Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger were the most influential and talented director-writer duo in pre-World War II Britain. Whose work influenced many including Francis Ford Coppola and Martin Scorsese. Even Scorsese made his 'Raging Bull' in black and white on the advice of Michael Powel
Black Narcissus, for which Jack Cardiff won an Academy Award for Best Cinematography, has been called the world's most beautiful Technicolor film.
While Great Britain has not yet recovered from the wounds of the Second World War and the closed-door meetings are going on to divide India by pulling various tricks, Black Narcissus was released at such a turbulent time.
A group of nuns came from England to establish a school and provide medical services for the locals in an ancient palace located at an altitude of 8,000 feet on the side of the Himalayas. Unable to adapt to the harsh climate, the group's vow to maintain Nun hood is threatened as tensions begin between the nuns, fueled by primal desires
But Kanchi, a strangely charming character, despite being a teenager she has the power to captivate everyone from a British general to a local king,
The most surprising thing is that the entire shooting of Black Narcissus was done at Pine Studios in England Alfred Junge's Academy Award-winning set decorations will make you think that no one had to come to India to shoot this film. Unbelievable!!!
