Saptapadi
- Synopsis
- Melodrama. During World War II, Krishnendu Mukerjee, a priest, is brought a wounded woman whom he recognises as Rina Brown, an Anglo-Indian and his former lover. In flashback he recalls his college days where in a student production Rina was cast as Desdemona and he learnt the part of Othello to impress her. When Rina’s boyfriend fails to show up for a performance Krishendu took his place. The scene, set in a theatre, starts with ‘it is the cause’ and ends with Othello’s final speech.
- Language
- Hindi
- Country
- India
- Medium
- Film
- Technical information
- Black-and-white / Sound
- Year of release
- 1961
- Duration
- 163 mins
Credits
- Director
- Ajoy Kar
- Screenplay
- Tarashankar Banerjee
- Music
- Hemanta Mukherjee
- Cast
Uttam Kumar Krishnendu (Othello) Suchitra Sen Rina Brown (Desdemona)
Additional Details
- Production type
- Fiction Films
- Plays
- Othello
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- General
- Some critics have observed that the Othello sequence is almost a shot-for-shot match of the Welles film.
- Reviews
- Lanier, Douglas ‘Film Spin-Offs and Citations’ in Burt, Richard (ed). Shakespeares After Shakespeares: an Encyclopedia of the Bard in Mass Media and Popular Culture. 2 vols. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2006. (p. 240-1, entry 999).
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How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "Saptapadi". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av67895 (Accessed 19 Sep 2024)