22 June 1897 (1979)

Directed by

Jayoo Patwardhan, Nachiket Patwardhan

Genre

historical film

Country

India

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

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How it feels

This is a Marathi film about the Chapekar brothers who assassinated British officers Rand and Ayerst in 1897. It tells the true story of that event and its context.

tensehistoricalsoberlow-keyfactualrestrainedseriousatmospheric

What happens

22 June 1897 is a 1979 Marathi film co-written by Shankar Nag and Nachiket Patwardhan and directed by the husband and wife team of Jayoo Patwardhan and Nachiket Patwardhan. The duo are also practising architects. It is based on the true life story of the assassination of British Government officers Walter Charles Rand ICS and Lt. Charles Egerton Ayerst by the Chapekar brothers. The film has been included in the book One Hundred Indian Feature Films: An Annotated Filmography, a representative selection from the first Indian talkies to the then-present date (1988). The title of the film is the date of the assassination, 22 June 1897. It won the 1980 Indian Silver Lotus at the National Film Awards in two categories: Best film on National Integration and Art Direction. It also won the 1980 Maharashtra State awards for best film of the year and best director. The film has been included in the selected collection of Indian films and videos in the US Library of Congress. Most of the performers in the film then belonged to Theatre Academy, Pune. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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