Aasha
- Synopsis
- Comedy/crime feature film with songs claiming inspiration from Hamlet. A landowner is accused of murder and the device of staging a play is employed whereby Kishore, disguised as an Arab, puts together a theatre company to perform a play which traps the killer.
- Language
- Hindi
- Country
- India
- Medium
- Film
- Technical information
- Black-and-white / Sound
- Year of release
- 1957
- Duration
- 171 mins
- Availability
- No archive copy or distibutor found (2007).
Credits
- Director
- M.V. Raman
- Cinematographer
- Fali Mistry; Hardip. S.; Jawar Seetaraman
- Cast
Kishore Kumar Landowner’s son Om Prakash Landowner Pran Raj Vyjayanthimala Nirmala
Additional Details
- Production type
- Fiction Films
- Plays
- Hamlet
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- General
- Some sequences are shot in colour.
Production Company
- Name
Raman Studios
- Address
- India
How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "Aasha". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av67774 (Accessed 20 Sep 2024)