Sohrab Modi
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Directing
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: November 02, 1897
Deathday: January 28, 1984
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Pukar
Overview: A love affair and two feuding families who play out a Romeo and Juliet type drama in 17th century India, under the Emperor Jehangir.
Genres: History
Original Language: ur
Release Date: 1939-01-31
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Jailor
Overview: Modi's first psychodramatic role as a liberal man becoming a tyrannical jailer. He loses his wife to a lover who then goes blind. The jailer locks up his wife, Kanwal, in their own home, forbidding any contact with their child, Bali. Later the jailer himself falls in love with a blind woman.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1938-01-01
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Jhansi Ki Rani
Overview: Set in the 19th century against the backdrop of the Mutiny of 1857, the film is about the bravery of queen Lakshmibai, Rani of Jhansi, who took up arms and led her army against the British.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1953-01-24
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Sikandar
Overview: The film begins after Alexander the Great (Sikander in Hindi/Urdu) conquers Persia and the Kabul valley and approaches the Indian border at Jhelum. Sohrab Modi plays the Indian king Puru (Porus to the Greeks). The story goes that when Sikander defeated Porus and imprisoned him, he asked Porus how would he like to be treated. Porus replied the same way a defeated king is treated by the winner (meaning killed).
Genres: War Drama History
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1941-02-19
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Nausherwan-E-Adil
Overview: A fair-minded emperor improves and introduces new laws, but ends up facing challenges when his son violates them.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-01-01
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Raj Hath
Overview: A stubborn emperor plans to wage war against another who had humiliated him and his daughter.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1956-01-01
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Ek Nari Ek Brahmachari
Overview: Raisaheb Surajbhan Chaudhary has two sons - Rajkumar who has not produced an heir to his family and other is Mohan, a devout worshiper of Lord Bajrangbali and refuses to get married. Things change dramatically when a young woman named Neena, along with her son, enters the Chaudhary household claiming that Mohan had married and abandoned her.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1971-10-08
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Kundan
Overview: Classic Bollywood film about a young man whose poverty leads him to commit crimes which, in turn, lead him to harsher and harsher punishments.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1955-01-01
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Yahudi
Overview: In ancient Rome, a mourning Jewish man raises the kidnapped daughter of Roman royalty as his own - and she grows up without learning her true identity. Years later, she falls in love with a Roman prince.
Genres: Romance Drama Action
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1958-09-05
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Prithvi Vallabh
Overview: The story revolves around two kings, Prithvi Vallabh (Munj) of Avantipur who is kind and just, and Tailap, a neighboring king who is cruel. With the help of his sister Mrinalvati (Durga Khote) and another neighbouring king Bhillam (K. N. Singh), Tailap manages to capture Prithvi Vallabh. The rest of the film follows incidents following his captivity.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1943-01-01
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Jailor
Overview: A jailor is abandoned by his wife which leads to great changes in his life
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-01-01
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