Sairandhri (1920)

Directed by

Baburao Painter

Genre

silent film

Country

British Raj

Elsewhere

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The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

This is a silent film from 1920 set in ancient India. It adapts an episode from the Mahabharata epic. The story follows the character Sairandhri and the events she experiences.

epicmythologicalstagedhistoricalsomberslow-pacedtheatricalserious

What happens

Sairandhari is a 1920 Indian film based on an episode from the Mahabharata and directed by Baburao Painter and Produced by Maharashtra Film Company. V. Shantaram remade it as Sairandhri in 1933. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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