| The Warrior | |
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| Directed by | Asif Kapadia |
| Written by | Asif Kapadia Tim Miller |
| Produced by | Bertrand Faivre |
| Starring | Irrfan Khan |
| Cinematography | Roman Osin |
| Edited by | Ewa J. Lind |
| Music by | Dario Marianelli |
| Distributed by | FilmFour Distributors (United Kingdom) Senator Film[1] (Germany) Océan Films[1] (France) |
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Running time | 86 minutes |
| Countries | United Kingdom India Germany France[2] |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | £2.5m |
The Warrior is a 2001 film by British filmmaker Asif Kapadia. It stars Irrfan Khan as Lafcadia, a warrior in feudal Rajasthan who attempts to give up the sword. The film is in Hindi and was filmed in Rajasthan, India. The film is credited with convincing Irrfan Khan to not give up on his acting career.[3][4]
The Warrior is the story of spiritual transformation of a cruel warrior Lafcadia. The movie unfolds taking you from Rajasthan to the Himalayas.[5] Kapadia started work on the 2001 film within a year of graduating from the Royal College of Art.[6] Even though this was his first feature film,[6] The Warrior was produced by companies from the UK, Germany and France. At the BAFTA Awards it won the Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film.
It was also one of the films, short-listed for UK's official entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film but was ultimately disqualified by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences because the film did not take place in, nor was it filmed in a language indigenous to, the United Kingdom.[7] Britain's official Oscar selection was ultimately going to the Welsh-language film Eldra.[8]
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- ^ a b Matt Warren (24 August 2001). "Review The silent soldier The Warrior". The Scotsman. Archived from the original on 11 June 2014. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
- ^ "UK Hindi film causes Oscar trouble". BBC News. 29 November 2002. Retrieved 28 September 2008.
- ^ "Record-Breaking 54 Countries in Competition for Oscar". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 2 December 2002. Archived from the original on 19 December 2002. Retrieved 22 September 2023.