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Said-e-Havas (1935)
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Directed by Sohrab Merwanji Modi
Said-e-Havas (Prey To Desire) or (Greed) also known as King John is a 1936 Hindi/Urdu film adaptation of the Shakespeare play, King John, directed by Sohrab Modi. Produced by Modi's Stage Film Company, the film was a "stage recording" of the play, similar to Modi's first stage adaptation to screen of Khoon Ka Khoon. It was written by Agha Hashr, based on an adaptation of King John and of Richard III. The music was composed by Bunyad Husain Khan. The film starred Sohrab Modi, Gulzar, Sadat Ali, Fakir Mohammed, Shama and E. Tarapore.
Trivedi and Bartholomeusz record that the film incorporated scenes and acts from King John, mainly Act 2 Scene 5, and made use of Richard III as general reference. Modi played the role of the "ethnically black" Kazal Beg (Hubert). Agha Hashr had written the play in 1907 and according to Bishop and Chaudhuri there is very little similarity between the play "King John" and Agha Hashr's adaptation, except for those mentioned earlier.
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, 2h2Directed by Sohrab Merwanji Modi
Themes Films about families, Political films, Films based on plays, Films based on works by William Shakespeare, Films about royalty
Actors Sohrab Merwanji Modi, Naseem Banu
The film stays close to the play, with Hamlet's dead father wanting Hamlet to punish the people responsible for his death. Hamlet, unwilling to believe his mother's involvement is in a quandary and pretends to be insane. He has a play staged denouncing his mother and uncle. Gertrude drinks the poison intended for Hamlet, Hamlet kills his step-father and succumbs to the wounds received.
Sikandar (1941)
, 2h26Directed by Sohrab Merwanji Modi
Genres Drama, War, Historical, Peplum
Themes Politique, Political films, Films about royalty
Actors Prithviraj Kapoor, Sohrab Merwanji Modi, Meena Shorey, K. N. Singh (Krishan Niranjan Singh), Noor Jehan
Rating70%
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, 2h27Directed by Sohrab Merwanji Modi
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, 2h45Directed by Sohrab Merwanji Modi
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Themes Political films, Films about royalty
Actors Chandra Mohan, Sohrab Merwanji Modi, Chandra Mohan, Naseem Banu, Sardar Akhtar
Rating70%
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Prithvi Vallabh (1943)
Directed by Sohrab Merwanji Modi
Actors Durga Khote, Sohrab Merwanji Modi, K. N. Singh (Krishan Niranjan Singh), P. Santha Kumari, Amirbai Karnataki
Rating73%
Raj Hath (1956)
, 2h30Directed by Sohrab Merwanji Modi
Actors Madhubala, Pradeep Kumar, Tun tun (Uma Devi Khatri), Sohrab Merwanji Modi
Rating62%
The king of Jagmer, Maharaja Daljeet (Sohrab Modi), sends a marriage proposal to the king of a neighboring city, Sultanpur. In the proposal Maharaja Daljeet asks to marry his daughter, Raja Beti (Madhubala), to Kumar (Pradeep Kumar), the son of the king of Sultanpur (Ulhas). The king of Sultanpur strongly rejects the proposal and states that the long term rivalry between the two empire is the reason for his refusal; he is injuriously disrespected by the messenger, Sabgram Singh (Murad). Later, the king of Sultanpur also says that Daljeet has conspired against his empire and by proposing the marriage he wants to take revenge. The disrespectful behavior of the king of Sultanpur makes Daljeet angry, and he orders preparations for a war against Sultanpur. Daljeet also provokes his daughter to take vengeance against the king of Sultanpur for the insult. The fortress of the king of Sultanpur is well known for a trap in which troops flounder. Daljeet learns of a map of the fortress, which will help troops navigate across the trap. While retrieving the map from the enemy camp, one of the Daljeet's important soldiers is caught and killed. Daljeet realizes the task is full of risk so he invites the bravest soldiers in the kingdom to try, but they all refuse. After the denial of the brave soldiers, Juhi (Kammo) and Raja Beti accept the task and dress up as men to infiltrate the enemy camp. After much hardship they at last get the map. While returning in disguise as a shepherdess, Raja Beti meets Kumar. Kumar on his first meeting begins to fall in love with her, but he is unaware that the shepherdess is actually the princess of Jagmer.
Jailor (1938)
, 2h30Directed by Sohrab Merwanji Modi
Genres Drama
Actors Sohrab Merwanji Modi, Leela Chitnis
Sohrab Modi is the benevolent prison warden whom everyone likes except his wife Kanwal (Leela Chitnis). The wife elopes with a doctor, Dr. Ramesh, leaving her young daughter behind. This turns the normally kind-hearted Jailor into a tyrannical man of whom everyone is scared. Circumstances make him bring his wife home when she and her lover meet with an accident and the lover turns blind. The Jailor keeps her imprisoned in a room, where she eventually kills herself due to his ill-treatment of her. The Jailor meets a blind girl and starts changing his despotic ways. On realising that the blind girl too loves Dr. Ramesh he helps unite them.
Sheesh Mahal (1950)
, 2h24Directed by Sohrab Merwanji Modi
Genres Drama
Actors Naseem Banu, Sohrab Merwanji Modi, Gajanan Jagirdar, Nigar Sultana, Pran Krishan Sikand, Leela Mishra
Rating18%
An old feudal aristrocrat, Thakur Jaspal Singh (Sohrab Modi) lives with his two daughters, Ranja (Naseem Banu) and Nalini (Pushpa Hans), and son Balram in a grand mansion called Sheesh Mahal. He maintains his long family ancestry and honour, citing the valour of olden days. His way of life far exceeds the money he has. His children try to warn him regarding his excessive spending but his feudal mind-set refuses to let others see that they are in dire straits. They finally have to sell their mansion to a former worker, Durgaprasad (Mubarak), who is now rich. They settle in a small hovel-like place. The brother finds work in the factory but meets with an accident where his leg is amputated. Desperate Ranjana finds work as a maid to Roopa (Nigar Sultana) Durgaprasad’s daughter. Jaspal Singh refuses Durgadas when he comes to ask for his daughter's hand in marriage to his son Vikram (Jawahar Kaul) claiming that Durgadas may have bought the Sheesh Mahal but he's still a labourer compared to the aristocratic family. Balram argues with his father about keeping up false pretences. Sundarmukh (Pran) who was to marry Ranjana but has broken the engagement because they are poor, comes and tells Jaspal that his daughter, in the guise of working at Durgadas' house is having an affair with his son. Jaspal is furious and rushes to kill Ranjana to avenge the Rajput honour. At the Sheesh Mahal, Durgadas stops him with a lecture on different warriors and honour. Jaspal falters and falls down the steps. Before he dies he blesses the union between Ranjana and Vikram.
Kundan (1955)
, 2h1Directed by Sohrab Merwanji Modi
Genres Drama
Actors Sohrab Merwanji Modi, Nimmi, Sunil Dutt, Pran Krishan Sikand, Manorama, Kumkum
Rating66%
The film starts with Kundan (Sohrab Modi) stealing a loaf of bread from a kitchen and running home with it to feed his young niece Radha, and ailing mother. He is arrested and in court he says he had tried to find work, begged, and in the end was forced to steal. The judge sentences him to two years in prison. His niece visits him in jail telling him of his mother’s death. Kundan bends the iron rods and escapes but is caught. He is imprisoned for a further five years for trying to escape. The second time he tries to do so he gets an additional seven years. Kundan spends a total of fourteen years in prison doing hard labour. Radha (Nimmi) is married to Gopal (Pran) and they have a baby girl Uma. Gopal, who is in bad company and a crook gets her to part with all her jewellery and disappears with it. Radha and her baby find refuge with a tea-stall owner (Om Prakash) and his wife (Manorama)) who employ her to work for them for minimal wages. Kundan on release from jail sets out to find Radha. He has been told by the jail authorities including Inspector Sher Singh (Ulhas), a devout policeman, to keep them informed about his whereabouts and to present himself regularly at the police station. When he returns to his locality he is unable to find Radha and the neighbours drive him away, calling him a dacoit.