1. Raj Kapoor’s first directorial effort

3. Crude, loutish character

6. Low point in the tide

7. Boredom, in other words

8. Stop; prevent

9. The Gupta period is often spoken of as India’s Golden —

12. The Tempter who pits himself against God

15. Kurosawa’s great filmic masterpiece

16. Barrel, as of wine or powder

Down

1. State; make a formal assertion

2. The rock that guards the Mediterranean

3. Be in debt

4. Used both as a herb and a vegetable

5. Slim; well kept

10. Mirza Ghalib used this as a pen-name too

11. Be boastful

13. Female recluse, dweller in a convent