Synopsis
The true story of Lakshmibai, the historic Queen of Jhansi who fiercely led her army against the British East India Company in the infamous mutiny of 1857.
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Cast
- Devika BhiseRani Lakshmibai
- Rupert EverettSir Hugh Rose
- Nathaniel ParkerSir Robert Hamilton
- Ben LambMajor Robert Ellis
- Jodhi MayQueen Victoria
- Derek JacobiLord Palmerston
- Milind GunajiGangadhar Rao
- Ajinkya DeoTatya Tope
- Nagesh BhonsleBakshish Ali
- Arif ZakariaGaus Khan
Recommendations
- 40
Austin Chronicle
What's disappointing, especially considering Swati's background in dance, is how static the film feels, and how lumpen the story becomes. - 40
Variety
Too tepidly sincere to consistently excite or amuse. What keeps it at least moderately interesting on a scene-to-scene basis is the novelty value of seeing a strong and self-confident woman, credibly portrayed by Devika Bhise. - 38
Movie Nation
She had to be more charismatic than this to inspire over the ages. - 37
Washington Post
The story of an insurgent Indian woman certainly seems timely in 2019. Too bad the new account of her uprising, The Warrior Queen of Jhansi, is as stodgy as a movie from 1958, if not earlier. - 30
The New York Times
An unfortunately clunky, relentlessly corny salute to Rani Laxmibai. - 30
Los Angeles Times
As dramatized, “The Warrior Queen” takes all the biopic shortcuts (narration, sped-up timeline, ham-fisted exposition) only to get to a depiction of the drumbeat to conflict that traffics in platitudes and clichés. - 25
San Francisco Chronicle
The fact is that too much time is spent with the British characters in the film, time that could have been spent really getting into Rani’s story. She was fighting for the independence of India, but the filmmakers lost their own colonial battle. - 25
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Awkwardly constructed with laughable romantic suggestions, sword-based gore and a whimsical approach to chronological accuracy, the story involves the Indian uprising against the British East India Company.
