Safdar_Jung_(film)

<i>Safdar Jung</i> (film)

Safdar Jung (film)

1930 film

Safdar Jung is a 1930 action costume silent film directed by A. R. Kardar.[1][2] The film was the third to be produced by Kardar's United Players Pictures (Playart Phototone), following Husn Ka Daku (1929) and Sarfarosh (1930).[3]

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Kardar introduced the actress Mumtaz Begum as the lead heroine in the film. The cast included Gulzar, Mumtaz, Hiralal. The director of photography was K. V. Machve.[4]

For actor Gul Hamid, Safdar Jung was the first of seven silent films he worked in. A police officer in the British Police by profession, he was chosen by Kardar as a leading man due to Hamid's "over-all persona".[5]

Like the rest of the films produced earlier, Safdar Jung was also released at The Deepak cinema in Bhati Gate area of Lahore.[citation needed]

Cast

References

  1. [1]
    Ashish Rajadhyaksha; Paul Willemen (10 July 2014). Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema. Taylor & Francis. pp. 17–. ISBN 978-1-135-94325-7. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
  2. [2]
    "Safdar Jung". filmiclub.com. FilmiClub. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
  3. [3]
    "A. R. Kardar". filmtvguildindia.org/. The Film & Television Producers Guild of India Ltd. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
  4. [4]
    "Safdar Jung (1930)". citwf.com. Alan Goble. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
  5. [5]
    Khan, Hidayat (17 May 2014). "Gul Hamid: The silent star who was heard". The Express Tribune News Network. The Express Tribune. Retrieved 24 March 2015.


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