Shakuntala (1920 film)

1920 film by Suchet Singh

Shakuntala

Original title| Shakuntala
Directed by| Suchet Singh[1]

Release date

| 1920
Country| India

Shakuntala is a 1920 film[2] directed by Suchet Singh.

## Plot[edit]

Raja Dushyanta going to hunt in a forest happens upon a beautiful maiden, her name was Shakuntala. Raja instantly falls in love with her. He gives her a ring as a symbol of his affection and commitment to marry. After return, Raja has an attack of amnesia and Shakuntala loses the ring in a lake, so she could not convince him of who she is.

## Cast[edit]

* Dorothy Kingdon as Shakuntala
* Goharjaan as Raja Dushyanta
* Samson as Sampson
* Sutria as Mrs. Sutria
* Signorina Albertini
* Khorshedji Engineer
* Kanjibhai Rathod
* Rewashankar
* Dadibhai Sarkari
* Isaac Simon

## References[edit]

1. ^ Richard Abel (2005). Encyclopedia of Early Cinema. Taylor & Francis. p. 591\. ISBN 978-0-415-23440-5.
2. ^ Ashish Rajadhyaksha; Paul Willemen (10 July 2014). Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema. Routledge. p. 244\. ISBN 978-1-135-94318-9.

## External links[edit]

* Shakuntala at IMDb

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Kalidasa's Shakuntala (4th century CE)

Characters|

* Shakuntala
* Vishvamitra
* Menaka
* Kanva
* Dushyanta
* Durvasa
* Bharata

Films|

* Shakuntala (1920 silent)
* Sakuntalai (1940 Tamil)
* Shakuntala (1943 Hindi)
* Shakuntala (1965 Malayalam)
* Stree (1961 Hindi)
* Sakunthala (1966 Telugu)
* Sakuntalam (2022 Sanskrit)
* Shaakuntalam (2023 Telugu)

Art|

* Shakuntala Patra-lekhan (1876 Raja Ravi Varma painting)
* Sakuntala (1886 Claudel sculpture)
* Shakuntala (1898 Raja Ravi Varma painting)

Opera|

* Sakuntala (1820 Schubert)
* Sakùntala (1921 Alfano)

Other|

* Shakuntala (1945 epic poem)
* Shakuntala (2009 Hindi TV)

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