Was he under hypnosis or was he there of his own free will? What was the actual relationship between the palace and the cult?
shareZalim Singh was under the black sleep of Kali. As far as what the film tells us Chatter Lal was doing it on his own freewill as was Mola Ram.
shareBecause the message Spielberg was trying to get across is that India is a racist. All because ET lost out on Best picture to Ghandi a few years earlier
shareHe was probably there under his own free will. The palace was a base for the cult;and according to Jones in the dinner scene, it had been that way for centuries.
shareMola Ram and Chattler Lal were the masterminds behind the whole operation. Chatter Lal apparently secretly poisoned the Maharajah with the Black Sleep of the Kali. Chatter Lal was doing it on his own freewill.
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