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India’s First Hollywood Star Sabu Gets Biopic as Almighty Motion Picture Acquires Film Rights

Summary by Variety
Before Bollywood became a global phenomenon, there was Sabu — India’s pioneering face in Hollywood whose extraordinary life story is heading back to the big screen. Almighty Motion Picture has acquired the film and television rights to “Sabu: The Remarkable Story of India’s First Actor in Hollywood,” the acclaimed biography by author Debleena Majumdar that […]

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Sabu Dastakhir was the first Indian actor to act in Hollywood. Born in 1924 in Karapura, Mysore, Sabu made his acting debut in the 1973 film ‘Elephant Boy’. The film was screened at the Venice Film Festival and won an award. Sabu gained international attention through this film. He later acted in films including ‘The Thief of Bagdad’ (1940), ‘The Jungle Book’ (1942), ‘Arabian Nights’ (the same year) and ‘Black Narcissus’ (1947). All of these wer…

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Variety broke the news in Los Angeles, United States on Wednesday, July 16, 2025.
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