes the way Parsee
+theatre looked and sounded, using frontal
+composition and staging the narrative in spatial
+layers. Also copious use of Urdu dialogues.
+Regarded as the man who brought
+Shakespeare to the Indian screen. Best-known
+for his spectacular costumed historicals
+(together with Asif and Amrohi), which, after
+Pukar, he alternated with contemporary
+psychodramas that often dealt with marital
+problems from a misogynist viewpoint (e.g.
+Jailor, Talaaq, Bharosa). Acted in all the
+films he directed and wrote most of them.
+Started acting for other directors after Bimal
+Roy’s Yahudi.
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+
+'''FILMOGRAPHY''' (* only act): 1935: Khoon
+Ka Khoon; 1936: Saeed-e-Havas; 1937: Atma
+Tarang; Khan Bahadur; 1938: Jailor;
+Talaaq; Meetha Zaher; 1939: Pukar; 1940:
+Bharosa; 1941: Sikandar; 1942: Phir
+Milenge; 1943: Prithvi Vallabh; 1944:
+Parakh; 1945: Ek Din Ka Sultan; 1947:
+Manjdhar; 1949: Daulat; Narasinh Avatar;
+1950: Sheesh Mahal; 1953: Jhansi Ki Rani;
+1954: Mirza Ghalib; 1955: Kundan; 1956:
+Rajhaath; 1957: Nausherwan-e-Adil; 1958:
+Jailor; Farishta*; Yahudi*; 1959: Minister*;
+Pehli Raat*; 1960: Ghar Ki Laaj*; Mera Ghar
+Mere Bachche; 1965: Bharat Milap*; 1967:
+Woh Koi Aur Hoga*; 1969: Samay Bada
+Balwan; 1970: Jwala*; 1971: Ek Nari Ek
+Brahmachari*; 1975: Tanariri*; 1979: Ghar
+Ki Laaj*; Meena Kumari Ki Amar Kahani;
+1981: Ganga Maang Rahi Balidan*; 1982:
+Rustom*; 1983: Razia Sultan*.
+
+[[Actor]]
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+[[Director]]
+
+[[Producer]]