The film is titled Trishna and will also star Riz Ahmed (Four Lions). It's based on Thomas Hardy's novel tess of the d'ubervilles . We haven't read it but according to IMDB, it's "The story of the tragic relationship between the son of a property developer and the daughter of an auto rickshaw owner". And a friend described it as "hopelessly depressing".
The film will be shot all over Rajasthan and it's a start to finish schedule. The shooting starts by end of February. Last time when Winterbottom shot A Mighty Heart in India, it was in news for all the wrong reasons. So this time its been kept as a hush-hush affair.
And this is not the first time that Thomas Hardy's novel is getting adapted for the screen. Tess of the D'Urbervillies was also adapated as a four part mini-series for BBC and had Gemma Arterton in the lead role.
Rajasthan, Frieda Pinto, property developer, rickshaw owner – well, something tells us that it will again be desi exotica for the West. What's missing ? Bollywood and naach-gaana ? Bet it's there. Someone will move to Mumbai and dhen tedan! We can't spill all the beans at one go.
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