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Prapancha PashA Throw of Dice
FRANZ OSTEN
Silent with music Featuring: Seeta Devi, Himansu Rai, Charu Roy, Sarada Gupta
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Prapancha PashA Throw of Dice
FRANZ OSTEN
Silent with music Featuring: Seeta Devi, Himansu Rai, Charu Roy, Sarada Gupta
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Based on an episode from the Indian epic Mahabharata, A Throw of Dice tells the story of two kings, Ranjit and Sohan, who both love Sunita, a hermit's beautiful daughter. But Sunita loves only Ranjit. Ranjit and Sohan share a passion for gambling and decide to play a game of craps to determine who will marry Sunita. "There's hardly a frame... that doesn't provide a surge of visual pleasure," wrote a New York Times reviewer; while a Guardian reviewer called it "a rare and fascinating gem." The film formed the final part of a trilogy of Indo-German productions. The film was digitally restored in 2007 and the brilliant new score was composed by Nitin Sawhney and performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra.