A Throw of Dice (Prapancha Pash) – Tonight in Los Angeles
A Throw of Dice (Prapancha Pash) is the third film in a pioneering trilogy of silent films made through a unique partnership between German director Franz Osten and Indian actor-producer Himansu Rai, whose films combined documentary techniques with narratives derived from Indian myths and legends.
Based upon a section of the epic poem The Mahabharata, A Throw of Dice follows royal cousins Sohat and Rajit, neighboring rulers who have in common a love of gambling, tiger hunting….and same damsel Sunita. Soon they’re friendship turns to rivalry.
Nishat Khan, one of the world’s greatest living sitar virtuosos, accompanied by consummate guitarist and bandleader Jimmy Rip, provides a live score for this recently restored 1929 silent classic. A Throw Of Dice is both a sumptuous epic and an intimate romantic drama, and Nishat Khan’s new score for the film will transplant you to lush, faraway kingdoms of the imagination.
The screening is Sunday, May 10 @ 8:00 PM at The Silent Movie Theater in Los Angeles. If you are looking for something different and fun to do after dinner this Mother’s Day, this looks to be the place to be.
Click here for information on tonight’s event.
Tags: A Throw of Dice, Franz Osten, Himansu Rai, IFFLA, Indian Film Festival Los Angeles, Jimmy Rip, Nishat Khan, Prapancha Pash, The Mahabharata, The Silent Movie Theater
Anurag Kashyap
Abhay Deol
Dibakar Banerjee
Hansal Mehta
Khalid Mohamed
Kundan Shah
Anish Kuruvilla
Jaideep Verma
Manish Gupta
Navdeep Singh
Bhavani Iyer
D. Santosh
Onir
Ashvin Kumar
Ramu Ramanathan
Sudhir Mishra
Pankaj Advani
Revathy
Saurabh Shukla
Shilpa Shukla
Sujoy Ghosh
Suparn Verma
Santosh Sivan
Shashank Ghosh
Shivajee
Pavan Kaul
Partho Sen-Gupta
Prroshant Naryannan
Sam Langoria
Satish Kasetty
Just wanted to mention that music’s by Nitin Sawhney and the London Philarmonic Orchestra. I’ve hunted down for the soundtrack, and it’s available on Spotify (sorry for folks in their cover zone) http://bit.ly/5KhYM