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36 Chowringhee Lane (1981 Film)
- Director
- Aparna Sen
- Producer
- Sashi Kapoor
Hindi feature film. The story of Violet Stoneham, an ageing Anglo-Indian schoolteacher who lives in a dingy apartment in Calcutta and teaches Shakespeare. Two young lovers walk into her life one Christmas...
Heer Raanji (1970 Film)
aka: Rhanjha and Juliet
- Director
- Chetan Anand
Feature film. Punjab version of Romeo and Juliet. While attending a wedding Dido Ranjha falls in love with Heer Saleti who is already married. Their families are long-standing enemies and determine to...
Do Dooni Char (1968 Film)
- Director
- Debu Sen
- Producer
- Bimal Roy
Feature film. A musical version of The Comedy of Errors. No further details known [6/2008].
Shakespeare Wallah (1965 Film)
- Director
- James Ivory
- Producer
- Ismail Merchant
Feature film. An English troupe of actors tour post-Raj India staging performances of Shakespeare to dwindling audiences as British dominance of, and interest in, British culture fades. The film is an ironic...
Saptapadi (1961 Film)
- Director
- Ajoy Kar
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...
Aasha (1957 Film)
- Director
- M.V. Raman
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...
Hamlet (1955 Film)
- Director
- Kishore Sahu
- Producer
- Kishore Sahu
Feature film. An Indian version of Hamlet believed to have been based on a stage production. Adapted by Amanot Hasrat and E.D. Verma. Many scenes are transposed and the parts of Rosencrantz and Guilderstern...
Anjuman (1948 Film)
- Director
- Akhtar Hussain
- Producer
- Akhtar Hussain
Feature film. Indian version of Romeo and Juliet. No further information has been found.
Jwala (1938 Film)
- Director
- Vinayek
Feature film fantasy about a good general Angar (Chandramohan) who is corrupted by ambition. Echoing Macbeth, Angar is told by the witch Kuntala (Ashalata) that his king (Bulbule) will die and that he will...
Said-E-Havas (1936 Film)
aka: Saed-E-Havas
- Director
- Sohrab Modi
Film of a stage performance of a version of King John.