Kisna - In the fire of love
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Kisna - In the fire of love |
| Original title | Kisna: The Warrior Poet |
| Country of production | India |
| original language | English , Hindi |
| Publishing year | 2005 |
| length | 163 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Subhash Ghai |
| script |
Sachin Bhowmick , Farrukh Dhondy , Subhash Ghai, Margaret Glover |
| production | Subhash Ghai, Prem Pillai |
| music |
Ismail Darbar , AR Rahman |
| camera | Ashok Mehta |
| occupation | |
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Kisna - In the fire of love (Original title: Kisna: The Warrior Poet ) is an Indian drama from 2005 . It is about the deep love between a British woman and an Indian.
action
A British politician named Catherine pays an official visit to India . In the newspaper it says: “Is India good enough for Catherine?” She does not respond to questions from the press and journalists. She only asks her interpreter to explain to the press what India is to her and what the country means to her. She breaks off the interview and flies by helicopter to the inconspicuous village of Devaprayag. There she meets reporters again. At a solemn ceremony, she finally breaks her silence and looks back at her childhood:
Her love for an Indian named Kisna begins when they both grow up side by side at a young age. In 1935, at the time of British colonial rule, it is not appropriate for Catherine, as the daughter of an officer, to deal with a stable boy and other Indians. Her father therefore does not allow his daughter to stay with Kisna too often. When the situation threatens to escalate, the father sends his daughter to boarding school in London .
Ten years later, during the uprisings of Mahatma Gandhi , the Muslims from Pakistan and the Hindustani, Catherine returns. An arrangement has now been made between Kisna and the Indian woman, Lakshmi, and the preparations for the wedding are already underway. For Catherine, Kisna is still her best friend. As a matter of course she appears with her mother at the engagement party and dances exuberantly. Between follies and old memories of her childhood, Catherine realizes that she has grown up and that the stable boy Kisna has matured into the man she loves dearly and who loves her love in return.
However, both have to realize that their love will remain a dream when Catherine's father is killed in revenge and their property is destroyed. Catherine then flees to Kisna and his mother, who tells her son to bring Catherine to New Delhi and thus to safety. As the unrest escalates in the war between Muslims from Pakistan, Kisna's family tries to rescue him from the love-clutches of Catherine, the hated British woman. As a result, Kisna kills his uncle and almost his brother as well. Catherine and Kisna narrowly escape death. Again and again the Prince of India is after Catherine to take possession of her. He too is eventually killed by the sword of Kisna. Then Catherine goes back to London out of reason. Kisna goes back to his village and marries Lakshmi there, with whom he later has two sons and a daughter.
Catherine's listeners in the present are touched by the love story. One of them identifies himself as the youngest son of Kisna and Lakshmi and says that his mother has longed for the moment of reconciliation with Catherine since Kisna's death. The two women finally face each other and shake hands.
Reviews
The lexicon of international films described the film as a "mixture of historical film and romance, the staging of which is coordinated to serve a western market."
Web links
- Kisna - The fire of love in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for Kisna - In the fire of love . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , November 2006 (PDF; test number: 108 253 DVD).
- ↑ Kisna - In the fire of love. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .