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Bhowani Junction (1956) Rank 3 Reviews
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Cukor-directed romance toplines Gardner as the Anglo-Indian lass who, while trying to uncover her true identity, leaves her lover and strikes up a romance with an English Colonel (Granger), leading to the dilemma of whether to stay in India (the film is ...read the complete Bhowani Junction movie review at Channel 4 Film
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Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)
An intriguing political drama, set in 1947, about the problems the end of colonialism in India brings with it. It is told through the eyes of a half-breed, an Anglo-Indian woman, Victoria Jones (Ava Gardner). She not only struggles with the thought of ...read the complete Bhowani Junction movie review at Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)
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by A. Paton on October 24, 2006
While this movie may not be historically accurate, it stands out for two reasons. The acting of Ava Gardner as she portrays a half Indian, half Welsh young woman during one of the most turbulent times in the history of the Indian sub-continent. She was ...
by Daniel G. Madigan on November 01, 2001
Ava Gardner once more shows how good she can be in a dramatic part with this role as an Anglo Indian trying to exist in a world where she is respected by neither the British nor the Indians. Her performance captures the plight of a character on the verge ...
by Kiwi on August 13, 2009
Filmed in 1956, Bhowani Junction is based on the book of the same name by John Masters and is set in India during the last days of the British Raj. The book is a minor classic in English fiction and was a best-seller back in the 1950's and 60's. The ...
by Roger Kennedy on November 13, 2002
This is an interesting flick which shows the choas that created India and Pakistan as two inperfect nations. To view this movie today can give you an insight into what has become modern India. Ava Gardener does a great job showing the plight of the ...
by Scott G. South on November 10, 2004
It's a somewhat dated, post-WWII India where several lead victims keep whinging and whining and moaning about being racially mixed and not belonging anywhere. ...
by F. J. Harvey "Cri... on December 19, 2001
Ava Gardner once described this as the most difficult film of her career.I tend to assume that she meant the physical grind of location filming in Pakistan,rather than the dramatic demands of her role.She gives a performance of such stultifying dullness ...
by Plantagenet evans... on July 03, 2005
I read this book 30 years ...
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