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Kisna: The Warrior Poet is a indian film of genre Drama directed by Subhash Ghai with Vivek Oberoi
Kisna: The Warrior Poet (2005)
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Add to a movie listKisna: The Warrior Poet is a Hindi film written, edited, produced and directed by Subhash Ghai and starring Vivek Oberoi (who plays the title role), Antonia Bernath, and Isha Sharvani. The musical film is set in the British India of the tumultuous 1940s when Indian nationalists fighting for the country's independence rose up as one, urging the British Raj to leave. It is a love story about two people who are torn between Karma (the noble deed) and Dharma (the duty). The film has two veteran composers, A. R. Rahman and Ismail Darbar; the lyrics were written by Javed Akhtar. This film also marks Amrish Puri's final performance. The film, however, did not perform well at the box office. The film was premiered in the Marché du Film section of the 2005 Cannes Film Festival.
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Movie starts in present day. India's Republic Day Event where the guest of honour is a British Lady, Lady Catherine whose purpose of visit to India is to donate Rs 3500 Crores as charity. But condition being a visit to Devprayag, where India's 2 great rivers Bhagirithi and Alaknanda meet to form Ganga.Actors
Vivek Oberoi
(Kisna)
Antonia Bernath
(Katherine)
Isha Sharvani
(Lakshmi)
Amrish Puri
(Bhairo Singh)
Polly Adams
(Lady Katherine)
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