Sikandar

Sohrab Modi
1941-02-19


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146 min

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).

Cast

Name Character Team
Prithviraj Kapoor Alexander the Great Unowned
Sohrab Modi King Porus Unowned
Shakir Aristotle Unowned
Vanamala Rukhsana Unowned
Meena Shorey Unowned
Sheela Sukhmani Unowned
Sadiq Ali Samar Unowned
Zahur Raja Amar Unowned
K.N. Singh Raja Ambhi Unowned
Jillo Sarita Rani Unowned
Lala Yaqoob Salencons Unowned
Gajendra Singh Enmanese Unowned