The Lascar
The Lascar
The Lascar On Soap2Day. At the end of the 18th century, hundreds of Indian sailors, known as lascars, worked amongst European settlers in Aotearoa New Zealand - often under the gruesome working conditions of seal hunting gangs. The story follows a lascar, Dasa, who has been abandoned on the coast of Aotearoa NZ by the East India Company, alongside his sealing gang. When Dasa finds himself in the middle of a conflict between his abusive British superior and two Māori traders, he is faced with a choice: bend the knee or take a stand.
- Genre: History, Adventure, Drama, Western
- Country: New Zealand
- Director: Adi Parige
- Cast: Vinith Shiva, Mark Matthews, Tanea Heke, Mohammad Kunwar, Frederick Pokai, Finn McCauley, Ian Blackburn, Poonam Batra Malhotra,