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'''''Bhakta Vidur''''' ({{lang-hi|भक्त विदुर}}, "[[Bhakti|Devotion]] of [[Vidura]]") is a 1921 silent Indian film directed by [[Kanjibhai Rathod]] and made under [[Kohinoor Film Company]] banner.<ref name="Ganti2004">{{cite book|author=Tejaswini Ganti|title=Bollywood: A Guidebook to Popular Hindi Cinema|url=https://archive.org/details/bollywoodguidebo0000gant|url-access=registration|accessdate=17 March 2013|date=25 June 2004|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-0-203-64394-5|pages=[https://archive.org/details/bollywoodguidebo0000gant/page/206 206]–}}</ref> In this film the Hindu mythological character [[Vidura]] was moulded on the personality of [[Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi]]. This was the first Indian film to face a ban.<ref name="Woods2011">{{cite book|author=Jeannine Woods|title=Visions of Empire and Other Imaginings: Cinema, Ireland and India 1910-1962|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Jw-2w-SpuZMC&pg=PA98|accessdate=17 March 2013|year=2011|publisher=Peter Lang|isbn=978-3-03911-974-5|pages=98–}}</ref><ref name="Dwyer2006">{{cite book|author=Rachel Dwyer|title=Filming the Gods: Religion and Indian Cinema|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8qjKJ0yk-gQC&pg=PA72|accessdate=17 March 2013|date=30 August 2006|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-0-203-08865-4|pages=72–}}</ref><ref name="The five firsts of Indian Cinema">{{cite news|title=The five firsts of Indian Cinema|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/the-five-firsts-of-indian-cinema/256276-8-66.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120530231544/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/the-five-firsts-of-indian-cinema/256276-8-66.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 May 2012|accessdate=17 March 2013|newspaper=IBN Live}}</ref><br />
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== Plot ==<br />
The story of the film is based on [[Hindu]] epic ''[[Mahabharata]]'' and depicts a series of conflicts between ''Pandava''s and ''Kaurava''s. [[Vidura]], who was half-brother to the kings [[Dhritarashtra]] (father of ''Kaurava''s) and [[Pandu]] (father of ''Pandava''s) of [[Hastinapura]], is the main character of the film and the events of the film are portrayed from his perspective. Throughout the film, Vidura shows his compassion and sympathy towards ''Pandava''s multiple times. He gives condolences to ''Pandava''s and assures them that truth always prevails, ''Kaurava''s will be punished soon for their sins. The series of conflicts between ''Pandava''s and ''Kaurava''s finally leads to the terrible [[Kurukshetra War]].<ref name="Censor Kanchi">{{cite news|title=Kanchi Babu|newspaper=Anandabazar Patrika (Rabibasariya)|date=17 March 2013}} {{in lang|bn}}</ref><br />
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== Cast ==<br />
* Dwarkadas Sampat as [[Vidura]]<br />
* Maneklal Patel as [[Krishna]]<br />
* [[Homi Master]] as [[Duryodhana]]<br />
* Prabhashankar<br />
* Gangaram<br />
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== Restrictions ==<br />
''Bhakta Vidur'' became the first film to be banned in India.<ref name=Woods2011 /> The film came just after [[Rowlatt Act]] was passed in India. The character of Vidura was reportedly portrayed imitating [[Mahatma Gandhi]], his personality. There were scenes in the film where Vidura appeared like Gandhi wearing [[Gandhi cap]], ''Khaddar'' etc. Many more contemporary political events of India were shown as reference in the film. As a result, the film was restricted, as the censor board concluded– "We know what you are doing, it is not Vidur, it is Gandhiji, we won't allow it."<ref name=Woods2011 /> It was also written in the censor's report– "It is likely to excite dissatisfaction against government and incite people to non co-operation".<ref name="Censor Kanchi" /> The film was banned in Madras, Karachi and some other provinces.<ref name=Woods2011 /><ref name="Pauwels2007">{{cite book|author=Heidi Rika Maria Pauwels|title=Indian Literature and Popular Cinema: Recasting Classics|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OAI0scTDAjIC&pg=PA14|accessdate=17 March 2013|date=17 December 2007|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-134-06255-3|page=14}}</ref><br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Raja Harishchandra]]<br />
* [[List of films banned in India]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
{{Commons category|Bhakta Vidur}}<br />
* {{IMDb title|0011965}}<br />
* [http://filmheritagefoundation.co.in/bhakta-vidur-alternate-title-dharma-vijay-1921-89-mins/ Film Heritage Foundation]<br />
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{{Works based on the Mahabharata}}<br />
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