The Black Prince: A sad but true tale
Cast: Jason Flemyng, Amanda Root, Shabana Azmi, Kavi Raz, Satinder Sartaaj Rated: 6/10 The Black Prince is the no punches spared film on the life and times of Sher-e-Punjab Ranjit Singh’s son Duleep Singh’s life and times. It was a life ridden with injustices. Taken away by the British forcefully to England as a five-year-old to be raised as a baptised Christian by a royal lady and a faithful doctor, told that his mother had lost her mind and was in no condition to take care of him, serenaded in English society as The Black Prince, Duleep Singh’s life was sad, unfortunate and unhappening. And these are the shades reflected in this Hollywood film on a chapter of Punjab history which killed the most powerful kingdom of its times. Indian-origin British director Kavi Raz keeps it lowbrow and slow to bring in the fact that Duleep was the king who never could be the maharaja he was meant to. The film centres around how Duleep Singh, a litt...