India has lifted a 40-year ban on a documentary film made by legendary filmmaker Satyajit Ray.
Ray's family revealed to the BBC that the government would allow screenings of Sikkim, which bears the name of the Himalayan state which merged with India under controversial circumstances in 1975.
"I hope the documentary is screened soon," Ray's son, Sandip, told the BBC on Friday. Satyajit Ray died in 1992. His son is also a director.
Made in 1971, the film was banned by Indian censors four years later for glorifying the monarchy.
"I have fond memories of the shooting in different seasons, going up and down the hills with the equipment and staying in the royal palace," Sandip Ray said.
It's believed there are two copies of Sikkim. One is at the Academy of Motion Pictures, Arts and Sciences in the U.S. and the other is archived at the British Film Institute.
Sikkim was once an independent kingdom and its last ruler, Palden Thondup Namgyal, had commissioned Ray to create a film to attract tourists.
It reportedly shows some scenes of which the ruler did not approve, including one of poor people scrambling for food behind the royal palace.
"Except for a private screening by my father, the film has not been seen by anybody else," said Ray.
Ray's family revealed to the BBC that the government would allow screenings of Sikkim, which bears the name of the Himalayan state which merged with India under controversial circumstances in 1975.
"I hope the documentary is screened soon," Ray's son, Sandip, told the BBC on Friday. Satyajit Ray died in 1992. His son is also a director.
Made in 1971, the film was banned by Indian censors four years later for glorifying the monarchy.
"I have fond memories of the shooting in different seasons, going up and down the hills with the equipment and staying in the royal palace," Sandip Ray said.
It's believed there are two copies of Sikkim. One is at the Academy of Motion Pictures, Arts and Sciences in the U.S. and the other is archived at the British Film Institute.
Sikkim was once an independent kingdom and its last ruler, Palden Thondup Namgyal, had commissioned Ray to create a film to attract tourists.
It reportedly shows some scenes of which the ruler did not approve, including one of poor people scrambling for food behind the royal palace.
"Except for a private screening by my father, the film has not been seen by anybody else," said Ray.
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