| Director: | Shyamaprasad |
| Producer: | M P S Prasad |
| Starring: |
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| Cinematography: | Torben Fosberg |
| Editing: | A. Sreekar Prasad |
| Music: | Louis Banks |
| Studio: | Arjun Creations |
| Distributors: | --> |
| Released: | 2002 |
| Country: | India |
| Language: | English |
Bokshu – The Myth is a 2002 Indian English-language psychological thriller film[1] directed by Shyamaprasad and starring Steven Berkoff, Irrfan Khan, Heather Prete, David Millbern, Nandana Sen and Vineeth. The storyline is based on Ganga Prasad Vimal's novel Mrigaantak.[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] The film was released in film festivals.
The film was first shot in Hampi (which resembled the Jaled village in the Himalayas) for sixty days with a cave set erected by Thota Tharani.[7] The film was then shot at various locations in the Himayalas including Kedarnath.[2] [7] [8] Steven Berkoff's character transforms into a tiger.[8]
Deborah Young of Variety wrote that ""Bokshu, the Myth" hits every cliche in the book, yet still gets across some sense of the power of myth over human life".[9]