The Warrior (Original title)
Dates: 2001 (Copyright), 03 May 2002 (Release)Countries: United Kingdom, France, Germany, IndiaDirector: Asif Kapadia
Synopsis: Lafcadia is a Rajput warrior hired as a enforcer for a feudal warlord who sends him out to carry out ruthless punishments such as beheadings for non- payment of tithes as well as the massacre of entire villages. During one such attack on a village, a mystical encounter with a young girl brings about a transformation in Lafcadia. He determines to lay down his sword and lead a peaceful life but the warlord retaliates by destroying his house, kidnapping his son Katiba, as well as dispatching Biswas, a second warrior, to hunt him down and bring him his head.
Genres: Crime, Drama
Subjects: India, Asian history
Releases
Date: 30 May 2002Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: Super-35 - Colour - DeLuxe - Sound - Dolby DigitalRuntime: 86 mins 16 secs - Length: 7764 FeetDialogue (original): Hindi / Subtitles: EnglishDistributor: FilmFour
Date: October 2003Country: United KingdomRelease type: Home ViewingFormat: DVD (Digital Versatile Disc) - Colour - SoundRuntime: 82 mins 49 secs - Dialogue (original): Hindi / Subtitles: EnglishDistributor: Video Collection International
Date: April 2018Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundRuntime: 86 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Title: Bertraind Faivre, deux bureaux pour un producteurAuthor: DROUHAUD, Sarah Article type: ArticleLanguage: French
Description: A profile of producer Bertrand Faivre which looks at his work in London (The WARRIOR) and Paris (Les DIABLES).
In: Premiere n316 June 2003 Page: 52
Title: Cahier critiqueAuthor: [S.L.] Article type: CreditsLanguage: French
In: Empire n174 December 2003 Page: 154
Title: Remote control: playAuthor: [JB] Article type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English
In: Sight and Sound v12 n5 May 2002 Pages: 22-24
Title: Imagine Asia: hired handAuthor: JAMES, Nick Article type: InterviewLanguage: English
Description: Interview with director Asif Kapadia who discusses the imagery and elements of magic realism in his film The WARRIOR.
In: Sight and Sound v12 n5 May 2002 Page: 56
Title: ReviewsAuthor: KEMP, Philip Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Screen International n1384 6 Dec 2002 Page: 4
Title: Academy slays Warrior hopesAuthor: MINNS, Adam Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: The WARRIOR producer Bertrand Faivre has spoken out against the US Academy's decision to bar the film from competing in the UK entry for the foreign-language Oscars. It was voted against because Hindi is not a language indigenous to the UK /
In: Screen International n1385 13 Dec 2002 Page: 10
Title: Films without bordersAuthor: MINNS, Adam Article type: EditorialLanguage: English
Description: On the US Academy's decision not to classify The WARRIOR as a British film. "For all practical purposes of classification, it is British".
In: National Film Theatre Programmes Apr/May 2002 Page: 6
Title: [National Film Theatre Programmes - Apr/May 2002: no known title]Article type: NoteLanguage: English
Description: Opens bfi's ImagineAsia festival at NFT, 25 April 2002.
In: Music from the Movies n35/36 2002 Page: 65
Title: Film music review: new filmsAuthor: KEECH, Andrew Article type: Soundtrack ReviewLanguage: English
In: Screen International n1385 13 Dec 2002 Page: 8
Title: News digestArticle type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: BAFTA has confirmed that it considers The WARRIOR to be a British film despite the US Academy's decision not to include it as UK entry for the foreign-language Oscars.
In: Empire n156 June 2002 Page: 127
Title: [Empire - n156 June 2002: no known title]Author: DAWSON, Nick Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Film Review n624 November 2002 Page: 92
Title: The WarriorAuthor: WIGMORE, Gareth Article type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English
In: Sight and Sound v12 n12 December 2002 Page: 66
Title: ReviewsAuthor: MACNAB, Geoffrey Article type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English
In: Sight and Sound v12 n6 June 2002 Page: 3
Title: Editorial: bend it like BritainArticle type: EditorialLanguage: English
Description: The popularity of recent releases BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM by Gurinder Chadha and The WARRIOR by Asif Kapadia is encouraging but does not, by itself, indicate a happily multicultural Britain.
In: Screen International n1322 31 Aug 2001 Page: 26
Title: Hotshot stuns with frontier fable.Author: HUNTER, Allan Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Variety 3 Sep 2001 Page: 44
Title: Film ReviewsAuthor: ELLEY, Derek Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Edinburgh Film Festival Catalogue v55th 2001 Page: 98
Title: [Edinburgh Film Festival Catalogue - v55th 2001: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: Includes production/distribution/sales contacts. Director's comment.
In: In Camera April 2001 Page: [recent productions insert]
Title: [In Camera - April 2001: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: Brief in-production credit details for the series.
In: London Film Festival Catalogue v45th 2001 Page: 25
Title: [London Film Festival Catalogue - v45th 2001: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: Includes production/sales/UK distribution contacts.
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(3)
Digital materials(2)
Description: MOVDuration: 01:23:58 minutesV210 - BFI identifier: N-729262
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Description: MOV - LTO5Duration: 01:22:49 minutesProRes 422 - BFI identifier: N-729278
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Video materials(1)
Description: Digital BetacamLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1291957
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape
Dates: 2001 (Copyright), 03 May 2002 (Release)Countries: United Kingdom, France, Germany, IndiaDirector: Asif Kapadia
Synopsis: Lafcadia is a Rajput warrior hired as a enforcer for a feudal warlord who sends him out to carry out ruthless punishments such as beheadings for non- payment of tithes as well as the massacre of entire villages. During one such attack on a village, a mystical encounter with a young girl brings about a transformation in Lafcadia. He determines to lay down his sword and lead a peaceful life but the warlord retaliates by destroying his house, kidnapping his son Katiba, as well as dispatching Biswas, a second warrior, to hunt him down and bring him his head.
Genres: Crime, Drama
Subjects: India, Asian history
Releases
Date: 30 May 2002Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: Super-35 - Colour - DeLuxe - Sound - Dolby DigitalRuntime: 86 mins 16 secs - Length: 7764 FeetDialogue (original): Hindi / Subtitles: EnglishDistributor: FilmFour
Date: October 2003Country: United KingdomRelease type: Home ViewingFormat: DVD (Digital Versatile Disc) - Colour - SoundRuntime: 82 mins 49 secs - Dialogue (original): Hindi / Subtitles: EnglishDistributor: Video Collection International
Date: April 2018Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundRuntime: 86 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Credits
(80)
©/Presented by: FilmFour, Production Company: The Bureau, In association with: Senator Film Produktion GmbH, With the participation of: British Screen, Developed with the assistance of: Equinoxe, Executive Producer: Paul Webster, Executive Producer: Hanno Huth, Producer: Bertrand Faivre, Co-producer: Elinor Day, Line Producer: Mark Hubbard, Line Producer (Film Services India): Eleanor Chaudhuri, Executive i/C of Production (FilmFour): Caroline Hewitt, Executive i/C of Production (British Screen): Peta Inglesent, Unit Manager: Rajen Rajkhowa, Production Manager: Rakesh Mehra, Production Supervisor: Trevor Ingman, Production Co-ordinator: Soledad Gatti-pascual, Production Co-ordinator (India): Claire Bennett, Ajai Kapur, Production Co-ordinator (Himachal): Annie M. Matthews, Indian Production Services: Film Services India, Location Manager (Prep): Chand Bhat, Location Manager (Rajasthan): Sanjay Malik, Post-production Supervisor: Miranda Jones, 2nd Camera Director: Piramo Vyas, Associate Director: Amit Kumar, Assistant Director (1st): Guy Heeley, Kanchan Ghosh, Assistant Director (2nd): Geoff Dibben, Assistant Director (3rd): Mohua Guha Thakurta, Script Supervisor: Pat Rambaut, Casting (Director): Tigmanshu Dhulia, Casting (ADR Voice): Brendan Donnison, Vanessa Baker, Screenplay: Asif Kapadia, Screenplay: Tim Miller, Director of Photography: Roman Osin, Camera Operator: Georges Diane, Camera Operator (2nd Camera): Deepti Gupta, Focus Puller: Doug Lavender, Clapper: Nathan Wiley, Clapper Loader (2nd Camera): Rajesh Khale, Stills Photography: Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert, Special Effects Co-ordinator: Alan Amin, Special Effects Assistant: Sheikh Annuddin, Harun Wagmare, Editor: Ewa J. Lind, Production Designer: Adrian Smith, Supervising Art Director: Henry Harris, Stand-by Art Director: Isolde Sommerfeldt, Art Director: Roy Aguiar, Costume Designer: Louise Stjernsward, Costume Designer: Mala Dey, Costume Designer: Sujata Sharma, Chief Make-up/Hair: Lesley Lamont-Fisher, Make-up/Hair Artist: Derek Lloyd, Titles Design: Munki, Titles/Opticals: General Screen Enterprises, Music Composed by: Dario Marianelli, Musician (Sarangi): Ustad Chote Ghulam Sabir Khan, Musician (Voice): Suranima Negi, Musician (Dilruba): Baluji Shivastav, Musician (Percussion): Simon Allen, Music Performed by: The Irish Film Orchestra, Music Conducted by: Dario Marianelli, Music Orchestrated by: Dario Marianelli, Music Recorder: Andrew Bolan, Nigel Zacharias, Music Mixer: Steve Price, Sound Design: Andy Shelley, Dubbing Mixer: Paul Carr, Dialogue Editor: Johannes Konecny, ADR (Fixer): Sundar Sethuraman, ADR Editor: Colin Ritchie, Foley Editor: Tim Barker, Stunt Co-ordinator: Alan Amin, Stuntman: Firoz Khan, Stunt Assistant: Sheikh Annuddin, Stunts Horse Wrangler: Usman Shamsi
Cast
(27)
Irfan Khan (Lafcadia, the warrior), Puru Chhibber (Katiba, Lafcadia's son), Sheikh Annuddin (Biswas, the warrior), Manoj Mishra, Nanhe Khan, Chander Singh, Hemant Maahaor (warrior), Mandakini Goswami (shawl seller), Sunita Sharma (the girl), Shauket Baig (clerk), Gori Shanker (Tarang village headman), Prabhuram (blacksmith), Wagaram (blacksmith's son), Ajai Rohilla (quarry foreman), Noor Mani (Riaz, the thief), Sitaram Panchal (dhaba stall owner), Chander Prakash Vyas, Sanjai (dhaba stall man), Anupam Shyam (lord), Amit Kumar (market trader), Damayanti Marfatia (blind woman), Trilok Singh (cart driver), Pushpa Negi (restaurant owner), Karuna Sarah Davis (restaurant girl), Rakesh Mehra (rude customer), Anuradha Advanti (lord's wife), Madhu (woman singer)
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(19)
In: Le Film Francais n2980 7 Mar 2003 Page: 14Title: Bertraind Faivre, deux bureaux pour un producteurAuthor: DROUHAUD, Sarah Article type: ArticleLanguage: French
Description: A profile of producer Bertrand Faivre which looks at his work in London (The WARRIOR) and Paris (Les DIABLES).
In: Premiere n316 June 2003 Page: 52
Title: Cahier critiqueAuthor: [S.L.] Article type: CreditsLanguage: French
In: Empire n174 December 2003 Page: 154
Title: Remote control: playAuthor: [JB] Article type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English
In: Sight and Sound v12 n5 May 2002 Pages: 22-24
Title: Imagine Asia: hired handAuthor: JAMES, Nick Article type: InterviewLanguage: English
Description: Interview with director Asif Kapadia who discusses the imagery and elements of magic realism in his film The WARRIOR.
In: Sight and Sound v12 n5 May 2002 Page: 56
Title: ReviewsAuthor: KEMP, Philip Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Screen International n1384 6 Dec 2002 Page: 4
Title: Academy slays Warrior hopesAuthor: MINNS, Adam Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: The WARRIOR producer Bertrand Faivre has spoken out against the US Academy's decision to bar the film from competing in the UK entry for the foreign-language Oscars. It was voted against because Hindi is not a language indigenous to the UK /
In: Screen International n1385 13 Dec 2002 Page: 10
Title: Films without bordersAuthor: MINNS, Adam Article type: EditorialLanguage: English
Description: On the US Academy's decision not to classify The WARRIOR as a British film. "For all practical purposes of classification, it is British".
In: National Film Theatre Programmes Apr/May 2002 Page: 6
Title: [National Film Theatre Programmes - Apr/May 2002: no known title]Article type: NoteLanguage: English
Description: Opens bfi's ImagineAsia festival at NFT, 25 April 2002.
In: Music from the Movies n35/36 2002 Page: 65
Title: Film music review: new filmsAuthor: KEECH, Andrew Article type: Soundtrack ReviewLanguage: English
In: Screen International n1385 13 Dec 2002 Page: 8
Title: News digestArticle type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: BAFTA has confirmed that it considers The WARRIOR to be a British film despite the US Academy's decision not to include it as UK entry for the foreign-language Oscars.
In: Empire n156 June 2002 Page: 127
Title: [Empire - n156 June 2002: no known title]Author: DAWSON, Nick Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Film Review n624 November 2002 Page: 92
Title: The WarriorAuthor: WIGMORE, Gareth Article type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English
In: Sight and Sound v12 n12 December 2002 Page: 66
Title: ReviewsAuthor: MACNAB, Geoffrey Article type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English
In: Sight and Sound v12 n6 June 2002 Page: 3
Title: Editorial: bend it like BritainArticle type: EditorialLanguage: English
Description: The popularity of recent releases BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM by Gurinder Chadha and The WARRIOR by Asif Kapadia is encouraging but does not, by itself, indicate a happily multicultural Britain.
In: Screen International n1322 31 Aug 2001 Page: 26
Title: Hotshot stuns with frontier fable.Author: HUNTER, Allan Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Variety 3 Sep 2001 Page: 44
Title: Film ReviewsAuthor: ELLEY, Derek Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Edinburgh Film Festival Catalogue v55th 2001 Page: 98
Title: [Edinburgh Film Festival Catalogue - v55th 2001: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: Includes production/distribution/sales contacts. Director's comment.
In: In Camera April 2001 Page: [recent productions insert]
Title: [In Camera - April 2001: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: Brief in-production credit details for the series.
In: London Film Festival Catalogue v45th 2001 Page: 25
Title: [London Film Festival Catalogue - v45th 2001: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: Includes production/sales/UK distribution contacts.
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(3)
Digital materials(2)
Description: MOVDuration: 01:23:58 minutesV210 - BFI identifier: N-729262
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Description: MOV - LTO5Duration: 01:22:49 minutesProRes 422 - BFI identifier: N-729278
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Video materials(1)
Description: Digital BetacamLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1291957
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape