{"id":19490,"date":"2019-11-14T20:46:09","date_gmt":"2019-11-15T04:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cinemastance.com\/?p=19490"},"modified":"2019-11-14T20:46:09","modified_gmt":"2019-11-15T04:46:09","slug":"the-warrior-queen-of-jhansi-details-the-life-of-a-legend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/?p=19490","title":{"rendered":"THE WARRIOR QUEEN OF JHANSI Details the Life of a Legend"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cinemastance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/24_0007_B-merged.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15337\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Historical biopics can be a bit dry at times, but there are\nstill plenty of interesting stories out there that many may not be familiar\nwith. <em>The Warrior Queen of Jhansi<\/em> is one such example, telling a story\nabout a person famous in her homeland but who will not be as well known in this\npart of the world. The movie doesn\u2019t have the means to present its story in the\nmost epic manner possible, but still serves as an interesting tale and\nintroduction to the real figure. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cinemastance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/warrrior-queen-of-jhansi-colorful-outfits.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19491\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Set in the mid-19<sup>th<\/sup> century, the film is a biopic\nof Rani Lakshmihai (Devika Bhise), Queen of Jhansi district in Uttar Pradesh,\nIndia. Despite serving as a visionary leader and described as truly at one with\nher people, she is backed into a corner by the British East India Company and\ntheir attempts to take control of her country and wrestle power away. While the\noffensive is headed by the sinister Sir Robert Hamilton (Nathaniel Parker) led\nby Sir Hugh Rose (Rupert Everett), Queen Lakshmaihai leads a resistance\nmovement as the British army moves forward. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cinemastance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/warrrior-queen-of-jhansi-bloody-sword-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19492\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It seems that this queen is every bit the warrior described,\nexcelling at training many women to take part in battle and fight for victory.\nOf course, the unreasonable efforts of the East India Trading Company also have\nunintended consequences in unifying disparate and warring factions within the\ncountry and tying them against the British. The political details behind the\nstory are quite interesting and the lead is an easy character to root for. This\nis also a nicely shot film with a few striking images (including the lead\ncharacter riding a horse into a pool of water).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Admittedly, while earnest in intent the film isn\u2019t perfect\nand does suffer from budgetary issues. Some of the CGI effects involving\nbloodshed aren\u2019t quite as convincing as hoped for and a few of the potentially\nbig battles early on are depicted using montages. The lead and established\nperformers do just fine, but some of the supporting cast are let down by a lot\nof expository dialogue that ends up presenting them in too stiff a manner. Major\nRobert Ellis (Ben Lamb) does come across as conflicted about his actions, yet some\nof the other baddies are too obvious and one-note in their written\ncharacterizations \u2013 you can almost see them nefariously twirling their\nmustaches (or even sideburns) as they bark out orders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cinemastance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/warrrior-queen-of-jhansi-group-women-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19495\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although there may be some issues present and one wishes for a more detailed telling, it is an interesting story for those unfamiliar with this historic female warrior. The scenic locations presented are impressive and costuming also stands out. <em>The Warrior Queen of Jhansi<\/em> may not be the perfect retelling of a legend, but it may inspire a few to find out more about Rani of Jhansi and her remarkable life. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Historical biopics can be a bit dry at times, but there are still plenty of interesting stories out there that many may not be familiar with. The Warrior Queen of Jhansi is one such example, telling a story about a person famous in her homeland but who will not be as well known in this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":19493,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[197,2789,9200,22576,22577,22578],"class_list":["post-19490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-movie-reviews","tag-197","tag-biopic","tag-historical","tag-the-warrior-queen-of-jhansi","tag-the-warrior-queen-of-jhansi-revievw","tag-the-warrior-queen-of-jhansi-review"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":8}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19490"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19490\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}