Director: Jayant Desai; Writer: Mohanlal G. Dave, Shaheed Latif, Sagar Hussain; Producer: Jayant Desai; Cinematographer: Dronacharya; Cast: Renuka Devi, Ishwarlal, Nayampalli, Suraiya, Anil Kumar, Ibrahim, Sulochana Chatterjee, Rewashankar Marwadi, Kantilal, Bhagwandas
Summary: Big-budget historical about the founder of the Maurya empire in 321BC The film uses the legend about the Indian emperor who was close to Alexander’s Macedonian army but fell out with the Greek and eventually defeated him in battle, establishing his own empire and capital at Pataliputra. The film shows Chandragupta’s friendship with the Greek general Seleucus Nicator, whose daughter the Mauryan king is believed to have married. He saves Nicator’s life and also his daughter Helen from the evil Antigonus, in return for which he marries Helen. The subsequent political history, e.g. Chandragupta’s conquest of the Nandas, is presented as a consequence of the love story. Happiness reigns only after several attempts to overthrow the king are foiled. A key figure is the wily politician Chanakya. The film also had the nationalist number Mata ki jai, janani ki jai ho.
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