Title of film : Shiraz: a Romance of India
Director Name : Franz Osten
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Producer : Himanshu Rai
Editor : NIL
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Synopsis : Shiraz (Rai) is a potter's son, who is brought up as brother to Selima (Rau), a girl of unknown but royal lineage who was rescued from an ambush in childhood. Shiraz falls in love with Selima as a young adult and when she is kidnapped by slavers and sold to Prince Khurram, Shiraz follows her to Agra, where he will risk a horrible death to protect her and one day design her great memorial. Based on the romance between 17th-century Mughal ruler Shah Jahan and his queen, this epic silent film is the ravishing, romantic tale behind the creation of one of the world’s most iconic structures: the Taj Mahal.
Director Bio : Franz Osten was born on December 23, 1876 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany as Franz Ostermayr. He was a director, known for Achhut Kanya (1936), Prapancha Pash (1929) and Der gelbe Gaukler (1920).
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