Farebi Daku

Farebi Daku also called Mysterious Bandit is a 1931 action silent film produced and directed by A. R. Kardar.[1][2] Kardar set up his own production company "United Players Corporation" in 1928 and in quick succession produced and directed seven pictures, Husn Ka Daku (1929), Safdar Jung (1930), Sarfarosh (1930), Farebi Shahzada (1931), Khooni Katar (1931), Farebi Daku and The Wandering Dancer or Awara Raqasa.[3] Awara Raqasa was the only film out of the seven produced by Kardar, which was directed by J. K. Nanda, who had received his direction and cinematography training in Germany.[4]

Farebi Daku
Directed byA. R. Kardar
Produced byUnited Players Corporation
StarringGul Hamid
Gulzar
Nazir
M. Ismail
CinematographyK. V. Machve
Production
company
Playart Phototone/United Player's Corporation
Release date
1931 (1931)
CountryBritish India
LanguageSilent

Farebi Daku was the final film produced under Kardar's United Players banner and again starred the popular cast from his last three films, Gulzar and Nazir in the main cast with M. Ismail as the villain.[4] Nazir, who owned a clothes shop, sold it and joined Kardar, who cast him in Khooni Katar (1931) and Farebi Daku. The rest of the cast included Gul Hamid, M. Ismail, Hiralal, Ghulam Qadir.[5]

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References
  1. Ashish Rajadhyaksha; Paul Willemen; Professor of Critical Studies Paul Willemen (2014). Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema. Routledge. p. 122. ISBN 978-1-135-94318-9.
  2. Gautam Kaul (1998). Cinema and the Indian Freedom Struggle: Covering the Subcontinent. Sterling Publishers. ISBN 978-81-207-2116-6.
  3. Patel, Baburao (September 1940). "Kardar-India's Ever-Smiling Director Life story of the man who made Pagal". Filmindia. 6 (9): 79. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  4. "A. R. Kardar". filmtvguildindia.org. Film And Television Guild of India. Archived from the original on 30 March 2015. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  5. "History of film production from Lahore". mpaop.org. Motion Pictures Archive of Pakistan. Retrieved 4 April 2015.


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