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Tuesday, June 23, 2026

Lovely Indian epic movie--but failed at the box office--Samrat Prithviraj.

Based on a real king and a real poet.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samrat_Prithviraj

The Princess is lovely, the king of another kingdom comes for her on a white horse, but like all great love stories, it ends in tragedy.

I just love the war chants,the dialog (probably modernized for woman's rights) excellent casting,costumes,epic battle scenes--masterly editing--placing Chand the poet's premonitions and the wedding for instance--back to back.

AI manipulated vast battle scenes not too stiff and clunky,

villains look vile and the heroes and heroines are martyrs--

and no animals were harmed during the filming.

You can watch free on Amazon Prime if you are a member--

here are the relevant wikis of the historicalc characters.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prithviraj_Chauhan

Court poet Chand was his hpwar bet taw--born on the same day at the same hour.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chand_Bardai

The dances and the choreograpy are excellent, especially the sati dance.

Practice of sati--widows'self sacrifice (Hindu)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sati_(practice)

I give it 4 1/2 stars out of 5 stars on my KMK index.