The Warrior (2001/I)

User Rating:

6.7/10   

Director:

Asif Kapadia

Writers:

Asif Kapadia (screenplay)
Tim Miller (screenplay)

Release Date:

15 July 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Drama

Plot:

In feudal India, a warrior (Khan) who renounces his role as the longitme enforcer to a local lord becomes the prey in a murderous hunt through the Himalayan mountains.

Plot Keywords:

Warrior | Amulet | Mountain | Blood | Severed Head

Awards:

Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. Another 8 wins & 6 nominations

Cast

Irrfan Khan	...	Lafcadia - Warrior
Puru Chibber	...	Katiba, Warrior's son
Aino Annuddin	...	Biswas
Manoj Mishra	...	Warrior
Nanhe Khan	...	Warrior
Chander Singh	...	Warrior
Hemant Maahaor	...	Warrior
Mandakini Goswami	...	Rabia
Sunita Sharma	...	The girl
Shaukat Baig	...	Clerk
Gori Shanker	...	Tarang village headman
Prabhuram	...	Blacksmith
Wagaram	...	Blacksmith's son
Ajai Rohilla	...	Quarrey foreman
Noor Mani	...	Riaz - Thief

Also Known As:

The Warrior (France)

MPAA:

Rated R for some violence.

Runtime:

France:86 min | Argentina:86 min

Country:

UK | France | Germany

Language:

Hindi

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Argentina:13 | Norway:15 | Spain:13 | UK:12 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Himachal Pradesh, India

Company:

Bureau, The

Trivia:

The Hindi-language film "The Warrior" was chosen by the British Academy of Film and Television to represent the UK in the "Best Foreign Language Film" category at the 2003 Oscars. The AMPAA took the highly unusual step of rejecting the movie because although the film had a British-born director (of Indian ancestry) and was co-produced by three British companies, the film did not qualify as British since "Hindi was not a language indigenous to the U.K." The British Academy was forced to submit its second choice, the Welsh-language, "Eldra". In an ironic twist, "The Warrior" went on to win "Best British Film" at the British Academy Awards the following year, although it lost "Best Non-English Film" to a film from Spain.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: Before The Warrior tosses his dagger into the stream, a wire attached to the hilt to retrieve it from the water off-camera is clearly visible on the palm his left hand.

The journey begins

When a man of the sword relinquishes violence, he finds it has terrible price. He journeys to his home village where he will find the violence he running from has preceded him.

Written and directed by an English person of Indian descent, with the original inspiration coming from a Japanese folk story, this movie is part of the new Internationalism in cinema. This is in no way, an Indian film, rather it British.

The words have been used by other people and I am going to use them too, then go and spank myself for being so unoriginal.

Simple. Beautiful. Poetic.

Ouch.

It is a great example of found cinema, where many actors are simple found at the locations, with some sets being made, and many people, and sets being real. Including one major character being played by an Indian street kid.

I like this sort of movie, and if you do you will probably love this movie too.