V. Shantaram Kamladevi Zunzharrao Pawar K. Dhaiber
Cinematography
Sheikh Fattelal
Production companies
Maharashtra Film Company, Kolhapur
Release date
1925 (1925)
Running time
80 minutes
Country
India
Languages
Silent Film Marathi intertitles
Savkari Pash (The Indian Shylock) is Indian cinema's 1925 social melodrama silent film directed by Baburao Painter.[1] V. Shantaram made his acting debut as the young village peasant in the film.[2] Painter later remade Savkari Pash in 1936 as a talkie version.[3] The story of the film was written by Narayan Hari Apte[4] as suggested by Baburao Painter, and is referred to as a "milestone film" in Indian cinema.[5] Along with Shantaram, the rest of the cast included Kamladevi, Zunzharrao Pawar, Kishabapu Bakre, K. Dhaiber and Shankarrao Bute.
The film has been cited as one of the "earliest examples" of parallel cinema in its depiction of real social issues.[6] The story deals with a greedy moneylender who cheats the peasants of their money, forcing them to give up farming and take on jobs as mill-workers.[7]
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^Nair, P. K. "In the Age of Silence". latrobe.edu.au. latrobe.edu.au. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
^K. Moti Gokulsing; Wimal Dissanayake (17 April 2013). Routledge Handbook of Indian Cinemas. Routledge. pp. 76–. ISBN 978-1-136-77291-7. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
^"सावकारी पाश". मराठी चित्रपट सूची. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
^"Savkari Pash (1925)". filmheritagefoundation.co.in. Film Heritage Foundation. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
^Kaur, Jaspreet. "Parallel cinema – How art cinema is trying to sustain in modern era". Dimension Today. Dimension Today. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
^Ashok Raj (1 November 2009). Hero Vol.1. Hay House, Inc. pp. 196–. ISBN 978-93-81398-02-9. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
SavkariPash (The Indian Shylock) is Indian cinema's 1925 social melodrama silent film directed by Baburao Painter. V. Shantaram made his acting debut...
the earliest examples was Baburao Painter's 1925 silent film classic SavkariPash (Indian Shylock), about a poor peasant (portrayed by V. Shantaram) who...
Remake of SavkariPash as a talkie (1936). J. B. H. Wadia on the two versions of SavkariPash said,"I faintly remember the silent SavkariPash... But it...
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composer, La Ronde January 16 – Baburao Painter, 63, Indian film director, SavkariPash January 18 – Sydney Greenstreet, 74, English actor, Casablanca, The Maltese...
peasant in SavkariPash. D. Billimoria (Dinshaw Billimoria) made his debut in a lead role in N. D. Sarpotdar's Chhatrapati Sambhaji. SavkariPash directed...
of silence". latrobe.edu.au. "SavkariPash (The Indian Shylock), 1925, 80 mins". Film Heritage Foundation. "SavkariPash (1925)". IMDb. "Simantak Mani...
film brought him into prominence leading to several small roles till SavkariPash where he was cast in the main role. "Year-1921". indiancine.ma. Indiancine...
Maharashtra in the year 1936. A list of Marathi films released in 1936. "SavkariPash (1936)". IMDb. "Chhaya (1936)". IMDb. "Chhaya (1936)". IMDb. "Pundalik...