ACTOR

Sohrab Modi

1897 - 1984

Photo of Sohrab Modi

Icon of person Sohrab Modi

Sohrab Merwanji Modi (2 November 1897 – 28 January 1984) was an Indian stage and film actor, director and producer. His films include Khoon Ka Khoon (1935), a version of Shakespeare's Hamlet, Sikandar, Pukar, Prithvi Vallabh, Jhansi ki Rani, Mirza Ghalib, Jailor and Nausherwan-E-Adil (1957). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sohrab Modi has received more than 459,544 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Sohrab Modi is the 9,740th most popular actor (down from 9,283rd in 2019), the 1,092nd most popular biography from India (down from 934th in 2019) and the 208th most popular Indian Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 460k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 37.67

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.49

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.54

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Sohrab Modis by language

Over the past year Sohrab Modi has had the most page views in the with 53,000 views, followed by Hindi (4,200), and Marathi (779). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Malayalam (73.65%), Quechua (71.81%), and Egyptian Arabic (35.97%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Sohrab Modi ranks 9,740 out of 13,578. Before him are Mariann Aalda, Nana Komatsu, Michelle Chen, Stephanie Niznik, Angus McLaren, and Daniella Pineda. After him are Bill Bailey, William R. Moses, Ed Stoppard, Ajith Kumar, Emily Wickersham, and Jordan Prentice.

Most Popular Actors in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Sohrab Modi ranks 314. Before him are Muriel Freeman, William Gott, Richard Russell Jr., John Laurie, Jerome Cowan, and Dorothy Peterson. After him is Doris Kenyon. Among people deceased in 1984, Sohrab Modi ranks 278. Before him are Ann Little, Jennifer Kendal, Jack Mercer, Meredith Willson, Frank Fisher, and Tex Gibbons. After him are John Davis, Randall Thompson, Eric Morecambe, Willie Ormond, and Norman Petty.

Others Born in 1897

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1984

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In India

Among people born in India, Sohrab Modi ranks 1,092 out of 1,861. Before him are Raza Murad (1950), Deven Verma (1937), Basanti Bisht (1953), Roop Singh (1908), Pallonji Mistry (1929), and Jyotiraditya Scindia (1971). After him are Ajith Kumar (1971), Bharati Mukherjee (1940), Deepak Tijori (1961), Leela Chitnis (1909), Begum Samru (1746), and Sahabzada Yaqub Khan (1920).

Others born in India

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among ACTORS In India

Among actors born in India, Sohrab Modi ranks 208. Before him are Mahima Chaudhry (1973), Sheela (1945), Dalip Tahil (1952), Shiva Rajkumar (1961), Raza Murad (1950), and Deven Verma (1937). After him are Ajith Kumar (1971), Leela Chitnis (1909), Lara Dutta (1978), Sushma Seth (1936), Gulshan Grover (1955), and Shreya Ghoshal (1984).

Indian born Actors

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Television and Movie Roles

Mirza Ghalib
This movie depicts the life of once wealthy poet and nobleman Mirza Ghalib. This story portrays his trials, tribulations, triumphs, and ultimate descent to poverty, and then to prison; and his tragic and ill-fated love with a beautiful courtesan named Chaudvin.
Dec 10o 19546.5 / 10
Pukar
Sardar Sangram Singh
A love affair and two feuding families who play out a Romeo and Juliet type drama in 17th century India, under the Emperor Jehangir.
Jan 31o 19396.5 / 10
Jhansi Ki Rani
Raj Guru
Set in the 19th century against the backdrop of the Mutiny of 1857, the film is about the bravery of queen Lakshmibai, Rani of Jhansi, who took up arms and led her army against the British.
Jan 24o 19536.667 / 10