Appendix 2 - List of Plays and Films
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 March 2012
Summary
Plays
Achhuta Daman ‘The Inviolable Robe’ —Hashr 1903.
Amrit ‘Ambrosia’ —Betab 1908. Opened in the Coronation Theatre, Bombay, April 29, 1908.
Angar ‘Coal’ —Dutt 1959. Modern Bengali drama about a coal mining disaster.
Ankh ka Nasha ‘Eye's Delight’ —Hashr 1924.
Asir-e Hirs ‘Captive of Desire’ —Hashr 1902. Based on Sheridan's Pizarro.
Bazm-e Fani ‘Fatal Union’ —Ahsan 1898, adaptation of Romeo and Juliet.
Bharat Milap ‘The Reunion [of Lord Ram] with Bharat’ —playwright, date unknown.
Bhul Bhulaiyan ‘Labyrinth’ —Ahsan 1901. Adaptation of Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors.
Bilvamangal, aka Bhakt Surdas ‘Surdas, the Devotee’ —Hashr 1915.
Chalta Purza ‘Shrewd Operator’ —Ahsan.
Chandrabhaga—Nayak 1909; based on earlier drama, Kala Dev.
Chatra/Chitra Bakavali—Murad 1887.
Devkanya—Mulani 1908.
Dharmi Balak ‘Righteous Child,’ aka Gharib ki Duniya ‘World of the Poor’ — Hashr 1930.
Dil Farosh ‘Merchant of Hearts’ —Ahsan 1900; based on Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice.
Dil ki Pyas ‘The Heart's Thirst’ —Hashr 1932.
Dorangi Duniya ‘Two-Faced World’ —B.N. Kabra (Guj).
Draupadi Svayamvar ‘Draupadi's Self-Selection of Bridegroom’ —Radheshyam 1929.
Ganesh Janm ‘The Birth of Lord Ganesh’ —Betab 1928. Opened Aug. 16, 1928, Alfred Theatre, Calcutta.
Gorakhdhandha ‘Labyrinth’ —Betab 1912. Adaptation of Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors. Opened July 31, 1912, Quetta.
Gulru Zarina, ‘Zarina, the Flower-faced’ —Nazir 1897; Abbas Ali Abbas.
Haman, aka Sitam-e Haman, Khandan-e Haman—Raunaq 1880; Murad 1885.
Hamari Bhul‘Our Error’ —Betab 1937.
Hava'i Majlis ‘The Heavenly Assembly’ —Ali 1879.
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- Stages of LifeIndian Theatre Autobiographies, pp. 347 - 350Publisher: Anthem PressPrint publication year: 2011