Agha Hashar Kashmiri

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Agha Hashar Kashmiri
Dramatist, playwright, poet
SpouseMukhtar Begum
RelativesFarida Khanum (sister-in-law)

Agha Hashar Kashmiri (born Muhammad Shah; 3 April 1879 – 1 April 1935) was an

dramatist. A number of his plays were Indian Shakespearean adaptations.[2]

Early life

Muhammad Shah (Agha Hashar Kashmiri was his professional name) was born in

British India in 1879.[3] He started to show interest in stage dramas and moved to Bombay at the age of 14 and started his career as a playwright there.[1][4]

Career

Agha Hashar Kashmiri's first play, Aftab-e-Muhabbat, was published in 1897. He started his professional career as a drama writer for the New Alfred Theatrical Company in

Bombay, on a salary of only 15 Rs. per month.[4] Mureed-e-Shak, his first play for the company, was an adaptation of Shakespeare's play The Winter's Tale. It proved to be a success and his wages were later raised to Rs.[citation needed] 40 per month due to his growing popularity.[citation needed] In his works, Agha had experience introducing shorter songs and dialogues with idioms and poetic virtues in plays. He then wrote several more adaptations of Shakespeare's plays, including Shaheed-e-Naaz (or Achuta Daaman in Hindi), Measure for Measure, 1902) and Shabeed-e-Havas (King John, 1907).[citation needed
]

Yahudi Ki Ladki (The Daughter of a Jew), published in 1913, became his best known work. In the coming years, it became a classic in Parsi-Urdu theatre. It was adapted several times in the silent film and early talkies eras, notably Yahudi Ki Ladki (1933) by New Theatres, Yahudi Ki Ladki and by Bimal Roy, as Yahudi (1958) starring Dilip Kumar, Meena Kumari and Sohrab Modi.[5][6]

His most popular plays are

Khwab-e-Hasti (The Dream World of Existence) described as "a mutilated version of Macbeth."[7][8]

Personal life

Agha was married to

His ghazals featured in film and television

Death and legacy

Agha Hashar's grave in Lahore

Kashmiri died on 1 April 1935 in Lahore, British India. He is mentioned in some detail in the literary memoirs of the late Hakim Ahmad Shuja,[10] with whom he collaborated on several dramatic projects.

His 70th death anniversary was observed in

theater in the subcontinent is written, Agha Hashar Kashmiri will certainly hold an important place in it".[1]

Writings

Kashmiri's plays include:[11]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d Agha Hashar Kashmiri article on Dawn (newspaper) Published 30 April 2005, Retrieved 11 February 2023
  2. ^ a b "Bilwa Mangal, a play by Agha Hashar Kashmiri". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  3. ^ "Agha Hashar Kashmiri - Film director, writer". Pakistan Film Magazine website. Archived from the original on 28 June 2017. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  4. ^ a b c Profile of Agha Hashar Kashmiri Retrieved 11 February 2023
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  8. ^ Gāragī, Balawanta (1962). Theatre in India. Theatre Arts Books. p. 156.
  9. ^ Suhayb Alavi (7 December 2018). "The power of the biopic". The News International (newspaper). Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  10. ^ Hakim A. Shuja, Lahore ka Chelsea , Lahore, 1969, pp 83-87
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