Zalim Saudagar

Zalim Saudagar
Zalim Saudagar
Directed by	J.J. Madan
Written by	Pandit Bhushan, based on Shakespeare
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Zalim Saudagar is a Bollywood drama film. It was released in 1941. The film is also known as Merchant Of Venice.^[1] It was directed by J.J. Madan and starred Khalil, Kajjan, Rani Premlata, and Haider Bandi in the pivotal roles.^[2]^[3] Zalim Saudagar means "The Cruel Merchant"; this film was a film adaption of Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice, and was produced by the Radha Film Company of Calcutta.^[3] The film is very difficult to obtain and few copies of it appear to exist.^[4]

References

^ citwf. "Merchant of Venice". citwf.com. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
^ Sammons, Eddie (15 April 2004). Shakespeare: a hundred years on film. Scarecrow Press. p. 84. ISBN 978-0-8108-4446-9. Retrieved 23 July 2012.
^ ^a ^b Bartholomeusz, Poonam Trivedi And Dennis (1 September 2006). India's Shakespeare: Translation, Interpretation, and Performance. Pearson Education India. p. 241. ISBN 978-81-7758-131-7. Retrieved 23 July 2012.
^ Stehr, Claudia (12 May 2007). Shakespeare as Transcultural Narrative: Te Tangata Whai Rawa o Weniti - The Maori Merchant of Venice. GRIN Verlag. p. 100. ISBN 978-3-638-67935-0. Retrieved 23 July 2012.

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