Balidan (1927)

Original title

बलिदान

Directed by

Naval Gandhi

Genre

silent film

Country

British Raj

Runtime

1h 48m

Rating

10.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A king in a fictional kingdom clashes with a traditional priest over social reforms. The film is based on a play by Rabindranath Tagore and set in the kingdom of Tippera. It is a silent film from 1927 and is now considered lost.

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What happens

Balidan, also called Sacrifice, is a 1927 Indian silent film directed by Naval Gandhi and based on a play by Rabindranath Tagore. It was produced by Orient Pictures Corporation. Balidan is cited as one of the top ten lost films of Indian Cinema by P. K. Nair. Hailed as "an excellent and truly Indian film" by The Indian Cinematograph Committee, 1927–28, Balidan was used by them as one of the films to "show how 'serious' Indian cinema could match Western standards". The film starred the then popular cast of Master Vithal, Sulochana, Zubeida, Sultana, Jal Khambata and Jani Babu. A social-reformist costume drama film, written by Tagore in 1887, Balidan was set in the fictional kingdom of Tippera, and involved clashes between a progressive-minded King and a "tradition-bound priest". The film was stated to be commercially successful. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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