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Director:
Sohrab Modi
Writer:
Sudarshan (story)
Genre:
Drama more
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Also Known As:
Alexander the Great (International: English title)
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Runtime:
146 min
Country:
India
Language:
Urdu
Sound Mix:
Mono

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Great movie !!, 9 April 2005
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Author: Yellow_Spider from Belgium

The film is set in 326 B.C. when Alexander the Great aka Sikander (Prithviraj Kapoor) having conquered Persia and the Kabul valley descends to the Indian Border at Jhelum. King Porus (Sohrab Modi) stops the advance with his troops. Sikander ignores his teacher Aristotle's advice and falls for a Persian woman Rukhsana (Vanmala). Fearing for Sikander's life she extracts a promise from Porus that he will not harm Sikander. In the battle with the Macedonian army Porus loses his son and is captured. An elaborate verbal duel follows in court when Porus is brought before Sikander. Impressed by Porus's valor, the two kings become friends. Sikander lets Porus go and withdraws from the Jhelum.

The Film Sikander was the greatest success of Minerva Movietone, which specialized, in historic spectacles. Its lavish mounting, huge sets and production values equals the Best of Hollywood then particularly for its rousing and spectacular battle scenes and was rated by a British writer as...

"…well up to the standard of that old masterpiece The Birth of a Nation." The film follows pure Parsee theater using frontal composition and staging the narrative in spatial layers. Its dramatic, declamatory dialogs give both Prithviraj Kapoor and Sohrab Modi free reign to their histrionic proclivities. It is Prithviraj's best known performance. He makes a handsome, dashing Sikander and the film heightens his enduring reputation for playing royalty, enhanced further by his role as Akbar in Mughal-e-Azam (1960).

The release of the film coincided with World War II at its peak and in India too the political atmosphere was tense, following Gandhiji's call to Civil Disobedience. Sikander further aroused patriotic feelings and national sentiment. Thus though Sikander was approved by the Bombay censor board, it was later banned from some of the theaters serving army cantonments. However its appeal to nationalism was so great and direct, it remained popular for years. It was revived in Delhi in 1961 during the Indian March into Goa.

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