Sohrab modes

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Sohrab Modi, 1931

Sohrab Merwanji Modi ( Hindi सोहराब मोदी Sohrāb Modī ; born November 2, 1897 in Bombay , Bombay , British India , † January 28, 1984 in Bombay , Maharashtra ) was an Indian actor, film director and producer of the Hindi / Urdu films .

Life

Sohrab Modi was born in Bombay as the son of a Parish civil servant and grew up in Rampur and Bombay. Together with his brother Keki Modi, he worked as a traveling film projectionist in Gwalior from 1914 . In the 1920s he worked as a stage actor in the theater company Arya Subodh Natak Mandali his brother Rustom Modi. His main stage role was the leading role of Jehangir in Khoon Ka Khoon , a Hamlet adaptation that was one of the most successful Urdu plays of the 1920s. With the beginning of the sound film, the attractiveness of theaters declined and Modi turned to film. In 1935, he and his brother Rustom founded a film company called Stage Films and made film versions of the Shakespeare stage hits Khoon Ka Khoon (1935) and Saeed-e Havas (1936) based on Aga Hashr Kashmiri's adaptation of King John .

Then Modi's film company Minerva Movietone was formed . The historical films Pukar (1939), Sikandar (1941) and Prithvi Vallabh (1943), the breakthrough as a producer, director and star he succeeded. Pukar plays at the court of the Mughal emperor Jahangir and many scenes were filmed on original locations. But Sikander in particular is one of the great classics of Indian period films. It is about the battle of Alexander the Great (= Sikander) ( Prithviraj Kapoor ) against King Porus (Sohrab Modi) in 326 BC. And is remarkable for its time for its spectacular battle scenes and drama.

In addition to costume dramas, in which Kamal Amrohi also regularly contributed as a writer, Modi published successful but misogynistic married dramas such as Jailor (1938 and 1958), Talaaq (1938) and Bharosa (1940). In 1953, Modi made India's first Technicolor film with Jhansi Ki Rani , set at the time of the uprising against the British in 1857 . Mirza Ghalib (1954), a film about the life of Urdu poet Mirza Ghalib during the reign of the last mogul, Bahadur Shah II , won a National Film Award for Best Picture of the Year . After his role in Bimal Roys Yahudi (1958), he appeared almost exclusively as an actor in films by other directors. His film company ceased operations around 1960.

Sohrab Modi was a jury member for the 1960 Berlinale . In 1980 he received the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for his outstanding contribution to Indian film . Modi, who had been married to actress Mehtab since 1946 , died of cancer .

Filmography

actor
  • 1935: Khoon Ka Khoon
  • 1936: Saeed-e-Havas
  • 1937: Atma Tarang
  • 1937: Khan Bahadur
  • 1938: Jailor
  • 1938: Talaaq
  • 1938: 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
  • 1949: Narasinh Avatar
  • 1950: Sheesh Mahal
  • 1953: The Maharani of Dschansi (Jhansi Ki Rani)
  • 1954: Mirza Ghalib
  • 1955: Kundan
  • 1956: Rajhaath
  • 1957: Nausherwan-e-Adil
  • 1958: Jailor
  • 1958: Farishta
  • 1958: Yahudi
  • 1959: Minister
  • 1959: Pehli Raat
  • 1960: Ghar Ki Laaj
  • 1960: 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
  • 1979: Meena Kumari Ki Amar Kahani
  • 1981: Ganga Maang Rahi Balidan
  • 1982: Rustom
  • 1983: Razia Sultan
Director
  • 1935: Khoon Ka Khoon
  • 1936: Saeed-e-Havas
  • 1937: Atma Tarang
  • 1937: Khan Bahadur
  • 1938: Jailor
  • 1938: Talaaq
  • 1938: 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
  • 1949: Narasinh Avatar
  • 1950: Sheesh Mahal
  • 1953: Jhansi Ki Rani
  • 1954: Mirza Ghalib
  • 1955: Kundan
  • 1956: Rajhaath
  • 1957: Nausherwan-e-Adil
  • 1958: Jailor
  • 1960: Mera Ghar Mere Bachche
  • 1969: Samay Bada Balwan
  • 1979: Meena Kumari Ki Amar Kahani

literature

  • Entry on Sohrab Merwanji Modi in Ashish Rajadhyaksha, Paul Willemen: Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema , p. 150
  • Amrit Gangar. Sohrab modes. The Great Mughal of Historicals . Wisdom Tree 2008. ISBN 978-81-8328-108-9

Web links

Commons : Sohrab modes  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Yesteryear actress Mehtab remembers her husband Sohrab Modi
personal data
SURNAME Modi, Sohrab
ALTERNATIVE NAMES मोदी, सोहराब; Modi, Sohrab Merwanji (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Indian actor, film director and producer
DATE OF BIRTH November 2, 1897
PLACE OF BIRTH Bombay , Bombay , British India
DATE OF DEATH January 28, 1984
Place of death Bombay , Maharashtra , India