The Indian Shylock The Original Silent Version

A social film with high melodrama concerning a peasant Shantaram who loses his land to a greedy moneylender and moves to the city where he becomes a mill worker Taking its cue from the realist tradition the film counterposes an idyllic rural life destroyed but the greedy moneylender who uses forged papers to steal the peasants land with the harsh city life The shot of a hut accompanied by a howling dog are regarded as one of the most memorable moments of Indian cinema to date