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{{short description|1935 Hindi/Urdu film by Sohrab Modi}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2015}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Khoon Ka Khoon
| image = Khoon_Ka_Khoon.jpg
| image_size =
| caption =
| director = [[Sohrab Modi]]
| producer = Stage Film Company
| writer = Mehdi Hassan Ahsan
| narrator =
| starring = {{ubl|[[Sohrab Modi]]|[[Naseem Banu]]|Shamshadbai|Ghulam Hussain}}
| music = Kanhaiya Pawar
| cinematography =
| editing =
| distributor =
| studio = Minerva Movietone, Stage Film Company, Bombay
| released = 1935
| runtime = 122 min
| country = [[India]]
| language = [[Urdu|Hindi]]
| budget =
| gross =
}}
'''''Khoon Ka Khoon''''' ({{Trans|Blood for Blood}}) also called '''''Hamlet''''' is the first [[Hindi]]/[[Urdu]] [[List of Bollywood films of 1935|1935]] sound film adaptation of the [[Shakespeare|Shakespearen]] play [[Hamlet]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mahalmovies.com/film-hunt/khoon-ka-khoon/|title=Khoon Ka Khoon The Great Indian Film Hunt|publisher=Mahal Movies|access-date=13 December 2014}}</ref> Directed by [[Sohrab Modi]] under his Stage Film Company banner, it is cited as one of the earliest talkie versions of this play.<ref name=Rothwell>{{cite web|last1=Rothwell|first1=Kenneth|title=Shakespeare in Performance: Film|url=http://internetshakespeare.uvic.ca/Theater/production/recorded/91/|website=internetshakespeare.uvic.ca|access-date=13 December 2014|ref=Description from Shakespeare on Screen : an International Filmography and Videography}}</ref> Credited as "the man who brought Shakespeare to the Indian screen", it was Modi's debut feature film as a director.<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=PA1994-IA282|access-date=14 December 2014|date=10 July 2014|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-135-94325-7|pages=1994–}}</ref><ref name="RajadhyakshaWillemen">{{cite book|title=Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema|last1=Rajadhyaksha, Willemen|first1=Ashish, Paul|publisher=Routledge|year=2002|pages=150}}</ref> The story and script were by Mehdi Hassan Ahsan from his Urdu adaptation of Shakespeare's "Hamlet". Starring Sohrab Modi, ''Khoon Ka Khoon'' was also the debut in films of [[Naseem Banu]] who played Ophelia.<ref name="Rishi2012">{{cite book|author=Tilak Rishi|title=Bless You Bollywood!: A Tribute to Hindi Cinema on Completing 100 Years|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r623sWyGm0sC&pg=PA12|access-date=7 December 2014|year=2012|publisher=Trafford Publishing|isbn=978-1-4669-3963-9|pages=12–|chapter=Sohrab Modi}}</ref> The other star cast included Shamshadbai, Ghulam Hussain, Obali Mai, Fazal Karim and Eruch Tarapore.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.citwf.com/film184034.htm|title=Khoon Ka Khoon|publisher=Alan Goble|access-date=13 December 2014}}</ref>

''Khoon Ka Khoon'' was a "filmed version of a stage performance of the play" with Sohrab Modi as Hamlet and Naseem Banu as Ophelia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://filmheritagefoundation.co.in/khoon-ka-khoon-hamlet-1935-122-mins/|title=Khoon Ka Khoon-Hamlet|publisher=Film Heritage Foundation|access-date=13 December 2014}}</ref> The film has been cited by [[National Film Archive of India]] founder P K. Nair, as one of "21 most wanted missing Indian cinema treasures".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/123622359@N06/14038594607/in/set-72157644739370541|title=Khoon Ka Khoon Images|publisher=Flickr|access-date=13 December 2014}}</ref>

==Plot==
The film stays close to the play, with Hamlet's dead father wanting Hamlet to punish the people responsible for his death. Hamlet, unwilling to believe his mother's involvement is in a quandary and pretends to be insane. He has a play staged denouncing his mother and uncle. Gertrude drinks the poison intended for Hamlet, Hamlet kills his step-father and succumbs to the wounds received.

==Cast==
* [[Sohrab Modi]] as Hamlet
* [[Naseem Banu]] as Ophelia
* Shamshadbai as Gertrude
* Ghulam Hussain
* Obali Mai
* Fazal Karim
* Eruch Tarapore
* Ghulam Mohiyuddin
* Shamshad
* Rampiary
* Gauhar
* B. Pawar

==Production==
As reported by Peter Morris, ''Khoon Ka Khoon'' was a "recording of a stage production",<ref name="Rothwell2004">{{cite book|author=Kenneth S. Rothwell|title=A History of Shakespeare on Screen: A Century of Film and Television|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AC9DO7yanGwC&pg=PA319|access-date=7 December 2014|date=28 October 2004|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-54311-8|pages=319–|chapter=Other Shakespeares: translations and expropriations}}</ref> Modi filmed it using two cameras as the play was being staged.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060730/asp/look/story_6542197.asp|title=The Bard in Bollywood|publisher=The Telegraph|access-date=13 December 2014}}</ref> The play was a mix of Elizabethan costumes for the main leads, with a mixture of Western stage and Indian costumes for other characters in the play. Modi decided to film the play shot by shot as in the staging of the play.<ref name="Jain2009">{{cite book|author=Manju Jain|title=Narratives of Indian Cinema|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ORE9TDOoU1IC&pg=PA230|access-date=7 December 2014|year=2009|publisher=Primus Books|isbn=978-81-908918-4-4|pages=230–}}</ref> Mehdi Ahsan, a known writer of the [[Parsi]] theatre had earlier adapted the play for the silent film ''Khoon-e-Nahak'' (1928), before staging it for Modi. He apparently stated that he had to alter the Shakesperean plays to suit the Indian audience's "way of thinking".<ref name="Jain2009"/><ref name="TrivediBartholomeusz2005">{{cite book|author1=Poonam Trivedi|author2=Dennis Bartholomeusz|title=India's Shakespeare: Translation, Interpretation, and Performance|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n5lKp1XE2OQC&pg=PA270|access-date=13 December 2014|year=2005|publisher=University of Delaware Press|isbn=978-0-87413-881-8|pages=270–}}</ref>

Director Modi asked Shamshadbai, Naseem Banu's mother, to play to play the role of Gertrude (Hamlet's mother), in order to take the pressure off the young Naseem during shooting.<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=6 January 2015}}</ref>

==Box office and reception==
''Khoon Ka Khoon'', which was the first sound version of a Shakespeare play was not a success at the box office.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bufvc.ac.uk/shakespeare/index.php/title/av37438 |title=Khoon Ka Khoon|publisher=BUFVC Shakespeare|access-date=13 December 2014}}</ref> However, Modi's film was appreciated mainly for the Urdu dialogues, the "quality of the play" and his acting. Modi's acting was noted as a performance dominating the film.<ref name="RajadhyakshaWillemen2014" />

==Soundtrack==
The music was provided by Kanhaiya Parwar with lyrics by Mehndi Hassan Ahmed.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://muvyz.com/moviepage/es588568/songs/#tabs|title=Hamlet|publisher=Muvyz, Inc|access-date=13 December 2014}}</ref>

===Song list===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! # !! Title
|-
| 1
| "Aaja Tora Saiyan Mandarwa Mein Aayo"
|-
| 2
| "Baise Betaabiye Dil Hai"
|-
| 3
| "Tore Mann Ki Kachhu Na Puri Ho Aas"
|-
| 4
| "Mohana Pyari Sanam Se Milao"
|-
| 5
| "Sakhi Kaise Yeh Dukh Sah Jaaye"
|-
| 6
| "Mohe Naare Jeeshan Tu Bana Bana Ae"
|-
| 7
| "Hain Yeh Sab Saamne Raahat Neend Aane Ke Liye"
|-
| 8
| "Kaahe Chhod Pyar Dilbar AAhe More Yaar"
|-
| 9
| "Maano Maano Ri Pyaari Batiyan"
|-
| 10
| "Ja Ja Mujhi Dekhi Teri Dilari Ki Shaan"
|-
| 11
| "Dar Gulistan Gulrakhan Naazani Neera"
|-
| 12
| "Gul Aur Sambul Soman Nargis Gulshan Mein"
|-
| 13
| "Dar Dar Dilbar Dekhti Dukh Dariya Doobi Naari"
|-
| 14
| "Darwaja Pe Maara Nisaan"
|-
| 15
| "Darkhansha Nazmein Muqaddar Aasman Mein"
|-
| 16
| "Daawar Daadar Kaadir Sataar Daatar Lakh Baar"
|}

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb title|id =0026566 |title =Khoon Ka Khoon }}
*[https://www.flickr.com/photos/123622359@N06/sets/72157644739370541 Images] for Khoon Ka Khoon

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[[Category:Films based on Hamlet]]
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[[Category:Indian black-and-white films]]
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[[Category:Indian films based on plays]]

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