Sikandar (1941)
The film begins after Alexander the Great (Sikander in Hindi/Urdu) conquers Persia and the Kabul valley and approaches the Indian border at Jhelum. Sohrab Modi plays the Indian king Puru (Porus to the Greeks). The story goes that when Sikander defeated Porus and imprisoned him, he asked Porus how would he like to be treated. Porus replied the same way a defeated king is treated by the winner (meaning killed).
- Date of release
- 1941-02-19
- Runtime
- 2h 26m
- Genres
- War, Drama, History
- Director
- Sohrab Modi
Casting
- Prithviraj Kapoor — Alexander the Great
- Sohrab Modi — King Porus
- Shakir — Aristotle
- Vanamala — Rukhsana
- Meena Shorey
- Sheela — Sukhmani
- Sadiq Ali — Samar
- Zahur Raja — Amar
- K.N. Singh — Raja Ambhi
- Jillo — Sarita Rani
- Lala Yaqoob — Salencons
- Gajendra Singh — Enmanese
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