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{{Infobox film
| name = Hamlet
| image = Hamlet_(1954).jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Screen shot of Kishore Sahu as ''Hamlet''
| director = [[Kishore Sahu]]
| producer = Kishore Sahu
| writer = [[Shakespeare]] Kishore Sahu (screenplay)
| narrator =
| starring = Kishore Sahu [[Mala Sinha]] Venus Bannerjee
| music = [[Ramesh Naidu]]
| cinematography = K. H. Kapadia
| editing = Kantilal B. Shukla
| distributor =
| studio = Hindustan Chitra
| released = 1954
| runtime = 79 minutes
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| budget =
| gross =
| preceded_by =
| followed_by =
| website =
}}
'''''Hamlet''''' ({{lang-ur|हेमलेट}}) is a 1954 [[Hindi]] tragedy drama film, produced and directed by [[Kishore Sahu]].<ref name="BradshawBishop2012">{{cite book|author1=Graham Bradshaw|author2=Tom Bishop|title=The Shakespearean International Yearbook: Volume 12: Special Section, Shakespeare in India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NghO9fp3PywC&pg=PT101|access-date=13 March 2015|date=1 November 2012|publisher=Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.|isbn=978-1-4094-7108-0|pages=101–}}</ref> The film was a free adaptation of Shakespeare's tragedy, with Sahu playing Hamlet as well as writing the screenplay, while the dialogues were by Amanat Hilal and B. D. Verma.<ref name=Gomolo>{{cite web|title=Hamlet (1954)|url=http://www.gomolo.com/hamlet-movie-cast-crew/2440|website=gomolo.com|publisher=Gomolo|access-date=13 March 2015}}</ref> It was produced under the "Hindustan Chitra" banner, a production company started by Sahu in 1944.<ref name=Cineplot>{{cite web|title=Kishore Sahu (1915-1980)|url=http://cineplot.com/kishore-sahu-1915-1980/|website=cineplot.com|publisher=Cineplot.com|access-date=13 March 2015}}</ref> It was [[Ramesh Naidu]]'s debut film as a music composer. The film starred [[Mala Sinha]], Kishore Sahu, Venus Banerji, Kamaljeet and [[Jankidas]].<ref name=citwf>{{cite web|title=Hamlet (1954)|url=http://www.citwf.com/film141946.htm|website=citwf.com|publisher=Alan Goble|access-date=13 March 2015}}</ref>

Sahu was influenced by "classic European sources".<ref name="RajadhyakshaWillemen2014">{{cite book|author1=Ashish Rajadhyaksha|author2=Paul Willemen|title=Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rF8ABAAAQBAJ&pg=RA1-PA1994-IA101|access-date=13 March 2015|date=10 July 2014|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-135-94325-7|pages=1–}}</ref> Though termed a "free adaptation" in the credit roll of the film, Sahu's ''Hamlet'' stayed true to the title, its setting, and the original names in the play, remaining as close as possible to [[Laurence Olivier]]'s ''[[Hamlet (1948 film)|Hamlet]]'' (1948).<ref name="KennedyLan2010">{{cite book|author1=Dennis Kennedy|author2=Yong Li Lan|title=Shakespeare in Asia: Contemporary Performance|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FFodvbiI_EgC&pg=PA86|access-date=13 March 2015|date=4 February 2010|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-51552-8|pages=86–}}</ref>

==Plot==
After seeing his father's ghost the film follows the play focusing on Hamlet's revenge on his Uncle Claudius, who has married his mother Gertrude after murdering Hamlet's father. He pretends to be insane and is in the process of staging a play where he plans to denounce his mother and Uncle.

==Cast==
* [[Kishore Sahu]] as Hamlet
* [[Mala Sinha]] as Ophelia
* Venus Banejee
* S. Nazir as Polonius
* Kamaljeet as Laertes
* Jankidas as Osric
* Shreenath as Horatio
* Rajan Kapoor
* [[Hiralal (actor)|Hiralal]] as Claudius
* Paul Sharma
* Haroon

==Production==
There were several plot changes, with Ophelia telling her part in flashback and singing songs with friends, while the gravediggers were "used for comic effect", thus giving in to Indian film-goers sensibilities.<ref name="ProcházkaHöfele2013">{{cite book|author1=Martin Procházka|author2=Andreas Höfele|author3=Hanna Scolnicov|author4=Michael Dobson|title=Renaissance Shakespeare: Shakespeare Renaissances: Proceedings of the Ninth World Shakespeare Congress|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZpJlAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA346|access-date=13 March 2015|date=12 December 2013|publisher=University of Delaware|isbn=978-1-61149-461-7|pages=346–}}</ref> The film had its inspiration from the [[Parsi theatre]] days, with Sahu's monologue inculcating couplets from famous Indian poets and using parts of dialogues from Ahsan's ''Khoon-Nahak'' (1928). Ophelia sang [[Bahadur Shah Zafar]]'s "Na Kisi Ki Ankh Ka Noor Hoon", and a dying Hamlet quoted [[Zauq]]'s "Layee Hayaat Aaye, Qaza Le Chali Chale".<ref name="Jain2009">{{cite book|author=Manju Jain|title=Narratives of Indian Cinema|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ORE9TDOoU1IC&pg=PA231|access-date=13 March 2015|year=2009|publisher=Primus Books|isbn=978-81-908918-4-4|pages=231–}}</ref>

The "Parsi theatre tradition", which gave rise to several freely adapted Hindi films from Shakespeare, like Modi's ''Khoon Ka Khoon'' (1935), Akhtar Hussain's ''Romeo and Juliet'' (1947) and ''Cleopatra'' (1950), came to an end with ''Hamlet''.<ref name=BradshawBishop2012 />

==Reception==
The film did "reasonably well" at the box office. Acclaimed by the ''[[Filmfare]]'' critic, it was panned harshly by ''[[Filmindia]]'', which called it a "slander" to Shakespeare. As stated by Manju Jain, [[Sybil Thorndike]] who was present at the premiere of the film in Bombay thought that Gertrude was "magnificent".<ref name=Jain2009 />

==Adaptations==
* '''''Khoon-E-Nahak''''' (Murder Most Foul) (1928) was the first Hindi film adaptation, directed by Dada Athawale and written by Mehdi Hassan Ahsan.<ref name=Telegraph>{{cite news|last1=Ramachandran|first1=S.|title=The Bard in Bollywood|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060730/asp/look/story_6542197.asp|access-date=13 March 2015|agency=The Telegraph|publisher=The Telegraph|date=30 July 2006}}</ref>
* '''''[[Khoon Ka Khoon]]''''' (Hamlet) (1935), the next adaptation directed by Sohrab Modi, had Modi playing Hamlet with Naseem Banu as Ophelia, and Naseem's mother Shamshadbai playing Gertrude.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmkailm.com/sohrab-modi-the-lion-of-minerva/ |title=Sohrab Modi-The lion of Minerva|publisher=Film Ka Ilm|access-date=13 March 2015}}</ref>
* '''''Hamlet''''' (1954) by Kishore Sahu was the closest to the original play,<ref name=KennedyLan2010 /> and is cited as the "most noted adaptation".<ref name=Telegraph />
* '''''[[Haider (film)|Haider]]''''' (2014) is an adaptation set against the [[Kashmir conflict]] and directed by Vishal Bhardawaj.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/kay-kay-menon-to-play-shahid-kapoors-evil-uncle-in-haider/ |title=Kay Kay Menon to play Shahid Kapoor's evil uncle in 'Haider' |publisher=The Indian Express |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141027151905/http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/kay-kay-menon-to-play-shahid-kapoors-evil-uncle-in-haider/|archive-date=27 October 2014|date=23 January 2014 |access-date=13 March 2015}}</ref>

==Soundtrack==
[[Ramesh Naidu]] was the debutant music director. He went on to score music for [[Telugu language|Telugu]] films in the 1970s, the most popular being ''[[Meghasandesam]]'' (1983), for which he won the [[National Film Award for Best Music Direction]]. The lyrics were written by [[Hasrat Jaipuri]], while the playback singing was provided by [[Asha Bhosle]], [[Mohammed Rafi]] and Jagmohan Bakshi.<ref name=MySwar>{{cite web|title=Hamlet (1954)|url=http://myswar.com/album/hamlet-1954|website=myswar.com|publisher=MySwar|access-date=13 March 2015}}</ref>

===Songlist===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! # !! Title !! Singer
|-
| 1
| "Ankhon Mein Pyar Mere Diwana Haal Mera"
| Asha Bhosle
|-
| 2
| "Aa Jao Mere Pyare Arman Tujhko Pukare"
| Asha Bhosle
|-
| 3
| "Chahe Sataye Wo Chahe Rulaye"
| Asha Bhosle
|-
| 4
| "Sitamgar Kya Maza Paya Bata To Dil"
| Asha Bhosle
|-
| 5
| "Ghir Ghir Aaye Badarwa O Bhaiya"
| Mohammed Rafi, Jagmohan Bakshi
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|id =0047060 |title =Hamlet (1954) }}

{{Kishore Sahu}}

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[[Category:1954 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:1950s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Films based on Hamlet]]
[[Category:Films directed by Kishore Sahu]]
[[Category:Films scored by Ramesh Naidu]]
[[Category:Indian films based on plays]]

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