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Dec 13, 2015 · The Battle of Banaras: Directed by Kamal Swaroop. Inspired by Nobel laureate Elias Canetti's book, 'Crowds and Power', the documentary captures the excitement, the madness and the noise behind the high- octane poll battle in the holy city of Banaras, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi's parliamentary constituency.
Summary: Kamal Swaroop's classic documentary on the 2014 electoral battle between Narendra Modi and Arvind Kejriwal. Swaroop is there, in the thick of the heat and dust, trying to make sense of what he sees, in terms of epic structures drawn from the Mahabharata, modern politics, absurd theatre and documentary evidence.
May 2014, at the height of the election campaign in the holy city of Banaras, which finally carried the current Prime Minister Nahendra Modi and his right-wing party, the BJP, to victory.
In 1526 CE, Babur had successfully captured Delhi after his victory over Ibrahim Lodhi at the battle of Panipat, however, he had yet to subdue the various Afghan clans that were scattered over...
The Battle of Buxar was fought between 22 and 23 October 1764, between the forces of the British East India Company, under the command of Major Hector Munro, and the combined armies of Balwant Singh, Maharaja of the Banaras State; Mir Qasim, Nawab of Bengal; Shuja-ud-Daula, Nawab of Awadh; and Shah Alam II, Emperor of the Mughal Empire.
Banaras State initially known as Banaras kingdom or Kashi Kingdom was a kingdom and later princely state under the Narayan Dynasty in what is today Uttar Pradesh, India. On 15 October 1948, Benares' last ruler signed the accession to the Indian Union. [1]
In 1764, the British East India Company fought the combined forces of Balwant Singh, king of Banaras, the nawabs of Bengal, and Awadh, and Mughal emperor Shah Alam II in what is called the...
Kamal Swaroop. Synopsis. Inspired by Nobel laureate Elias Canetti's book, 'Crowds and Power', the documentary captures the excitement, the madness and the noise behind the high- octane poll...
An observation of the political climate in India leading upto a highly anticipated election.
Sep 23, 2022 · Inspired by Nobel laureate Elias Canetti’s book, ‘Crowds and Power’, the documentary captures the excitement, the madness and the noise behind the high- octane poll battle in the holy city of Banaras, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s parliamentary constituency in 2014.The film premiered in film festival circuits in 2015.
