"release on 7 June 2011. In Region 2, the film was released on DVD by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment on 27 August 2007, with a re-issue on 17 May 2010. The Man Who Would Be King (film) The Man Who Would Be King is a 1975 Technicolor adventure film adapted from the Rudyard Kipling novella of the same name. It was adapted and directed by John Huston and starred Sean Connery, Michael Caine, Saeed Jaffrey, and Christopher Plummer as Kipling (giving a name to the novella's anonymous narrator). The film follows two rogue ex-soldiers, former non-commissioned officers in the British"
"In 1885 in India, while working late at night in his newspaper office, the journalist Rudyard Kipling is approached by a ragged, seemingly crazed derelict who reveals himself to be Peachy Carnehan, an old acquaintance. Carnehan tells Kipling the story of how he and his comrade-in-arms Danny Dravot, ex-sergeants of the British Army who had become adventurers, travelled far beyond India into the remote land of Kafiristan. Three years earlier, Dravot and Carnehan had met Kipling under less than auspicious circumstances. After stealing Kipling's pocket-watch, Carnehan found a masonic tag on the chain and, realising he had robbed a fellow"
"journey, and in composing the story I suspect that Kipling may have drawn upon the account of a visit to Kafiristan made by W. W. McNair, which was read to the Royal Geographical Society in December 1883. McNair, an officer in the Indian Survey, disobeyed government orders forbidding Europeans to cross the frontier without permission, and made his way to Kafiristan disguised as a Muhammedan hakim, or native doctor."" ""The conditions of McNair's journey,"" Edward Marx argued, ""exhibit some striking similarities to those of Kipling's story, and certain details in McNair's account, as well, might have suggested ideas to Kipling,"
"a tour of some Indian native states he meets two scruffy adventurers, Daniel Dravot and Peachey Carnehan. Softened by their stories, he agrees to help them in a minor errand, but later he regrets this and informs the authorities about them—preventing them from blackmailing a minor rajah. A few months later the pair appear at his newspaper office in Lahore. They tell him of a plan they have hatched. They declare that after years of trying their hands at all manner of things, they have decided that ""India is not big enough for them"". They plan to go to Kafiristan"
"Western Himalayas and into Central Asia—and nearly all of what was known of Tibet—was the result of their work. Operating under code names or initials— the Mullah, the Havildar, A.K., etc.—they included Buddhists and Hindus as well as Mohammedans; C23, otherwise the horse-dealer Mahbub Ali in ""Kim"", was inspired by what Kipling could glean of their activities."" William Watts McNair William Watts McNair (13 September 1849 – 13 August 1889) was a British surveyor, the first British explorer of Kafiristan (now Nuristan). Details of McNair's life up to the time of his 1883 journey are sketchy. According to John Keay,"
"The Three Musketeers (short story) ""The Three Musketeers"" is a short story by Rudyard Kipling which introduces three fictional British soldiers serving in India in the later nineteenth century: the privates Learoyd, Mulvaney and Ortheris. These characters appear in many early Kipling stories. ""The Three Musketeers"" was first published in the ""Civil and Military Gazette"" on 11 March 1887. It appeared in book form in ""Plain Tales from the Hills"" (1888). Narrated by the three privates—mostly Mulvaney, the loquacious Irishman, and Ortheris —""The Three Musketeers"" tells the story of how the three contrive not only to 'protest' (like the junior"
"the east-west valley. Some of these tribes include: Nuristanis were depicted as their pre-Islamic past the Kafiristanis, as one of peoples inhabiting Kafiristan in Rudyard Kipling's story called ""The Man Who Would Be King"" which was then made into a film. The story was published in 1888, eight years before Nuristan was conquered and converted to Islam by Emir Abdur Rahman Khan. Nuristanis The Nuristanis are an ethnic group native to the Nuristan region of eastern Afghanistan, who speak Indo-Iranian languages, including Nuristani. In the mid-1890s, after the establishment of the Durand Line when Afghanistan ceded various frontier areas to"
"head with twenty rifles and ammunition to Kafiristan, a country virtually unknown to Europeans since its conquest by Alexander the Great. There they will offer their services to a ruler, help him to conquer his neighbours, overthrow and loot him and return in triumph laden with riches. Kipling, after first trying to dissuade them, gives Dravot his masonic tag as a token of brotherhood. After signing a contract pledging mutual loyalty and forswearing drink and women, the two set off on an epic overland journey north beyond the Khyber Pass. Over the next few weeks, they travel through Afghanistan, fighting"
"Gunga Din (film) Gunga Din is a 1939 RKO adventure film directed by George Stevens and starring Cary Grant, Victor McLaglen, and Douglas Fairbanks Jr., loosely based on the poem of the same name by Rudyard Kipling combined with elements of his short story collection ""Soldiers Three"". The film is about three British sergeants and Gunga Din, their native ""bhisti"" (water bearer), who fight the Thuggee, an Indian murder cult, in colonial British India. The supporting cast features Joan Fontaine, Eduardo Ciannelli, and in the title role, Sam Jaffe. The epic film was written by Joel Sayre and Fred Guiol"
"The Kafirs of the Hindu Kush The Kafirs of the Hindu Kush is a book written by Sir George Scott Robertson and originally published in 1896 by Lawrence & Bullen Ltd. Sir George Scott Robertson was the first Victorian to travel into Kafiristan and recounted the experience of his adventures in Kafiristan in his book ""The Kafirs of the Hindu Kush"" published in 1896. The book dispelled many popular fictions about the Kafirs, their customs and their lineage. ""The Kafirs of the Hindu Kush"" was the first book which brought the inhabitants of Kafiristan and their animism to the attention"
"in Burwash briefly in the 1960s) as part of a BBC television series on writers and their houses. In 2003, actor Ralph Fiennes read excerpts from Kipling's works from the study in Bateman's, including, ""The Jungle Book"", ""Something of Myself"", ""Kim"", and ""The Just So Stories"", and poems, including ""If... "" and ""My Boy Jack"", for a CD published by the National Trust. In modern-day India, whence he drew much of his material, Kipling's reputation remains controversial, especially amongst modern nationalists and some post-colonial critics. Rudyard Kipling was a prominent supporter of Colonel Reginald Dyer, who was responsible for the"
"rest when he returned"". This story is one where Kipling tries to make sense of the whole Indian experience, or at least portray it to those living in the United Kingdom (""Home""), and betrays an anti-intellectual pose as the bluff common-sensical man. At the same time, he shows real sympathy for the man who ""was afraid - horribly afraid"". The Conversion of Aurelian McGoggin ""The Conversion of Aurelian McGoggin"" is a short story by Rudyard Kipling. It was first published in the ""Civil and Military Gazette"" on April 28, 1887, and first in book form in the first Indian edition"
"who reported to the Principal of the Boys' School. The Boys' College has been the setting for films, including: Rudyard Kipling's 1901 novel Kim tells of the adventures of Kimball O'Hara, the orphaned son of a British soldier. Kim is given the chance to go to St Xavier's School in Lucknow, the most prestigious school in British India. St Xavier's is a fictional creation but Kipling authorities believe that the school is modelled on the real La Martinière. La Martinière Lucknow is discussed in Qurratulain Hyder's magnum opus ""Aag ka Darya"" (River of Fire). This book has the same status"
"and digital rights sold to Amazon Prime Video. Thugs of Hindostan Thugs of Hindostan is a 2018 Indian Hindi-language action-adventure film, written and directed by Vijay Krishna Acharya, and produced by Aditya Chopra under his banner Yash Raj Films. The film stars Amitabh Bachchan, Aamir Khan, Fatima Sana Shaikh, Katrina Kaif, and Lloyd Owen. Set in 1795, the film follows a band of Thugs led by Khudabaksh Azaad, who aspires to free Hindostan (the Indian subcontinent) from the rule of the expanding British East India Company. Alarmed, British commander John Clive sends a small-time Thug from Awadh, Firangi Mallah, to"
"vain assail'd His gentler skill o'er brutal force prevail'd ... Now mended morals check the lust for spoil And rising Hamlets prove his generous toil ..."" Rudyard Kipling's story ""The Tomb of his Ancestors"" (1896) is based on the life story of Clevland, represented by the fictional protagonist ""John Chinn"". Clevland was a friend and patron of the artist William Hodges (1744-1797), who visited India and accompanied Warren Hastings to Benares in 1781 and on his return in January 1782 stayed for four months as Clevland's guest at Bhagalpur. Together they visited several monuments in the Rajmahal district, as recorded"
"when the rifleman will be unable to see them in the dark. When the time to escape arrives, Gunga knocks Jukes unconscious and escapes alone. When Jukes awakes he is found by the boy who kept his dogs and is helped to escape by means of a rope. The narrator, a journalist, meets two colorful characters, Daniel Dravot and Peachey Carnahan, while on a train. Later they seek him out at his printing press in Lahore, for books or maps of Kafiristan. He then plays witness to their vow to each other to become kings of Kafiristan, a venture which"
"his work in Indian folklore studies. Rudyard Kipling was interested in folklore, dealing with English folklore in works such as ""Puck of Pook's Hill"" and ""Rewards and Fairies""; his experiences in India led him to also create similar works with Indian themes. Kipling spent a great deal of his life in India, and was familiar with the Hindi language. His works such as the two ""Jungle Books"" contain a great deal of stories that are written after the manner of traditional folktales. Indian themes also appear in his ""Just So Stories"", and many of the characters bear recognisable names from"
"heavily re-edited by Aamir Khan will be released. In 1795, when the Indian subcontinent was known as Hindustan or Hindostan, king Mirza Sikander Baig was killed by John Clive. The residents of his kingdom are massacred, and the land is annexed by the British. The only survivors are his daughter, Zafira Baig, and general, Khudabaksh. Khudabaksh defeats the retreating enemy soldiers, and raises Zafira as his daughter, training her in the arts of warfare. Years later, Khudabaksh, now known as Jahaazi, leads a band of Indian bandits known as Thugs, who specialise in sea-based warfare and expose a serious challenge"
"of the West. The book still provides a classical description of the way of life of the Kafirs before their mass conversion by Amir Abdur Rahman Khan of Afghanistan. The book sheds light upon the Kafirs extensive use of timber, elaborate carvings and spectacular sites literally clinging to the sides of steep mountains. The Kafirs of the Hindu Kush The Kafirs of the Hindu Kush is a book written by Sir George Scott Robertson and originally published in 1896 by Lawrence & Bullen Ltd. Sir George Scott Robertson was the first Victorian to travel into Kafiristan and recounted the experience"
"George Scott Robertson Sir George Scott Robertson, (22 October 1852 – 1 January 1916) was a British soldier, author, and administrator who was best known for his arduous journey to the remote and rugged region of Kafiristan in what is now northeastern Afghanistan and for his overall command of British Empire forces during the Siege of Chitral. He chronicled his Kafiristan experience in the book ""The Kafirs of the Hindu Kush"". Some have suggested that Robertson's year-long expedition and subsequent book (originally published in 1896) provided background and inspiration for Rudyard Kipling's short story """"The Man Who Would Be King""""."
"of the ecological force of “the twin setting of the mountains and the plain...an unbreakable articulation between the Himalayas and the Indo-Gangetic plain”. In Michael Ondaatje's novel ""The English Patient"" the character Kip - an Indian sapper serving in the WWII British Army, who is himself a native of Lahore - makes some ironic remarks about ""Kim"", especially about its opening scene with the gun Zamzama. The Sussex edition is standard for Kipling's works. Noted critical editions include: Sources (plain text and HTML) Criticism Other Kim (novel) Kim is a novel by Nobel Prize-winning English author Rudyard Kipling. It was"
"Many of the events and scenes are taken directly from ""Gunga Din"". Rian Johnson, the director of the 2017 film """", listed ""Gunga Din"" as one of the six movies for the cast and crew to watch before starting production. Gunga Din (film) Gunga Din is a 1939 RKO adventure film directed by George Stevens and starring Cary Grant, Victor McLaglen, and Douglas Fairbanks Jr., loosely based on the poem of the same name by Rudyard Kipling combined with elements of his short story collection ""Soldiers Three"". The film is about three British sergeants and Gunga Din, their native ""bhisti"""
"family, so his girlfriend, Shanti, along with his adopted younger brother, Ranjan, journeys into the jungle to find him. But all is not well there. Mowgli's old foe, the fierce tiger Shere Khan, is out to get revenge on him, being more determined to kill him than ever. ""Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book"" is a 1994 live-action film co-written and directed by Stephen Sommers, based on the Mowgli stories in ""The Jungle Book"" and ""The Second Jungle Book"" written by Rudyard Kipling. The film stars Jason Scott Lee as Mowgli, Cary Elwes as his adversary Captain Boone, and Lena Headey"
"Thugs of Hindostan Thugs of Hindostan is a 2018 Indian Hindi-language action-adventure film, written and directed by Vijay Krishna Acharya, and produced by Aditya Chopra under his banner Yash Raj Films. The film stars Amitabh Bachchan, Aamir Khan, Fatima Sana Shaikh, Katrina Kaif, and Lloyd Owen. Set in 1795, the film follows a band of Thugs led by Khudabaksh Azaad, who aspires to free Hindostan (the Indian subcontinent) from the rule of the expanding British East India Company. Alarmed, British commander John Clive sends a small-time Thug from Awadh, Firangi Mallah, to infiltrate and counter the threat. Produced on an"
"India Company and their use of lascar crews. Shahida Rahman's ""Lascar (book)"" (2012) is the story of an East Indian lascar's journey to Victorian England. In the H. P. Lovecraft short story ""The Call of Cthulhu"", Gustaf Johansen, the last living seaman of an expedition to Cthulhu's sunken city R'lyeh, is assassinated (probably with poison needles) by two ""lascar sailors"" belonging to the evil Cult of Cthulhu. In D. W. Griffith's 1919 silent film ""Broken Blossoms"", the opium house in London that the protagonist goes to is described on the intertitle as ""Chinese, Malays, lascars, where the Orient squats at"
"The Jungle Book The Jungle Book (1894) is a collection of stories by the English author Rudyard Kipling. Most of the characters are animals such as Shere Khan the tiger and Baloo the bear, though a principal character is the boy or ""man-cub"" Mowgli, who is raised in the jungle by wolves. The stories are set in a forest in India; one place mentioned repeatedly is ""Seonee"" (Seoni), in the central state of Madhya Pradesh. A major theme in the book is abandonment followed by fostering, as in the life of Mowgli, echoing Kipling's own childhood. The theme is echoed"
"still a boy, and becomes one of his tutors. During their time together, Heinrich becomes a close friend to the young spiritual leader. Harrer and Aufschnaiter stay in the country until the Chinese military campaign in 1950. In 1938, Austrian mountaineers Heinrich Harrer (Pitt) leaves behind his pregnant wife to join Peter Aufschnaiter (Thewlis) in a team attempting to summit Nanga Parbat in British India (present-day part of Pakistan). When World War II begins in 1939, they are arrested by British Indian authorities and imprisoned in a POW camp in Dehradun in the Himalayan foothills, in the present-day Indian state"
"its effect on agricultural settlements. The film includes several scenes from a game in Afghanistan. The opening scenes of the Bollywood film ""Khuda Gawah"" (1992), which was filmed in Afghanistan and India, show actors Amitabh Bachchan and Sridevi engaged in the game. The game is mentioned briefly in John Huston's film ""The Man Who Would Be King"" (1975) based on a story by Rudyard Kipling, the movie """" (2004) during advertisements for the fictional ESPN 8 (El Ocho) television channel, episode 15 of season 5 of """" (2015), and the Bollywood movie ""Kabul Express"" (2006). The 2012 joint international-Afghan short"
"to the fact that many of the stories are set in the Hill Station of Simla—the ""summer capital of the British Raj"" during the hot weather. Not all of the stories are, in fact, about life in ""the Hills"": Kipling gives sketches of many aspects of life in British India. The tales include the first appearances, in book form, of Mrs. Hauksbee, the policeman Strickland, and the Soldiers Three (Privates Mulvaney, Ortheris and Learoyd). Some of the characters in these stories reappear in the novel ""Kim"". Plain Tales from the Hills Plain Tales from the Hills (published 1888) is the"
"Mowgli's Story"" is a 1998 live-action direct-to-video film based on Rudyard Kipling's book of the same name. The film chronicles the life of the boy named Mowgli (portrayed by Brandon Baker) from the time he lived with humans as an infant to the time when he rediscovered humans again as a teenager. Animal companions guide Rudyard Kipling's jungle boy in the wilds of India. ""The Jungle Book"" is 2016 fantasy adventure film directed by Jon Favreau, written by Justin Marks, and produced by Walt Disney Pictures. The film stars Neel Sethi as Mowgli and features the voices of Bill Murray"
"chapatis shortly before the outbreak of the rebellion. This mysterious historic incident remains unexplained. ""Coromandel!"" (1955) Takes place in the 17th-century, when an English lad named Savage runs away to sea and ends up in India - starting the family's centuries-long involvement there. ""The Deceivers"" is about Rodney's father, William, who suppresses the Thugee. William's butler, Sher Dil, also appears in ""Nightrunners of Bengal"", now an old man, and working for Rodney. Piroo, an ex-Thug who was one of William's band in ""The Deceivers"" also appears in this book. He guides the English survivors to safety, amused at the irony"
"to the North of India Overland from England through Russia, Persia, and Affghaunistaun"", but no mention of Mulla Husayn or the Báb appears in the book. In later editions of Adamiyyat's biography on Amir Kabir, the fabrication has been removed. Accusations of ties to the British also arise from the knighting in 1920 of `Abdu'l-Bahá, then head of the religion, by the British Mandate of Palestine. According to Harry Charles Luke, an official in the British Colonial Office who served as assistant Governor of Jerusalem, `Abdu'l-Bahá ""on the 4th December, 1919, was created by King George V a K.B.E. for"
"Conduct Unbecoming (film) Conduct Unbecoming is a 1975 British drama film, an adaptation of the Barry England play ""Conduct Unbecoming"", first staged in 1969. It was directed by Michael Anderson and starred an ensemble cast of actors including Michael York, Susannah York, Richard Attenborough and Trevor Howard. Around 1880, two young British officers arrive to join a regiment in India. One, Lieutenant Drake (Michael York), from a middle-class background, is extremely eager to fit in while the other, Lieutenant Millington (James Faulkner), the son of a general, is keen to get out as soon as possible and deliberately antagonises his"