Bang Rajan the Legend of the Village Warriors

With his proud handler bar mustache Chan Jaran ngamdee the hero of the Thai historical epic bang Rajan looks like looks as if he should be crooming in a barbershop quartet rather than leading an improvised army of villagers against invading Burnese troops. The film is set in 1765 when the Burnese king sent 200000 troops into the Siamese capital Ayudhaya to put down a challenge to his regional authority. In what has been since become a founding myth of modern Thailand a few hundred fighters from the tiny village of Bang Rajan held off the invading army in eight pitched battles heroically straving off the invitable collapse of the capital city. Bang Rajan obviously has its roots in tensions in the area. Burma now Myanmar is a repres