Jhansi Ki Rani (1953 film)

Jhansi Ki Rani
Directed bySohrab Modi
Written by
  • Pandit S. R. Dubey
  • Pandit Girish
Produced bySohrab Modi
Starring
CinematographyErnest Haller assisted by M. Malhotra and Y. D. Sarpotdar
Edited byRussell Lloyd
Music by
Production
company
Minerva Movietone
Release date
  • 24 January 1953 (1953-01-24)
Running time
148 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹6 million[1]

Jhansi Ki Rani (transl. Queen of Jhansi) is a 1953 Indian Hindi-language historical drama film produced and directed by Sohrab Modi for his Minerva Movietone production banner. It is credited as the first Technicolor film made in India[2] and starred Modi's wife, Mehtab in the title role, with Modi in the important role of her mentor, Rajguru (royal adviser).[3] The film was dubbed in English as The Tiger and the Flame, which released in 1956 with the same star cast.[4] The cast besides Mehtab and Sohrab Modi included Mubarak, Ulhas, Sapru, Ram Singh, Baby Shikha, Marconi and Shakila.[5]

Set in the 19th century against the backdrop of the Mutiny of 1857, the film is about the bravery of queen Lakshmibai, Rani of Jhansi, who took up arms and led her army against the British. She was one of the first Indians to do so.[6] It was the most expensive Hindi film up until then, with a budget ₹6 million, but became a box office failure.[1]

  1. ^ a b "2.0 – Among The Biggest Films Ever Made In India – Box Office India". Box Office India. 27 November 2018. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
  2. ^ Harleen Singh (9 June 2014). The Rani of Jhansi: Gender, History, and Fable in India. Cambridge University Press. pp. 123–. ISBN 978-1-107-04280-3. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
  3. ^ B D Garga (1 December 2005). Art of Cinema. Penguin Books Limited. pp. 57–. ISBN 978-81-8475-431-5. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
  4. ^ Jay Robert Nash; Stanley Ralph Ross (1985). The Motion Picture Guide. Cinebooks. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
  5. ^ "Movie Details Jhansi Ki Rani". 8mm.in. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
  6. ^ Tom Bishop; Sukanta Chaudhuri; Alexa Huang; Graham Bradshaw (28 December 2012). The Shakespearean International Yearbook: Volume 12: Special Section, Shakespeare in India. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. pp. 1–. ISBN 978-1-4094-7108-0. Retrieved 25 December 2014.