![]() ![]() John Masters was in his day a popular author of often historical epics set in India but is largely forgotten today. The novel is available second-hand and there is a Kindle edition but I am betting that it is not much read now. It was years before I read the novel, by John Masters (1914-1983), on which the film is based, and I did that only because I am interested in the translation of books into films (in this case, as so often, there is a major plot change). The dramatic title above is taken from a tie-in paperback of the novel, and a poster for the movie is even stronger: ‘Love, lust and violence in the last days of British India’. ![]() ![]() I guess I first saw it on Sunday afternoon television, watching with my mother who was a great film fan and brought me up to be the same. I came across Bhowani Junction years ago, in the shape of the spectacular 1956 MGM film starring Ava Gardner and Stewart Granger and directed by George Cukor. ![]()
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