La Bayadere (1991)
Nikiya, a temple dancer, is in love with the warrior Solor. The High Brahmin also desires Nikiya, and when she rejects him, he plans to take revenge on Solor. When the High Brahmin tells the Rajah about Solor’s secret love, the Rajah decides that Nikiya, not Solor, should be killed. Princess Gamzatti is to be married to Solor. She overhears and tries to bribe Nikiya to give up Solor, but Nikiya refuses. The Rajah and Gamzatti arrange for Nikiya to be killed by a snake bite during the engagement festivities. Despondent, Solor is filled with remorse and haunted by visions of Nikiya. He cannot complete the wedding ceremony. The gods are angered and destroy the temple with all inside it. In the afterlife, Solor and Nikiya are finally united.
- Date of release
- 1991-01-01
- Runtime
- 2h 3m
- Genres
- Romance, Music, Drama
- Director
- Derek Bailey
Casting
- Altynai Asylmuratova — Nikiya
- Irek Mukhamedov — Solor
- Darcey Bussell — Gamzatti
- Tetsuya Kumakawa — The Bronze Idol
- Anthony Dowell — The High Bramin
- David Drew — The Rajah
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