Satyajit Ray's poetic documentary was commissioned by the Chogyal (King) of Sikkim at a time when he felt the sovereignty of Sikkim was under threat from both China and India. Ray's documentary is about the sovereignty of Sikkim. The film was banned by the government of India when Sikkim merged with India in 1975. The ban was finally lifted by the Ministry of External Affairs in September 2010.
Genre: Documentary
Stars: Satyajit Ray
Crew: Satyajit Ray (Director), Satyajit Ray (Writer), Dulal Dutta (Editor), Soumendu Roy (Director of Photography), Satyajit Ray (Original Music Composer), Mangesh Desai (Sound Re-Recording Mixer)
Country: India
Language: English
Studio: The Chogyal of Sikkim Palden Thondup Namgyal
Runtime: 55 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Apr 01, 1971
IMDb: 4
