Tuesday, January 1, 2008

Apte,Narayan Hari (1889-1971) and Omar Sherif

Marathi novelist and scenarist;key influence on the elaboration of the reformist social as a genre in the 20s and 30s.A product of 19th C.social reform movements in Maharashtra .
Apte was self-taught and ran a publishing house,Apte and Co ( Est:1924) which brought out a literary -political journal,Alhaad (started in 1915).Author of novels and short-story anthologies within the conventions of the historical (e.g.Manavi Asha,Rajputache Bhishma ),or of the social ( Na patnari Goshta, the source for kunku/Duniya Na Mane,1937).Invetented the social sub-genre of the dainik kadambari or ' Daily Life' novel,usually in a midlle- class Setting ( Paach Te Paach,Waiting room).
Introduced to film by Baburao Painter writing Savkari Pash,the historical Rana hamir (both 1925) and Pratibha (1937) best known film writing for Shantaram at Prahbat Studio (Amritmantham,1934)Kunku/Douniya Na Mane,1937).
May have provided the story ,uncredited ,of Phalke's Gangavataram (1937).Worked with Dharmaddhikari ( Kunkvacha Dhani,1951) And Dinkar D.Patil ( Umaj Padel Tar,1960).Wrote K.P .Bhave's Dhruva Kumar (1938); Shantaram Athavale's Bhagyarekha (1948) and Sansar karaychay Mala (1954)

From ( Indian Cinema By Ashish Rajadhyaksha and Paul Willemen



mar Sharif (Arabic: عمر الشريف; born April 10, 1932) is an Academy Award-nominated Egyptian actor who has starred in many Hollywood films. He has acted in Arabic, French, and English feature films. Sharif is most famous for his roles in Doctor Zhivago and Lawrence of Arabia.
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Filmography

* 10,000 BC (2008)
* Hanan W Haneen (TV Series - Egypt) (2007)
* The Ten Commandments (TV series) (2007)...as Jethro
* One Night with the King (2006)
* St. Peter (2005)Fuoco su di me 2005
* Shaka Zulu: The Last Great Warrior (2005)
* Hidalgo (2004)
* Monsieur Ibrahim et les fleurs du Coran (2003)
* The Parole Officer (2001)
* The 13th Warrior (1999)
* The Mysteries of Egypt (1998)
* Heaven Before I Die (1997)
* Gulliver's Travels (1996)
* Catherine the Great (1995)
* Lie Down With Lions (1994)
* Dehk we le'b we gad we hob (Laughter, Games, Seriousness and Love) (1993)
* Beyond Justice (1992)
* Grand Larceny (1992)
* Mayrig (1992)
* Memories of Midnight (1991)
* Mowaten masri (War in the Land of Egypt) (1991)
* The Opium Connection (1990)
* Ashanti: Land of No Mercy (1989)
* The Possessed (1988)
* Peter the Great (1986)
* Harem (1986), as Sultan Hassan
* Top Secret! (1984)
* The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1982), uncredited cameo
* Green Ice (1981)
* Oh Heavenly Dog (1980)
* The Baltimore Bullet (1980)
* Pleasure Palace (1980)
* Bloodline (1979)
* S-H-E (1979)
* Crime and Passion (1975)
* Funny Lady (1975)
* Juggernaut (1974)
* The Tamarind Seed (1974)
* The Mysterious Island (L'Ile Mysterieuse) (TV miniseries) (1973)
* The Horsemen (1971)
* The Last Valley (1971)
* The Burglars (1971)
* Che! (1969)
* The Appointment (1969)
* Mackenna's Gold (1969)
* Funny Girl (1968)
* Mayerling (1968)
* The Night of the Generals (1967)
* Doctor Zhivago (1965)
* The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1965)
* Genghis Khan (1965)
* Behold a Pale Horse (1964)
* The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964)
* Lawrence of Arabia (1962) (Salary £8,000)
* Nahr el hub (The River of Love) (1961)
* Bidaya wa nihaya (1960)
* Hobi al-wahid (My Only Love) (1960)
* Esha'a hob (Rumor of Love) (1960)
* Nahr al-Hob (The river of love) 1960
* Fadiha fil-zamalek (Scandal in Zamalek) (1959)
* Sayedat el kasr (Lady of the Castle) (1959)
* La anam (I do not sleep) (1958)
* Ard al-Salam (1957)
* Ayyamna al-Holwa (Our Best Days) (1955)
* Sira` Fi al-Wadi (The Blazing Sun or Struggle in the Valley or Fight in the
Valley) (1953)
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