Amrit Manthan
About Amrit Manthan
King Kantivarma bans human and animal sacrifice to Chandika. The Rajguru picks Yashodharma to kill him. Yashodharma leaves a note for his son and stabs the king. The priest then names him in court, and he is sentenced to die. His children, Madhavgupt and Sumitra, are hunted. Madhav is caught. Queen Mohini is told to sacrifice him. A storm lets them out of the temple. The minister Vishwasgupt tells Avanti that the Rajguru ordered the murder. The crowd fills the temple. The priest cuts off his own head as the last offering.
Cast & crew
More about Amrit Manthan
V. Shantaram directed it for Prabhat in Hindi and Marathi at the same time, from Narayan Hari Apte's novel Bhagyashree. Veer Mohammed Puri made the Hindi version and wrote the lyrics. Keshavrao Bhole composed. Chandra Mohan plays the Rajguru. Varde plays the king. G. R. Mane plays Madhavgupt. Shanta Apte plays Sumitra. Nalini Tarkhad plays Mohini. Kelkar plays Vishwasgupt.
Themes
Look
The opening meeting of the Chandika cult is shot from a low angle on a circular track, with the lamps low and the walls in shadow.
Music
Keshavrao Bhole composed. Veer Mohammed Puri wrote the Hindi lyrics.
Preservation
Prints of the Hindi and Marathi versions survive.
Notes
- The English gloss of the title is Churning for nectar.
- Baburao Pai, Prabhat's distributor, used the words silver jubilee when the film reached twenty-five weeks. One Bombay house kept it for thirty.
- The cult meets in a dungeon. A low circular track opens that scene.
- The churning-of-the-ocean story is told twice, once by the priest and once against him.
- Keshavrao Date is also billed.
Scenes
- Yashodharma writes the note, then kills the king.
- The Rajguru cuts off his own head in the temple.
Influenced by
- Narayan Hari Apte's novel Bhagyashree
