''Said-e-Havas'' (Prey To Desire) or (Greed) also known as ''King John'' is a

1936 Events January–February * January 20 – George V of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India, dies at his Sandringham Estate. The Prince of Wales succeeds to the throne of the United Kingdom as King E ...

Hindi Hindi (Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of North India, northern, Central India, centr ...

Urdu Urdu (;"Urdu"
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film adaptation of the

Shakespeare William Shakespeare ( 26 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's natio ...

play, ''

King John King John may refer to: Rulers * John, King of England (1166–1216) * John I of Jerusalem (c. 1170–1237) * John Balliol, King of Scotland (c. 1249–1314) * John I of France (15–20 November 1316) * John II of France (1319–1364) * John I of ...

'', directed by

Sohrab Modi Sohrab Merwanji Modi (2 November 1897 – 28 January 1984) was an Indian stage and film actor, director and producer. His films include '' Khoon Ka Khoon'' (1935), a version of Shakespeare's ''Hamlet'', '' Sikandar'', ''Pukar'', ''Prithvi V ...

. It was based on the

Urdu Urdu (;"Urdu"
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play ''Said-e-Hawas'' by

Agha Hashar Kashmiri Agha Hashar Kashmiri (born Muhammad Shah, 3 April 1879 – 1 April 1935) was an Urdu poet, playwright and dramatist. A number of his plays were Indian Shakespearean adaptations. Early life He started to show interest in stage dramas and mo ...

, published in 1908. Produced by Modi's Stage Film Company, the film was a "stage recording" of the play, similar to Modi's first stage adaptation to screen of ''

Khoon Ka Khoon ''Khoon Ka Khoon'' () also called ''Hamlet'' is the first Hindi/ Urdu 1935 sound film adaptation of the Shakespearen play Hamlet. Directed by Sohrab Modi under his Stage Film Company banner, it is cited as one of the earliest talkie versio ...

''. It was written by Agha Hashr, based on an adaptation of ''King John'' and of ''Richard III''. The music was composed by Bunyad Husain Khan. The film starred Sohrab Modi, Gulzar, Sadat Ali, Fakir Mohammed, Shama and E. Tarapore. Trivedi and Bartholomeusz record that the film incorporated scenes and acts from ''King John'', mainly Act 2 Scene 5, and made use of ''Richard III'' as general reference. Modi played the role of the "ethnically black" Kazal Beg (Hubert). Agha Hashr had written the play in 1907 and according to Bishop and Chaudhuri, there is very little similarity between the play ''King John'' and Agha Hashr's adaptation, except for those mentioned earlier.

Cast

* Sadat Ali * Gulzar * Shama * Chandra Kumar * Fakir Mohammed * E. Tarapore * Ghulam Hussain * Sarla Devi

Soundtrack

The film had music composed by Bunyad Hussain Khan and included eleven songs. The song "Maston Ko Ain Farz Hai Peena Sharab Ka" was sung by legendary singer G. M. Durrani.

Song List

References

External links

* {{Sohrab Modi 1936 films 1930s Hindi-language films Films directed by Sohrab Modi Films based on King John (play) Indian black-and-white films Films based on works by William Shakespeare Indian films based on plays