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{{Short description|Indian English language movie}}
{{Infobox film
| name =
| image = Bokshu The Myth.png
| alt =
| caption = Poster
| native_name = 
| director = [[Shyamaprasad]]
| writer = Shyamaprasad<br />[[Richard Stanley (director)|Richard Stanley]]<br />[[Shashi Warrier]]
| screenplay =
| story =
| based_on = 
| producer = M P S Prasad
| starring = {{plainlist|
*[[Steven Berkoff]]
*[[Irrfan Khan]]
*Heather Prete
*David Millbern
*[[Nandana Sen]]
*[[Vineeth]]
}}
| narrator =
| cinematography = Torben Fosberg
| editing = [[A. Sreekar Prasad]]
| music = [[Louis Banks]]
| studio = Arjun Creations
| distributor = 
| released = 2002<br />{{Film date|df=yes|2006|5|22|[[Cannes Film Festival]]}}
| runtime =
| country = India
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
}}

'''''Bokshu – The Myth''''' is a 2002 Indian English-language psychological thriller film<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T95kAAAAMAAJ&q=Bokshu+%E2%80%93+The+Myth|title=Variety International Film Guide |page=200 |publisher=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] }}</ref> directed by [[Shyamaprasad]] and starring [[Steven Berkoff]], [[Irrfan Khan]], Heather Prete, David Millbern, [[Nandana Sen]] and [[Vineeth]]. The storyline is based on [[Ganga Prasad Vimal]]'s novel ''Mrigaantak''.<ref name="r">{{cite web |last=Warrier |first=Shobha |title=Why can't an Indian make a film in English? |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2002/may/22sen.htm |work=[[Rediff.com]] |access-date=26 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RiluAAAAMAAJ&q=Bokshu+%E2%80%93+The+Myth|title=Rashtriya Sahara - Volume 10, Issues 7-10 |page=89|publisher=Sahara India Mass Communication}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Gq4aAQAAIAAJ&q=Bokshu+%E2%80%93+The+Myth|title=Indian Summer: Films, Filmmakers and Stars Between Ray and Bollywood|publisher=Olivares|isbn=9788885982680 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WQtlAAAAMAAJ&q=Bokshu+%E2%80%93+The+Myth|title=Cinema in India - Volume 3 |page=43|publisher=[[National Film Development Corporation of India|National Film Development Corporation]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NEQ15_uDrvsC&q=Bokshu+%E2%80%93+The+Myth|title=Indian Panorama |page=2|publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]] }}</ref> The film was released in film festivals.

== Cast ==
*[[Steven Berkoff]] as Professor Metcalf
*[[Irrfan Khan]] as High priest
*Heather Prete as Metcalf's daughter (anthropologist)
*David Millbern as Metcalf's daughter's friend (anthropologist)
*[[Nandana Sen]] as Rati
*[[Harish Patel]]
*[[Vineeth]] as Rati's lover
*Ashok Mandanna
*[[Surekha Sikri]]
*[[Mita Vashisht]]
*Khalid Tyabj

== Production ==
The film was first shot in [[Hampi]] (which resembled the Jaled village in the [[Himalayas]]) for sixty days with a cave set erected by [[Thota Tharani]].<ref name="t">{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/bangalore-times/watch-out-bokshu-is-here/articleshow/6402883.cms|title=Watch Out! Bokshu is here|first=Allen J.|last= Mendonca|work=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref> The film was then shot at various locations in the Himayalas including [[Kedarnath]].<ref name="r"/><ref name="t"/><ref name="i">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Dcs-AQAAIAAJ&q=Bokshu+%E2%80%93+The+Myth|title=India Today International - Volume 2 |page=36|publisher=[[India Today]]}}</ref> [[Steven Berkoff]]'s character transforms into a tiger.<ref name="i"/>

== Reception ==
Deborah Young of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' wrote that ""Bokshu, the Myth" hits every cliche in the book, yet still gets across some sense of the power of myth over human life".<ref>{{cite web |last=Young |first=Deborah |title=Bokshu, The Myth |url=https://variety.com/2006/film/markets-festivals/bokshu-the-myth-1200515561/ |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |access-date=26 May 2023 }}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0313307}}

[[Category:Indian thriller films]]

Bokshu – The Myth - Revision history

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