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long standing feud with the kingdom of Manipur. And the people of both the kingdoms were looking forward anxiously to the termination of this feud by the marriage of the Prince of Manipur with the Princess of Tripura.
The King of Manipur, father of the Prince, was only too willing to f >rge this alliance with the neigh
Mr. S. B. Nayampally plays the King of Manipur in "The Court Dancer".
bouring kingdom to end an old feud with a powerful enemy.
The welcome news spreads far and wide. Goswami Kashishwar, the religious head of the commimity, (iecides to travel to Manipur with the Sacred Dust of the feet of Lord Ci;aitanya and to bless the people of Manipur by the distribution of the Sacred Dust.
THE TYRANNY OF RELIGION
In Indian life, religion has always pluyed a vital part and ev^n aftef
ages of deterioration, religion is still the supreme urge for the 400 million Indians. In the ancient times, therefore, the Sacred Dust and its distribution would be considered the most sacrosanct event in the history of a kingdom.
The High Priest Goswami Kashi,--hwar arrives in the court dancer's garden and watches her RadhaI>.ijshna dance in quiet admiration. The court dancer's chaste and excellent interpretation of this symbolic dance of divine love wins his admiration and in a moment of fcstasy he offers her the Sacred Dast. But the King who arrives just then intercepts him by informi-^ig him that Indrani was a mere court dancer and as such had not enough caste to receive the holy llessing. The High Priest checks r;imself and refuses to bless the court dancer.
The first evidence of her social status is thus brought home to the court dancer and she becomes sad and depressed.
At the Court, the Envoy Extraordinary of Tripura is pressing King Jaisingh of Manipur to announce the engagement of the Prince to the Princess, but the Prince becomes adamant in love and the thought of taking another woman as a consort tortures him. His love for the dancer was divine.
Next day the King summons the court dancer to dance at the Court assembled to announce the engagement of the royal prince. Indrani dances with love in her heart and eyes on the Prince, but when she hears of the engagement she is broker hearted.
SWEARING THE TROTH
With a mountain of despair on )ier head and a storm of emotions v/ithin, the court dancer repairs herte/f to a ruined templQ on a hill
Sadhona Bose, the heroine of "The Court Dancer".
top to pray to the Lord. The Lord L'liswers her prayers and lo! she beluvds the Prince standing beside lier solemnly swearing the troth: ' 1 11 marry you and make you my cjueen."
The drama now rushes to an emotional climax. A rejected lover of the court dancer excites the subjects of the King and denounces her
Mr. Jal Khambata plays the Goswami Kashishwar in I'The Court Dancer."