Ritesh Sidhwani is a producer who made "The Heart Desires" into a film in what year?
Ritesh Sidhwani Ritesh Sidhwani (born 1973) is a Bollywood film producer, who founded a film production house under the banner of Excel Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. Along with long-time friend Farhan Akhtar, he brought to the audience "Dil Chahta Hai", his first film under his banner.
Dil Farosh Dil Farosh also called Merchant Of Hearts, is a 1927 Indian cinema's silent film directed by M. Udvadia. Produced by Excelsior Film Company it has been cited as one of the earliest adaptations of a Shakespeare play into an Indian film. Based on Merchant of Venice, it was written for the Parsi theatre by Mehdi Hasan 'Ahsan' in 1900, and called "Merchant of Hearts". The stage adaptation by the New Alfred Company had Sorabji Ogra as Shylock and "achieved great popularity" at the beginning of the twentieth century. The film's cast included the director Udwadia with Nargis, K. B. Athavale and Saiyed Umer.