Sikandar (1941 film)

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Sikander
File:Sikandar, 1941, Sohrab Modi.jpg
Directed by Sohrab Modi
Produced by Sohrab Modi
Written by Sudarshan
Starring Prithviraj Kapoor
Sohrab Modi
Zahur Raja
Distributed by Esquire Ltd. (Asia)
Release dates
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  • 1941 (1941)
Running time
 146 min
Country British Raj
Language Hindi

Sikandar or Sikander (Hindi: सिकंदर, Urdu: سِکندر) is a 1941 epic Bollywood film directed by Sohrab Modi and starring Prithviraj Kapoor as Alexander the Great. [1]

Development

The battle sequences featuring thousands of extras along with horses, elephants and chariots were picturised in Kolhapur. [2]

Plot

The story is set in 326 B.C. The film begins after Alexander the Great (Sikander in Hindi/Urdu) conquers Persia and the Kabul valley and approaches the Indian border at Jhelum. He respects Aristotle and loves Persian Rukhsana (known in the west as Roxana). Sohrab Modi plays the Indian king Puru (Porus to the Greeks). Puru requests neighbouring kingdoms to get united against a common foreign enemy.

The story goes that when Sikander defeated Porus and imprisoned him, he asked Porus how would he like to be treated. Porus replied the same way a defeated king is treated by the winner (meaning killed). Sikander was impressed by his answer and set him free.

Cast

and others.

Release

The release of the film coincided with World War II and the quest for Swaraj or Quit India at its peak. In India, the political atmosphere was tense, following Gandhi's call to civil disobedience. Sikander further aroused patriotic feelings and nationalistic sentiment. [3] Thus though Sikander was approved by the Bombay censor board, it was later banned from some of the theatres serving British Indian Army cantonments. [4]

However its appeal to nationalism was so great and direct, it remained popular for years. It was revived in Delhi in 1961 during the Indian march into Goa. After the movie ws huge box office success, it was dubbed and released in Persian. [5]

See also

References

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