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| producer = [[Bertrand Faivre]] | | producer = [[Bertrand Faivre]] | ||
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| starring = [[Irrfan Khan]] | | starring = [[Irrfan Khan]] | ||
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'''''The Warrior''''' is a 2001 film by [[United Kingdom|British]] filmmaker [[Asif Kapadia]]. It stars [[Irrfan Khan]] as Lafcadia, a warrior in feudal [[Rajasthan]] who attempts to give up the sword. The film is in [[Hindi]] and was filmed in Rajasthan, [[India]]. The film is credited with convincing Irrfan Khan to not give up on his acting career.<ref>https://www.filmibeat.com/bollywood/features/2019/happy-birthday-irrfan-khan-we-bet-you-did-not-know-these-interesting-facts-about-the-actor-281196.html</ref><ref>https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01dgq4w</ref> | '''''The Warrior''''' is a 2001 film by [[United Kingdom|British]] filmmaker [[Asif Kapadia]]. It stars [[Irrfan Khan]] as Lafcadia, a warrior in feudal [[Rajasthan]] who attempts to give up the sword. The film is in [[Hindi]] and was filmed in Rajasthan, [[India]]. The film is credited with convincing Irrfan Khan to not give up on his acting career.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.filmibeat.com/bollywood/features/2019/happy-birthday-irrfan-khan-we-bet-you-did-not-know-these-interesting-facts-about-the-actor-281196.html|title = Happy Birthday Irrfan Khan: We Bet You Didn't Know These Interesting Facts About the Actor!|date = 7 January 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01dgq4w|title = BBC Three Counties Radio - Chetan Patak, in conversation: Actor Irfan Khan}}</ref> | ||
The Warrior is the story of spiritual transformation of a cruel warrior Lafcadia. The movie unfolds taking you from Rajasthan to the Himalayas.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Must Watch Movies of Irrfan Khan|url=https://www.ekwanderingastronome.com/2020/05/irrfan-khan-best-movie-to-watch.html|access-date=2021-03-21}}</ref> Kapadia started work on the 2001 film within a year of graduating from the [[Royal College of Art]].<ref name="Warren">{{cite news |title=Review The silent soldier The Warrior |author=Matt Warren |newspaper=[[The Scotsman]] |date=24 August 2001 |access-date=31 May 2012|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-18797156.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140611123823/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-18797156.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 June 2014}}</ref> Even though this was his first feature film,<ref name="Warren"/> ''The Warrior'' was produced by companies from the [[UK]], [[Germany]] and [[France]]. At the [[BAFTA Awards]] it won the [[Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film]]. It was also one of the films, short-listed for UK's official entry for the [[Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film|Academy Awards]] but was ultimately dropped on grounds that the language was not indigenous to Britain. | The Warrior is the story of spiritual transformation of a cruel warrior Lafcadia. The movie unfolds taking you from Rajasthan to the Himalayas.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Must Watch Movies of Irrfan Khan|url=https://www.ekwanderingastronome.com/2020/05/irrfan-khan-best-movie-to-watch.html|access-date=2021-03-21}}</ref> Kapadia started work on the 2001 film within a year of graduating from the [[Royal College of Art]].<ref name="Warren">{{cite news |title=Review The silent soldier The Warrior |author=Matt Warren |newspaper=[[The Scotsman]] |date=24 August 2001 |access-date=31 May 2012|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-18797156.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140611123823/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-18797156.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 June 2014}}</ref> Even though this was his first feature film,<ref name="Warren"/> ''The Warrior'' was produced by companies from the [[UK]], [[Germany]] and [[France]]. At the [[BAFTA Awards]] it won the [[Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film]]. It was also one of the films, short-listed for UK's official entry for the [[Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film|Academy Awards]] but was ultimately dropped on grounds that the language was not indigenous to Britain. | ||