Global InformationMeetha Zahar information
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| Directed by | Sohrab Modi |
| Written by | Gajanan Jagirdar (screenplay) |
| Produced by | Minerva Movietone |
| Starring | Naseem Banu Sohrab Modi Gajanan Jagirdar Eruch Tarpore |
| Cinematography | Y. D. Sarpotdar |
| Music by | B. S. Hoogan Irshad Ahmed (lyrics) |
Production company | Minerva Movietone |
| Distributed by | Evergreen Pictures, Bombay |
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Running time | 127 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Meetha Zahar (Sweet Poison) is a 1938 Indian Hindi/Urdu-language social drama film directed by Sohrab Modi for his Minerva Movietone productions.[1] The screenplay was by Gajanan Jagirdar with dialogue by Munshi Abdul Baqi and director of photography by Y. S. Sarpotdar[2] The music was by B. S. Hoogan with lyrics by Irshad Ahmed. The cast included Naseem Banu, Sohrab Modi, Jagirdar, Sadiq Ali, Eruch Tarapore, Sadat Ali, Sheela and Fakir Mohammed.[3]
Meetha Zahar was a social film dealing with the "evils of alcoholism". Modi was lauded for taking up the cause of prohibition in the nation's interest.[2][4] The film was a part of the social trilogy Modi made around that time starting with Jailor (1938), which dealt with an illicit relationship concerning a married woman, Meetha Zahar (1938) dealing with prohibition, and Bharosa a social melodrama verging on the incestuous.[5]
- ^ "Cast and crew Meetha Zahar (1938)". Gomolo.com. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
- ^ a b Patel, Baburao (February 1938). "Meetha Zahar". Filmindia. 3 (11): 59. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
- ^ "Meetha Zahar-1938". Cineplot.com. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
- ^ "Sohrab Merwanji Modi Films". Indiaheritage.org. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
- ^ Gangar, Amrit (2008). Sohrab Modi The Great Mughal of Historicals. New Delhi, India: Wisdom Tree. p. 25. ISBN 9788183281089.