1. Sohrab Merwanji Modi was an Indian stage and film actor, director and producer.
16 Facts About Sohrab Modi
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Sohrab Modi's films include Khoon Ka Khoon, a version of Shakespeare's Hamlet, Sikandar, Pukar, Prithvi Vallabh, Jhansi ki Rani, Mirza Ghalib, Jailor and Nausherwan-E-Adil.
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Sohrab Merwanji Modi was born 2 November 1897 in Bombay.
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Sohrab Modi spent his childhood in Rampur, Uttar Pradesh where he developed a liking for Hindi and Urdu languages.
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Sohrab Modi began as a Parsi theatre actor with some experience in silent films.
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Sohrab Modi earned quite a reputation as a Shakespearean actor, travelling throughout India with his brother's theatrical company and enjoying the tremendous sense of fulfillment every time the curtain came down and the audience applauded.
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Sohrab Modi re-created the look and sound of Parsee theatre by using frontal compositions and staging the narrative in spatial layers with copious use of Urdu dialogue.
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Mr Sohrab Modi noticed a man sitting in the front row with closed eyes.
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For Jhansi Ki Rani, India's first technicolour film, Sohrab Modi had technicians flown in from Hollywood.
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Mehtab starred as the young queen of Jhansi who took up arms against the British during the Mutiny of 1857 with Sohrab Modi playing the role of the Rajguru, her chief advisor.
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Sohrab Modi achieves stirring dignity in the role as she vows to protect Jhansi from all enemies both within and outside.
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The ball sequence in Jhansi's palace was superbly shot and Sohrab Modi's characters held great emotional appeal.
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Sohrab Modi's singing is to date regarded as the definitive portrayal of Ghalib.
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In Jailor, Sohrab Modi gave a chilling portrayal of a rational man turned into a tyrant.
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Sohrab Modi's wife said in a 1986 interview that Sohrab was obsessed with filmmaking and, in fact, had no other interests.
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Sohrab Modi suffered from cancer of the bone marrow and succumbed to the disease on 28 January 1984, at the age of 86.